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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.
1. Jessica Dubroff (7) Pilot -- Plane crash -- 1996. 2. Heather O'Rourke (12) Child actor -- Bowel obstruction -- 1988. 3. Anne Frank (15) Dutch-Jewish author -- Typhus in concentration camp -- 1945. 4. Ritchie Valens (17) Rock 'n' roll singer -- Plane crash -- 1959. 5. Eddie Cochran (21) Rockabilly musician -- Auto accident -- 1960. 6.
- 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 · This list includes the names of several celebrities who died really young. It is really unfortunate that the world couldn’t get to see more of them. Below is our list of famous people who died before the age of 50.
- James Gandolfini
- Richard Burton
- Patrick Swayze
- Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh
- Leading Men, Sluggers and Iconic Musicians
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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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ( 35) (1756 – 1791) Composing from the age of 6, Mozart was a musical genius and one of the greatest classical composers of all time. Died in 1791 after a prolonged illness and buried in a commoners grave. Bob Marley ( 36) – (1945-1981) A Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter and musician.
Apr 23, 2018 · Popular in life, young Hollywood stars Jean Harlow, James Dean, Heath Ledger, and River Phoenix became icons in death. Music has lost its share of greats, too: Hank Williams, Otis Redding;...
