Artist uses AI to 'resurrect' stars like Diana, John Lennon and Kurt Cobain who left us too soon

A photographer used artificial intelligence to bring stars who left us too soon back to life - creating eerie portraits of Princess Diana, Kurt Cobain, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Freddie Mercury and others. Beatles singer John Lennon was fatally shot outside the Dakota in New York City on December 8, 1980 at the age of 40 Queen lead vocalist Freddie Mercury died from bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS on November 24, 1991 at his home in London at the age of 45 'When I started tinkering with technology, I saw what I could do and thought about what would make me the happiest. Musician Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose on September 18, 1970 at the age of 27 'Behind this project lies the question of 'how would people look photo-realistically if some great events had not happened to them,' Yesiltas explained. Actor Heath Ledger died as the result of an accidental drug overdose on January 22, 2008 at the age of 28 Rapper Tupak Shakur died at the age of 25 in Las Vegas from gunshot wounds on September 13, 1996 Princess Diana was killed in Paris at the age of 36 after the Mercedes-Benz she was riding in crashed while being pursued by paparazzi in the early hours of August 31, 1997.