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- Edie Sedgwick. Edie Sedgwick died on November 16, 1971 when she was 28 years old. She died during her sleep and was found with large amounts of drugs and alcohol in her system.
- Jimi Hendrix. Jimi Hendrix died on September 18, 1970 at the age of 27. His cause of death is disputed, but the coroner believed that he choked to death on his own vomit.
- Mindy McCready. Malinda Gayle McCready (November 30, 1975 – February 17, 2013) was an American country music singer. Active from 1995 until her death in 2013, she recorded a total of five studio albums.
- River Phoenix. River Phoenix died on October 31, 1993 at age 23. He died of a cardiac arrest that was caused by having large amounts of heroin and cocaine in his system.
Here is the rest of our list of 59 famous people who died before the age of 40, starting with Sylvia Plath. 25. Sylvia Plath (30) Poet and author -- Suicide -- 1963. 26. Brian Epstein (32) Beatles manager -- Drug overdose -- 1967. 27. Bruce Lee (32)
- The list of famous people who died before the age of 40 is unfortunately long and includes Marilyn Monroe, Aaliyah, John Belushi, Stevie Ray Vaugha...
- The list of celebrities who have been murdered before turning 40 includes Mexican-American singer Selena, Sam Cooke and Sal Mineo.
- This list of celebrities who died at 39 includes Anna Nicole Smith, Dennis Wilson, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
- Angus Cloud. Beloved Euphoria actor Angus Cloud tragically passed away in July 31, 2023 from an accidental overdose. He was only 25.
- Christina Grimmie. Back in June 2016, YouTuber and The Voice alum Christina Grimmie was murdered during her show in Orlando, FL. The up-and-coming singer was shot at point-blank range by a man named Kevin James Loibl while she was signing autographs.
- Lisa Marie Presley. Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of the late King of Rock and Roll Elvis, passed away suddenly on Jan 12 at age 54 from an apparent cardiac arrest.
- Samantha Weinstein. Carrie actor Samantha Weinstein tragically passed away on May 14, 2023, at the age of 28, after a two-and-a-half-year battle with ovarian cancer.
Jan 23, 1998 · The ’27 Club’ refers to celebrities who died at the age of 27, just when they were at the peaks of their respective careers. World famous musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin and Brian Jones are a few icons who belong to this club. Actors Brittany Murphy and Heath Ledger, acclaimed singer Amy Winehouse and rapper Tupac ...
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Of course. there are no guarantees. James Gandolfini, the actor best remembered as the star of the landmark HBO series “The Sopranos,” died in 2013 at the age of 51. I remember I was heading to Long Island for the weekend when my editor called with the news. I put down my bags, turned on my computer and began writing an “appreciation” of his life a...
Mind you, I wasn’t too surprised when I heard that actor Richard Burton died in 1984. I always knew he was a hard-living, hard-drinking kind of guy. I had seen photos of him during the years before his death and he didn’t look healthy. I was shocked, though, to learn that Burton was a mere 58 years old when he died from a brain hemorrhage. In addit...
In the late 1980s, I met and interviewed actor Patrick Swayze while he was promoting his fun action flick “Roadhouse.” He was already a star on the strength of “Dirty Dancing,” but had yet to do “Ghost.” (He talked to me about “Ghost,” without saying the name of it or telling me, in any great detail, what it was about. It was a project he seemed ve...
Clark Gable didn’t look youthful or particularly healthy in his final film, “The Misfits,” which was released in 1961, three months after the actor’s death at 59. Gable suffered a heart attack on Nov. 6, 1960 and appeared to be in stable condition. But he died 10 days later from an arterial blood clot. Vivien Leigh, his “Gone with the Wind” co-star...
Other legends who died in their 50s: Babe Ruth was 53, Humphrey Bogart was 57 and Jackie Robinson was 53. Steve McQueen was a mere 50 when he died in 1980, the same age Errol Flynn was when he died. Ditto for Michael Jackson. Jerry Garcia, movie critic Gene Siskel and singer John Denver were all 53. Unfortunately, I could go on and on. Plenty of fa...
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James Dean ( 24) (1931 – 1955) American actor who was a cultural icon of American teenager. Starred in ‘ Rebel Without a Cause ‘ (1955) and East of Eden (1955) He died in a automobile accident, with cause attributed to ‘reckless speeding’ September, 30, 1955. Wilfred Owen. ( 25) (1893 – 1918) Celebrated war poet.
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List of Celebrities who died young: 44. Naya Rivera Actress | Glee . Naya Rivera was an Afro-Latina American actress, model and singer known for playing Santana Lopez from Glee and Hillary Winston from The Royal Family.
