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261 Famous People Who Died Before Their Time

Even famous people are subject to death and taxes. There's no escaping them. If I've missed any please comment.

Type of death: Drug | Plane Crash | Car Crash | Shot | Suicide | Illness | Cancer | Drowned | Heart Attack | Animal | Aids | Skiing | Murder | Fall | Alcohol
Famous for: Music | Sports | Actor | Politics | Author | TV | Artist | tech | comedian | business
Age: Teens | Twenties | Thirties | Forties | Fifties | Sixties | Seventies
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•Bruce Lee - cerebral edema - 32
•Mark Ashton (Song - For a Friend) - Aids - 26 - (music)
•Andy Warhol - heart attack -58
•Keith Haring Aids - 31
•Pete Maravich - Heart Attack - 40
•Aaliyah Haughton - Plane Crash - 22
•Abraham Lincoln - shot - 56
•Adam Yauch - Beastie Boys - Cancer - 47
•Alan Myers (Devo) - Stomach Cancer - 58
•Alan Turing - Suicide - 41
•Amy Winehouse - Alcohol - 27
•Andrew Breitbart (Political Blogger) - Heart Attack - 43
•Andy Gibb - Drugs - 31
•Andy Kaufman - Lung Cancer - 35
•Anna Nicole Smith - drugs - 39
•Anthony Mason (NBA)- Heart Attack - 48
•Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - Shot - 39
•Robert Kennedy - Shot - 42
•Ayrton Senna (Auto racing) - Car Crash - 34
•Babe Ruth - Cancer - 53
•Bernie Mac (Comedian) - Cancer - 50
•Bill Bixby - Cancer - 59
•Billy Holiday - Liver disease - 44
•Billy Martin - Car Crash - 61
•Bob Crane (Hogan's Heroes) - murdered - 49
•Bob Marley - skin cancer - 36
•Bob Ross - Lymphoma - 52
•Bob Simon (60 Minutes) - car crash - 73
•Bobby Murcer (Yankees)- Brain cancer - 62
•Brian Jones - Rolling Stones - Drowned - 27
•Brian Piccilo (football) - Testicular Cancer - 26
•Buddy Holly - Plane crash - 22
•Carl Sagan - Cancer - 62
•Carl Switzer (Alfalfa from Little Rascals) - shot - 31
•Cass Elliot - Heart attack - 32
•Chris Farley - Drugs - 33
•Christopher Evan Welch (actor) - Lung Cancer - 48
•Christopher Hitchens (Author) - Cancer - 62
•Christopher Reeve - Superman - Heart Attack (spinal injury) - 52
•Cory Lidle - Plane Crash - 34
•Cory Monteith (Glee TV show) - drugs - 31
•Jesus - crucifixion - 32
•Curly Howard (3 Stooges) - 48
•Dale Earnhardt (Auto racing)- Car Crash - 49
•Dan Wheldon (Auto racing) - Car Crash - 33
•Dave Jennings (Football) - Parkinsons - 61
•Davy Jones - Heart Attack - 66
•Princess Di - Car Crash - 36
•John Lennon - Shot - 40
•Kurt Cobain - Shot - Suicide - 27
•Dee Dee Ramone - Drug Overdose - 50
•Donna Summer - Lung Cancer - 63
•Doug Fieger (The Knack) - Cancer - 57
•Doug Adams - (Author) - 49
•Eazy E (Rapper) - Aids - 30
•Ed Platt (Chief from Get Smart) - Suicide - 58
•Elvis Presley - Drugs - 42
•Felix Pappalardi - Guitarist - Mountain, - 42
•Frank Zappa - Prostate Cancer - 52
•Freddie Mercury - Aids - 45
•Freddie Prinze - Suicide (shot) - 22
•Gary Coleman (Different Strokes) - fall - 42
•George Harrison - Lung Cancer - 58
•George Reeves - shot - 45
•Gilda Radner - Ovarian Cancer - 42
•Heath Ledger - drugs - 28
•Ernest Hemmingway - Suicide - 61
•Herb Brooks - Car Crash - 66
•Humphrey Bogart - cancer 57
•Ian Curtis - Suicide - Hanging - 23
•James Dean - Car crash - 24
•James Gandofini - Heart Attack - 51
•Jamie Coots (Reality Show) - Snake Bite - 42
•Jan Hooks - Cancer - 57
•Janis Joplin - Drugs - 27
•Jerry Garcia - Heart Attack - 53
•Jim Fixx (Author) - Heart Attack - 51
•Jim Henson (muppets) - infection - 53
•Jim Morrison - Drugs - 27
•Jimi Hendrix - Drug Overdose - 27
•Joey Ramone - Cancer (Lymphoma) - 49
•John Belushi - Drugs - 33
•John Candy - Heart Attack - 43
•John Denver - Plane crash - 53
•John Kennedy - shot - 46
•John Kennedy Jr. - Plane Crash - 38
•John Pinette (Seinfield) - Heart Attack - 50
•John Ritter (actor) - Aortic Disection - 54
•Johnny Ramone - Prostate Cancer - 55
•Judy Garland - Drugs - 47
•Junior Seau (Football) - Suicide - 43
•Karen Carpenter (musician) - Anorexia - 32
•Keith Moon (the Who) - Drug Overdose - 32
•Liberace - Aids - 67
•Linda McCartney - Breast Cancer - 56
•Lisa Lopes (Left Eye) - Car Crash - 30
•Lisa Robin Kelly (That 70's show) - 43
•Lou Costello - (Abbot and Costello) Heart attack - 52
•Lou Gehrig - ALS 37
•Lyle Alzado (Football) - Brain Cancer - 43
•Madeline Kahn - Ovarian Cancer - 57 -
•Marilyn Monroe - Drugs - 36
•Marty Feldman - Heart attack - 48
•Marvin Gaye - shot - 44
•Michael Duncan (Actor) - Heart Attack - 54
•Michael Hutchence (lead singer from INXS) - Suicide - drugs - 37
•Michael Jackson - Drugs - 50
•Michael Landon - Cancer - 57
•Michelle Thomas - (Actor) - Stomach Cancer - 30
•Mickey Mantle - alcoholism - 63
•Ghandi - Shot - 78
•Natalie Wood - Drowned - 43
•Ofra Haza (singer) - AIDS-related pneumonia - 42
•Patrick Swayze - Cancer - 57
•Peaches Geldof - Drugs - 25
•Philip Seymour Hoffman - Drugs - 46
•Randy Rhoads - Plane Crash - 25
•Randy "Macho Man" Savage (Wrestler) - Heart Attack - 58
•Ricky Wilson (B-52s) - Aids - 32
•Ritchie Valens - Plane Crash - 17
•River Pheonix - Drugs - 23
•Rob Pilatus (Milli Vanilli) - Drug Overdoes - 32
•Robert Kardashian (OJ Simpson Lawyer) - Cancer - 59
•Roberto Clemente - Plane Crash - 38
•Robin Williams (Comedian) - Suicide - 63
•Rod Serling - Twilight Zone - Heart Attack - 50
•Roger Maris (Baseball) - Hodgkins Lymphoma - 51
•Sally Ride (Astronaut) - Cancer - 61
•Sammy Davis Jr. - throat cancer - 64
•Sean Taylor (Football) - Shot - 24
•Sid Vicious - (Sex Pistols) - 21
•Sonny Bono (Sonny & Cher) - skiing - 62
•Steve Irwin (Crocodile Hunter) - Stung by Sting Ray - 44
•Steve Jobs - Pancreatic Cancer - 56
•Steve McNair (Football) - Shot - 36
•Stuart Scott - Appendix Cancer - 49
•Ted Knight - Mary Tyler Moore show - Cancer - 62
•The Big Bopper - Plane Crash - 28
•Biggie Smalls (Rapper) - Shot - 24
•Ultimate Warrior (Wrestler) - Heart Attack - 54
•Thurman Muson - Plane Crash - 32
•Tim Russert (News Reporter)- Heart attack - 58
•Timothy Treadwell - Eaten by Bear - 46
•Tiny Tim - heart attack - 64
•Tom Clancy (author) - 66
•Tony Gwynn (baseball) - Cancer - 54
•Truman Capote - Liver Cancer - 59
•Tupac Shakur - Shot - 25
•Walter Payton football - Cancer - 46
•Wendy O. Williams - Suicide (gunshot) - 48
•Whitney Houston - 48 - Drugs - Drowning
•Brandon Lee - Shot - 28
•Anthony Bourdain - TV Chef - Suicide Hanging - 61
•Chester Bennington (musician) - suicide hanging - 41
•Grace Kelly - car crash - 52
•Grant Imahara (Mythbusters) -Brain Aneurism 49
•Jeffrey Epstein 66 suicide hanging
•Kate Spade - (designer) Suicide - Hanging - 55
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•Luke Perry (actor) - Stroke - 52
•Phil Hartman - shot - 49 - Actor
•Ray Emery (hockey) - Drowned - 35
•Aaron Hernandez (Football) - Suicide - 27
•Alan Rickman (Snape from Harry Potter) - Pancreatic Cancer - 69
•Alan Turing - Suicide - 41
•Alexander Hamilton - Shot - 49
•Andy Fletcher - Heart problem - Heart problem - 60
•Anthony Mason (NBA) - Heart Attack - 48
•Anwar Sadat (President of Egypt) - Shot - 62
•Avicii (musician) Alcohol - 28
•Bob Casale (Devo) - Heart Attack - 61
•Bob Saget (comedian) - Fall - 65
•Brian Epstein (Beatles manager) - Drugs - 32
•Brittany Murphy - Drugs/Pneumonia - 32
•Carrie Fisher (Star Wars) - Heart Attack - 60
•Carrie Fisher - Heart Attack - 60
•Chadwick Boseman - Cancer - 43
•Chi Cheng - Car Crash & Heart Attack - 42
•Chris Cornell - Suicide - 52
•Chyna (Wrestler) - Drugs - 44
•Cliff Burton (Metallica) - Car Crash - 24
•Corey Haim (Actor) - Drugs/Pneumonia - 38
•Craig Mack - Heart Failure - 46
•Craig Sager - Cancer - 65
•Darryl Dawkins (NBA) - Heart Attack - 58
•David Bowie - Cancer - 69
•David Foster Wallace - Suicide - 46
•Dimebag Darrell (Pantera) - shot - 38
•Peter Dines (musician T-Rex) - Heart Attack - 59
•Delores O'Riordan (Cranberries) - drowned alcohol- 46
•Ed Bradley (60 Minutes) - Leukemia - 65
•Elizabeth Montgomery (Bewitched TV show) - Colorectal Cancer - 62
•Elliot Smith (musician) Stabbed/Suicide - 34
•Erin Moran (Happy Days TV show) - Throat Cancer - 58
•Falco - Car Crash - 40
•Farah Fawcett - Cancer - 62
•Garry Shandling (Comedian) - Heart Attack - 66
•George Michael (Singer) - Heart Attack - 53
•Gianni Versace - Shot - 50
•Glen Frey (Eagles) - Pneumonia - 67
•Harry Chapin (musician) - Car Crash - 38
•Harry Houdini - Burst Appendix - 52 - Magician
•Helen McCrory (Actor) - Cancer - 52
•Jack Wild (actor) - 53
•Jamal Edwards - Drugs/heart attack - 31
•Jeff Buckley (musician) - Drowned - 30
•Jim Croce - music - plane crash - 30
•John Bonham (Drummer Led Zeppelin) - Drugs (Alcohol) - 32
•Jonathan Brandis (Actor) - Suicide by hanging - 27
•Jose Fernandez - Boat Accident - 24
•Keith Emerson (ELP) - Suicide - shot - 71
•Keith Flint - musician - Prodigy - Suicide (hanging) - 49
•Layne Staley - Drug Overdose - 34
•Lenny Bruce - Drug Overdose - 40
•Manute Bol - (Basketball) Kidney Failure - 47
•Marc Bolan (musician T-Rex) - Car Crash - 29
•Mickey Finn (musician T-Rex) - Alcohol - 55
•Morton Downy Jr. - Lung Cancer - 68
•Moses Malone (NBA) - Heart Attack - 60
•Natalie Cole (singer) - Heart Disease - 65
•Natasha Richardson (Actor) - skiiing - 45
•Nikki McKibbin - (American Idol) Brain Aneurism - 42
•Nipsey Hussle rap - Shot - 33
•Paul Atkinson (The Zombies) - Liver cancer - 58
•Paul Walker (actor) - Car Crash - 40
•Prince - Drugs - 57
•Ralphie May - Heart Attack/Pneumonia - 45
•Richard Pryor -heart attack -65
•Robert Atkins - Fall - 72
•Robert Palmer (musician) - Heart Attack - 54
•Sam Cooke - Shot - 33
•Sam Kinison (Comedian) - Car Crash - 38
•Dr. Scott Sims (Aloha Vet) - Bladder cancer - 59
•Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots) - Heart Attack/drug related - 48
•Selena Quintanilla (Music) - Shot - 23
•XXXTentacion (rapper) - Shot - 20
•Sineed O'Connor - Unknown - 56
•Stephen Jay Gould - Cancer - 60
•Steve Currie (musician T-Rex) - Car Crash - 33
•Steve McQueen - Cancer - 50
•Steve Took (musician T-Rex) - Drugs - 31
•Tom Davis of Franken and Davis - Cancer - 59
•Tony Gwynn (Baseball) - Cancer - 54
•Tyler Skaggs (baseball) fentanyl overdose - 27
•Vincent Van Gogh - Shot (Suicide) - 37
•Cameron Boyce (g)
•Chris Penn (w)
•Eddie Hassell - Shot - 30 (g)
•Gregory Hines (w)
•Hugo Chavez - cancer - 58 2013
•John Spencer (w)
•Josh Neuman - skateboarder 23 plane crash (g)
•Juice Wrld (g)
•Kobe Bryant - Helicopter Crash - 41 (g)
•Lisa Robin Kelly (w)
•Mac Miller (g)
•Michael Duncan (w)
•Natasha Richardson (w)
•Pop Smoke (g)
•Roy Halladay - Plane crash - 40 (g)
•Taylor negron (w)