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| Aaliyah | | 2001 aged 22 in an Aircraft Crash |
R&B singer, American
| Abigail Folger | | 1969 aged 25 by Homicide by Followers of Charles Manson |
socialite, heiress American
| Adam Petty | | 2000 aged 19 in A car Accident During Race Practice |
racing driver, grandson of Richard Petty, American
| Addie Joss | | 1911 aged 31 from Tuberculosis |
baseball pitcher (Cleveland Indians) American
| Ada Lovelace | | 1852 aged 36 from Uterine Cancer |
mathematician English
| Alain-Fournier | | 1914 aged 27 killed in Battle During World War I |
author and soldier French
| Alberto Ascari | | 1955 aged 36 from a Crash During Testing |
Formula 1 racing driver Italian
| Aleksandr Pushkin | | 1837 aged 37 from Gunshot During Duel |
playwright, poet Russian
| Alexander the Great | | 323 BCE aged 32 from Malaria, Possibly Poisoned |
king, conqueror of "known" world Ancient Macedonian
| Alexei Romanov | | 1918 Aged 13 by Assassination |
royal heir, Russian
| Alfie Anido | | 1981 aged 22 officially Listed As Suicide |
actor Filipino
| Alan Kulwicki | | 1993 aged 38 in a Plane Crash |
NASCAR racing driver American
| Al Lucas | | 2005 aged 26 from a Spinal Cord Injury During Game |
American football player American
| Alma Cogan | | 1966 aged 34 from Cancer |
pop singer British
| Althea Flynt | | 1987 aged 33 from Drowning Due to Heroin Overdose |
pornographer's wife American
| Amelia Earhart | | 1937 aged 39 ;plane Disappeared While Crossing Pacific Ocean, Presumed Dead |
aviator American
| Andrew Wood | | 1990 aged 24 from A heroin Overdose |
grunge rock singer (Mother Love Bone) American
| Andrés Escobar | | 1994 aged 27 shot, Possibly for Scoring "own Goal" |
footballer Colombian
| Andy Gibb | | 1988 aged 30 from Heart Failure Due to Cocaine Abuse |
singer British
| Andy Kaufman | | 1984 aged 35 from Lung Cancer |
actor, comedian, hoaxer American
| Anissa Jones | | 1976 aged 18 from a Drug Overdose |
child actor, American
| Anne Brontë | | 1849 aged 29 from Tuberculosis |
novelist English
| Anne Frank | | 1945 aged 15 from Typhus in Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp During The Holocaust |
Jewish diarist, born in Germany
| Anna Malle | | 2006 aged 38 in a Car Crash |
adult film actress American
| Antonio Ascari | | 1925 aged 36 from a Crash During French Grand Prix |
Formula 1 racing driver Italian
| Anton Maiden | | 2003 aged 23 by Suicide |
singer Swedish
| Arthur Rimbaud | | 1891 aged 37 from Gangrene |
poet French
| Astrid of Belgium | | 1935 aged 29 in a car Accident |
queen Belgian
| Aubrey Beardsley | | 1898 aged 25 from Tuberculosis |
artist English
| Ayrton Senna | | 1994 aged 34 in a Crash During Race |
Formula One racing driver Brazilian
| Barbara La Marr | | 1926 aged 29 from Tuberculosis and Nephritis |
actress American
| Barcroft Boake | | 1892 aged 26 from Suicide by Hanging |
poet Australian
| Belinda Lee | | 1961 aged 25 in a Car Accident |
actress English
| Ben Hollioake | | 2002 aged 24 in a Car Accident |
cricketer English
| Benny Paret | | 1962 aged 25 Was killed in Boxing Ring |
boxer Cuban
| Bernhard Riemann | | 1866 aged 39 from Tuberculosis |
mathematician German
| The Big Bopper | | 1959 aged 28 in an Aircraft Crash |
rock & roll singer American
| Big Pun | | 2000 aged 28 from a Heart Attack Brought on by Obesity |
rapper American
| Bill Black | | 1965 aged 39 from a Brain Tumour |
bass player for Elvis .American
| Bill Hicks | | 1994 aged 32 from Pancreatic Cancer |
stand-up comedian American
| Billy the Kid | | 1881 Aged 20 from a Gunshot Wound |
American outlaw
| Blaise Pascal | | 1662 aged 39 possibly from Tuberculosis or Stomach Cancer |
mathematician and philosopher French
| Bobby Darin | | 1973 aged 37 from Complications During Heart Surgery |
singer, actor American
| Bobby Fuller | | 1966 aged 23 Cause Undetermined |
rock singer, guitarist American
| Bobby Phills | | 2000 aged 30 in a Road Accident |
basketball player American
| Bobby Sands | | 1981 aged 27 by Self-imposed Starvation |
hunger striker, British Member of Parliament Northern Irish
| Bob Marley | | 1981 aged 36 from Melanoma, Started in Toe, Spread to Lung and Brain |
reggae musician Jamaican
| Bon Scott | | 1980 aged 33 from Suffocation on His Own Vomit After Drinking Binge |
hard-rock singer (AC/DC) Australian
| Bo Rein | | 1980 aged 34 in a Bizarre Aircraft Crash in Atlantic Ocean, Presumed Dead |
college football coach (NC State / LSU) American
| Bradley Nowell | | 1996 aged 28 from a Heroin Overdose |
reggae/ska/punk rock/hip hop singer (Sublime) American
| Brad Renfro | | 2008 Aged 25 from a Drug Overdose |
Renfro once did a play sponsored by DARE that discouraged drug use.
| Brandon De Wilde | | 1972 aged 30 in a Car Accident |
actor American
| Brandon Lee | | 1993 aged 28 by Being Accidentally Shot when Prop Gun Malfunctioned on Set of The Crow |
actor American
| Branwell Brontë | | 1848 aged 31 from Suspected Alcohol Poisoning or Drug Overdose |
painter English
| Brian Epstein | | 1967 aged 32 from an Overdose, Probably of Sleeping Pills |
businessman, manager of The Beatles British
| Brian Jones | | 1969 aged 27 from Drug-related Drowning, Possibly Homicide |
rock guitarist (The Rolling Stones) British
| Brian Piccolo | | 1970 aged 26 from Testicular Cancer That Metastasised Into Lung Cancer |
American football running back (Chicago Bears) American
| Bronisław Malinowski | | 1981 aged 30 in a Car Accident |
Olympic gold medallist (1980) Polish
| Bruce Lee | | 1973 aged 32 from Possibly an Allergic Reaction |
martial arts actor Chinese
| Buddy Holly | | 1959 aged 22 in an Aircraft Crash |
rock & roll singer American
| Caesarion (Little Caesar) | | 30 BCE aged 17 executed by Order of Augustus Caesar |
pharaoh, son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar, Egyptian
| Cal Jammer | | 1995 aged 34 from Suicide |
adult film star American
| Carl Maria Von Weber | | 1826 aged 39 from Tuberculosis |
composer German
| Carole Landis | | 1948 aged 29 from Suicide |
actress American
| Carole Lombard | | 1942 aged 33 in an Aircraft Crash |
actress, wife of Clark Gable American
| Carol Willis | | 1971 aged 20 in a Car Accident |
Playboy model American
| Casey Jones | | 1900 aged 36 in a Train Accident |
railroad engineer American
| Cass Elliot | | 1974 aged 32 from a Heart Attack Brought on by Obesity |
singer (The Mamas & Papas) American
| Cazuza | | 1990 aged 32 from AIDS |
singer Brazilian
| Charles Kingsford Smith | | 1935 aged 38 in an Aircraft Crash? |
pioneering aviator Australian remains never found
| Charles Rolls | | 1910 aged 32 in an Aircraft Crash |
co-founder of Rolls-Royce British
| Charles Sorley | | 1915 aged 20 shot in the Head by a Sniper at the Battle of Loos |
war poet Scottish
| Charles Starkweather | | 1959 aged 20 was Executed |
spree killer American
| Charlie Parker | | 1955 aged 34 from Pneumonia and Ulcer, Brought on by Drug Abuse |
jazz saxophonist American
| Charlotte Brontë | | 1855 aged 38 from Tuberculosis (debated) |
novelist English
| Charlotte Coleman | | 2001 aged 33 from an Asthma Attack |
actress British
| Che Guevara | | 1967 aged 39 executed While in Bolivian Army’s Custody |
Marxist revolutionary and Cuban guerrilla leader Argentinean
| Chris Farley | | 1997 aged 33 from Accidental Cocaine and Heroin Overdose |
comic actor American
| Christopher Marlowe | | 1593 aged 29 from a Dagger Wound During Knife-fight |
Renaissance playwright and poet, rival of Shakespeare English
| Cliff Burton | | 1986 aged 24 in a Tour Bus Accident |
heavy-metal bass guitarist (Metallica) American
| Cory Lidle | | 2006 aged 34 killed when His Plane Crashed Into a High-rise Building |
Major League Baseball pitcher American
| Craig Heyward | | 2006 aged 39 from a Brain Tumor |
former NFL running back American
| Crazy Horse | | 1877 aged 39 Assassinated |
warrior Sioux
| Cyril Collard | | 1993 aged 36 from AIDS |
artist French
| Daniel Wayne Smith | | 2006 aged 20 from Misdose of Prescription Drugs |
son of Anna Nicole Smith American
| Dana Plato | | 1999 aged 34 from Prescription Drug Overdose |
actress American
| Darryl Kile | | 2002 aged 33 from Coronary Heart Disease |
Major League Baseball pitcher American
| Dave Alexander | | 1974 aged 27 from Pneumonia |
Bassist (The Stooges) American
| Davey Allison | | 1993 aged 32 in a Helicopter Crash |
NASCAR racing driver American
| David Bacon | | 1943 aged 29 from Possible Murder |
actor American
| David Rappaport | | 1990 aged 38 from Suicide |
diminutive actor British
| David Rocastle | | 2001 aged 33 from Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
footballer English
| D. Boon | | 1985 aged 27 in a Car Accident |
punk rock musician (The Minutemen) American
| Dennis Wilson | | 1983 aged 39 from Drowning Due to Intoxication |
rock & roll musician (The Beach Boys) American
| Derrick Thomas | | 2000 aged 33 in a Car Accident |
American football linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs) American
| Diana, Princess of Wales | | 1997 Aged 36 in a Car Accident |
British royal, ex-wife of Prince Charles
| Dimebag Darrell | | 2004 aged 38 Murdered |
guitarist (Pantera) American
| Dipendra of Nepal | | 2001 aged 29 from Alleged Suicide by Gunshot After Allegedly Shooting Several Members of Royal Family |
crown prince and briefly king Nepali
| DJ Screw | | 2000 aged 29 from an Overdose of Codeine |
musician American
| Doc Holliday | | 1887 aged 36 from Tuberculosis |
dentist, gambler, gunfighter American
| Dominique Dunne | | 1982 aged 22 was Strangled Into Coma by Ex-boyfriend |
actress American
| Dorothy Dell | | 1934 aged 19 in a Car Accident |
actress ,American
| Dorothy Stratten | | 1980 aged 20 from Homicide |
Playboy model Canadian
| Dražen Petrović | | 1993 aged 28 in a Car Accident |
basketball player Croatian
| Dan Snyder | | 2003 aged 25 from a nosocomial Infection |
ice hockey player Canadian
| Duane Allman | | 1971 aged 24 in a Motorbike Accident |
Southern-rock slide-guitarist (Allman Brothers Band) American
| Dan White | | 1985 aged 39 from Suicide |
politician American
| Dylan Thomas | | 1953 aged 39 from Alcohol Poisoning |
poet Welsh
| Eazy-E | | 1995 aged 31 from Complications from Unknowingly Having AIDS |
gangsta-rap pioneer (NWA) American
| Ed Delahanty | | 1903 aged 35 from a Fall over Niagara Falls |
baseball player American
| Eddie Guerrero | | 2005 aged 38 from Heart Failure |
professional wrestler American
| Edie Sedgwick | | 1971 aged 28 from an Intentional Barbiturate Overdose |
actress American
| Edward VI of England | | 1553 aged 15 From tuberculosis |
King of England ,English
| Edwy of England | | 959 aged 18 unknown cause |
King of England, English
| Egon Schiele | | 1918 aged 28 from Influenza |
painter Austrian
| Eldon Hoke | | 1997 aged 39 in a Train Collision |
drummer American
| Elliott Smith | | 2003 aged 34 from Multiple Stab Wounds to Chest, Possibly Suicide |
singer-songwriter American
| Emilie Dionne | | 1954 aged 20 from Complications from an Epileptic Seizure |
one of the Dionne quintuplets, Canadian
| Emilio Jacinto | | 1899 aged 23 from Malaria |
revolutionary leader, poet Filipino
| Emily Brontë | | 1848 aged 30 from Tuberculosis |
novelist, poet English
| Emmett Till | | 1955 aged 14 lynched |
civil rights figure, American
| Ernest Dowson | | 1900 aged 32 from Alcoholism or Tuberculosis |
poet English
| Ernie Davis | | 1963 aged 23 from Leukemia |
college football running back (Syracuse University) American
| Ernst Paul Heinz Prüfer | | 1934 aged 37 of Unknown Cause |
mathematician German
| Evangelista Torricelli | | 1647 aged 39 from Typhoid Fever |
physicist and mathematician Italian
| Evariste Galois | | 1832 aged 20 from a Gunshot in Duel |
mathematician, inventor of group theory French
| Eva Braun | | 1945 aged 33 from Suicide |
Adolf Hitler's German lover. Hitler and she were married the day before they committed suicide together.
| Eva Cassidy | | 1996 aged 33 from Cancer |
singer American
| Evelyn Preer | | 1932 aged 36 From pneumonia |
actress, singer American
| Eva Perón | | 1952 aged 33 from Cancer |
actress, wife of President Juan Perón Argentinian
| Fabio Casartelli | | 1995 aged 24 in a Crash During Tour De France |
professional cyclist Italian
| Felix Gonzalez-Torres | | 1996 aged 39 from AIDS |
artist American
| Felix Mendelssohn | | 1847 aged 38 from a Stroke |
composer German
| Feodor Deahna | | 1844 aged 29 cause Unknown |
mathematician German
| Ferdinand Eisenstein | | 1852 aged 29 from Tuberculosis |
mathematician German
| Fergus Bowes-Lyon | | 1915 aged 26 Killed During the Battle of Loos |
soldier, brother to the Queen Mother British
| Flannery O'Connor | | 1964 aged 39 from Lupus |
Author American
| Florence Ballard | | 1976 aged 32 from Coronary Thrombosis |
singer (The Supremes) American
| Florence Griffith Joyner | | 1998 aged 38 from Cavernous Angioma, Possibly Caused by Performance-enhancing Drugs |
sprinter American
| Franklyn Seales | | 1990 aged 37 from AIDS |
Silver Spoons actor from St Vincent
| Frank P. Ramsey | | 1930 aged 26 from Jaundice |
economist, philosopher and mathematician English
| Françoise Dorléac | | 1967 aged 25 in a car Accident |
actress French
| Franz Schubert | | 1828 aged 31 from Possibly Syphilis or Typhoid Fever |
Composer Austrian
| Frédéric Chopin | | 1849 aged 39 From tuberculosis |
composer Polish
| Freddie Prinze | | 1977 aged 22 from Suicide |
comedian, actor American
| Fred Grace | | 1880 aged 30 from Pneumonia |
Test cricketer, brother of WG Grace English
| Gaetano Scirea | | 1989 aged 36 in a Car Crash |
footballer Italian
| Gaius Valerius Catullus | | 54 BCE aged 30 from Exhaustion |
poet Ancient Roman
| Gene Vincent | | 1971 aged 36 from Liver Damage from Alcoholism |
rockabilly musician American
| George Charles Grey | | 1944 aged 25 killed in Action |
Liberal politician, youngest Member of Parliament English
| George Gershwin | | 1937 aged 38 from a Brain Tumor |
composer American
| George Lawrence Price | | 1918 aged 25 was Shot Near the Heart, Last Commonwealth Soldier Killed in World War I |
soldier Canadian
| Georges Bizet | | 1875 aged 36 from "acute Articular Rheumatism" |
composer French
| Georges Vézina | | 1926 aged 39 from Tuberculosis |
ice hockey goaltender (Canadien) Canadian
| GG Allin | | 1993 aged 36 from a Heroin Overdose |
punk rock singer American
| Gia Carangi | | 1986 aged 26 from AIDS |
fashion model American
| Gilles Villeneuve | | 1982 aged 32 in a Car Accident During Race Qualifying |
Formula One driver Canadian
| Gioacchino Greco | | 1634 aged 34 from Unknown Disease |
chess player Italian
| Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | | 1736 aged 26 from Tuberculosis |
composer Italian
| Gloria Dickson | | 1945 aged 27 from Asphyxiation in a House Fire |
actress American
| Gram Parsons | | 1973 aged 26 from a Drug Overdose |
folk and country-rock singer (The Byrds) American
| Greg Moore | | 1999 aged 24 in a Car Accident During Race |
racing driver Canadian
| Gregorio Del Pilar | | 1899 aged 24 died in Battle |
general Filipino
| Gustav Roch | | 1866 aged 26 from Tuberculosis |
mathematician German
| Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden | | 1632 aged 37 killed in Battle of Lützen |
King of Sweden Swedish
| Hank Gathers | | 1990 aged 23 from Sudden Cardiac Arrest Due to a Weakening of the Heart Muscle |
college basketball player (Loyola Marymount University) American
| Hank Williams | | 1953 aged 29 from an Accidental Overdose of Morphine and Alcohol |
country musician American
| Hans Hermann Von Katte | | 1730 aged 26 execution |
royal's lover Prussian
| Hansie Cronje | | 2002 aged 32 in an Aircraft Crash |
cricketer South African
| Harold Lockwood | | 1918 aged 31 from Spanish Flu |
actor American
| Harry Chapin | | 1981 aged 38 in a car Crash |
singer-songwriter American
| Harry Nelson Pillsbury | | 1906 aged 33 from Syphilis |
chess player American
| Hart Crane | | 1932 aged 32 from Suicide |
poet American
| Heather O'Rourke | | 1988 Aged 12 Of bowel Obstruction |
Child actress, American. Best known for her role in the Poltergeist film trilogy.
| Heath Ledger | | 2008 Drugs Overdose |
| Henri Toivonen | | 1986 aged 30 in a Car Accident During Race |
rally car driver Finnish
| Henri Toulouse-Lautrec | | 1901 aged 36 From alcoholism |
artist French
| Henry Moseley | | 1915 aged 27 killed in Action |
physicist British
| Henry Purcell | | 1695 aged 36 from Possibly Tuberculosis |
composer English
| Hideto Matsumoto | | 1998 aged 33 by Hanging, Possibly Accidental |
musician Japanese
| Hillel Slovak | | 1988 aged 26 from a Heroin Overdose |
rock guitarist (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Israeli
| Hobey Baker | | 1918 aged 26 in a Plane Crash |
ice hockey and American football player American
| Howard Taylor Ricketts | | 1910 aged 39 from Typhus |
pathologist American
| Howie Morenz | | 1937 aged 34 from Complications from Broken Leg |
ice hockey player Canadian
| Ian Curtis | | 1980 aged 23 from Suicide by Hanging |
post-punk singer (Joy Division) English
| Iris Chang | | 2004 aged 36 from Suicide |
author American
| Irving Thalberg | | 1936 aged 37 from Pneumonia |
film producer American
| Isabella Beeton | | 1865 aged 28 from Puerperal Fever |
author of "Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management" English
| Ivo Van Damme | | 1976 aged 22 in A car Accident |
middle distance runner Belgian
| Jack Pickford | | 1933 aged 36 from Syphilis, Alcoholism |
actor Canadian-born American
| Jaco Pastorius | | 1987 aged 36 from Brain Damage |
bass player, former member of Weather Report American
| James Dean | | 1955 aged 24 in a Car Accident |
actor American
| James F. M. Prinsep | | 1895 aged 34 from Fighting in Egypt |
footballer, long-time holder of the record as England's youngest player English
| James Wolfe | | 1759 aged 32 killed During the Battle of the Plains of Abraham |
General, established British rule over Canada English
| Jam Master Jay | | 2002 aged 37 from Gunshots from Unknown Attacker in Recording Studio |
hip hop DJ (Run-DMC) American
| Janis Joplin | | 1970 aged 27 from a Heroin Overdose |
rock/soul singer (Big Brother & the Holding Company) American
| Jason Collier | | 2005 aged 28 from Cardiac Arrest |
basketball player American
| Jayne Mansfield | | 1967 aged 34 in a Car Accident |
actress and sex symbol American
| Jean-Michel Basquiat | | 1988 aged 27 from a Heroin Overdose ("acute Mixed Drug Interaction") |
Artist American
| J.E.B. Stuart | | 1864 aged 31 from Battle Wounds |
Confederate General American
| Jeff Buckley | | 1997 aged 30 by Drowning in River |
singer/guitarist American
| Jeffrey Dahmer | | 1994 aged 34 by Being Bludgeoned in Prison by Fellow Inmate |
serial killer American
| Jean Harlow | | 1937 aged 26 from Uremic Poisoning and Kidney Failure |
actress American
| Jermaine Stewart | | 1997 aged 39 from AIDS |
musician American
| Jesse James | | 1882 aged 34 from a Gunshot |
outlaw and train-robber American
| Jessica Dubroff | | 1996 Aged 7 in an Aircraft Crash |
young pilot, American
| Jesus | | C. 32 aged 36 by Crucifixion |
founder of Christianity (exact age at death uncertain) Judean
| Jean Vigo | | 1934 aged 29 from Tuberculosis |
Film maker French
| Jill Dando | | 1999 aged 37 from a Gunshot |
television presenter British
| Jim Clark | | 1968 aged 32 in a Car Accident During Race |
Formula One driver British
| Jimi Hendrix | | 1970 aged 27 by Choking on Own Vomit Caused by Sleeping Pill Overdose |
Rock guitarist/singer American
| Jim Morrison | | 1971 aged 27 from a Heart Attack, Possibly Due to Drug Overdose |
rock singer (The Doors) American
| Jochen Rindt | | 1970 aged 28 in a Crash During Race Practice |
Formula 1 racing driver Austrian
| Joe Hall | | 1919 aged 36 from Spanish Flu |
ice hockey player Canadian
| Joe Meek | | 1967 aged 37 from Suicide |
record producer British
| Joe Orton | | 1967 aged 34 from Bludgeoning W/ Hammer by His Jealous, Drug-addicted Room-mate |
playwright English
| Joey Stefano | | 1994 aged 26 from A drug Overdose |
adult film star American
| John Belushi | | 1982 aged 33 from an Overdose of Cocaine and Heroin |
American actor and comedian
| John Bonham | | 1980 aged 32 from Alcohol Poisoning |
rock drummer (Led Zeppelin) British
| John F. Kennedy, Jr | | 1999 aged 38 in an Aircraft Crash |
journalist, publisher American
| John Gilbert | | 1936 aged 36 from Heart Attack |
actor American
| John Harvard | | 1638 aged 30 from Tuberculosis |
clergyman after whom Harvard University was named English
| John Keats | | 1821 aged 25 from Tuberculosis |
Romantic poet English
| John Kennedy Toole | | 1969 aged 31 from Suicide |
writer American
| Johnny Ace | | 1954 aged 25 from A gunshot (Russian Roulette) |
rock 'n' roll musician American
| Johnny Thunders | | 1991 aged 38 From methadone and Alcohol Poisoning |
glam-rock guitarist/singer (New York Dolls) American
| John Spence | | 1987 aged 18 From suicide by Gunshot |
ska singer (No Doubt), American
| John Thomson | | 1931 aged 22 from An On-pitch Collision |
footballer Scottish
| John Wilkes Booth | | 1865 aged 27 from A gunshot |
assassin of President Abraham Lincoln American
| Jonathan Brandis | | 2003 aged 27 From suicide |
actor American
| Jon Hooker | | 2006 aged 27 in a Plane Crash |
former University of Kentucky baseball pitcher American
| Joan of Arc | | 1431 aged 19 burned at the Stake |
military commander, French
| Joseph Merrick (The Elephant Man) | | 1890 aged 27 from Suffocation, Possibly Suicide |
severely deformed celebrity of Victorian era London British
| Joseph Smith, Jr | | 1844 aged 38 from a Gunshot and Fall from Window |
founder of Latter Day Saint movement (Mormon Church) American
| Josh Gibson | | 1947 aged 35 from a Stroke |
baseball player (Negro Leagues) American
| Josh Ryan Evans | | 2002 aged 20 from Heart Failure |
soap opera actor (Passions), American
| José Rizal | | 1896 aged 35 by Spanish Firing Squad |
novelist, National Hero of the Philippines Filipino
| Judith Barsi | | 1988 Aged 10 By homicide |
child actress, American
| Judy Tyler | | 1957 aged 23 in a car Accident |
actress American
| Julie Vega | | 1985 aged 16 from Pneumonia |
actress, Filipino
| Junior Durkin | | 1935 aged 19 in a Car Accident |
actor ,American
| Justin Fashanu | | 1998 aged 37 from Suicide |
footballer English
| Karen Ann Quinlan | | 1985 aged 31 of Eventual Pneumonia After Being in a Persistent Vegetative State |
Central figure in a right to die dispute American
| Karen Carpenter | | 1983 Aged 32 from Cardiac Arrest Due to Anorexia Nervosa |
American singer (The Carpenters)
| Karen Young | | 1991 aged 39 from a Bleeding Ulcer |
disco singer American
| Kay Kendall | | 1959 aged 33 from Myeloid Leukaemia |
actress English
| Keith Green | | 1982 aged 28 in a Plane Crash |
Gospel music pioneer American
| Keith Haring | | 1990 aged 31 from AIDS |
painter American
| Keith Moon | | 1978 aged 32 from an Overdose of Anti-seizure Medication |
rock drummer (The Who) British
| Keith Relf | | 1976 aged 33 From accidental Electric Shock While Playing His Electric Guitar |
singer / harmonica player (The Yardbirds) British
| Keith Whitley | | 1989 aged 34 from Alcohol Poisoning |
country western singer American
| Kellie Waymire | | 2003 aged 35 from Cardiac Arrhythmia |
actress American
| Kim Perrot | | 1999 aged 32 from a Brain Tumor Attributed to Lung Cancer |
WNBA basketball player (Houston Comets) American
| Kim Walker | | 2001 aged 32 from a Brain Tumour |
actress (Heathers) American
| King Curtis | | 1971 aged 37 from Homicide |
saxophonist American
| King Ghazi | | 1939 Aged 27 Possibly from Murder |
king Iraqi
| Klaus Nomi | | 1983 aged 39 from AIDS |
singer German
| Krissy Taylor | | 1995 aged 17 from Heart Failure Due to a Rare Condition |
supermodel, American
| Kurt Cobain | | 1994 aged 27 From gunshot After Lethal Dose of Heroin, Presumed Suicide |
grunge singer/guitarist (Nirvana) American
| Lady Jane Grey | | 1554 aged 16 beheaded by Order of Mary I |
Queen for 9 to 13 days, English
| Laurie Cunningham | | 1989 aged 33 in a Car Accident |
footballer English
| Layne Staley | | 2002 aged 34 From cocaine and Heroin Overdose |
heavy metal/grunge singer (Alice in Chains) American
| Lea De Mae | | 2004 aged 27 From brain Cancer |
adult film actress Czech
| Lee Harvey Oswald | | 1963 aged 24 from A gunshot |
alleged assassin of US President John F Kennedy American
| Leigh Bowery | | 1994 aged 33 from AIDS |
conceptual artist Australian
| Len Bias | | 1986 aged 22 from a Cocaine Overdose |
basketball player (University of Maryland) American
| Lena Zavaroni | | 1999 aged 35 from Anorexia Nervosa |
pop singer Scottish
| Leo II | | 474 aged 6 or 7 of an Unknown Disease |
Byzantine Emperor
| Leonid Stein | | 1973 aged 38 from a Heart Attack |
chess player Russian
| Lillian Board | | 1970 aged 22 from Cancer |
Olympic silver medallist (1968) British
| Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes | | 2002 aged 31 in a Car Accident |
singer (TLC) American
| Little Willie John | | 1968 aged 30 from Pneumonia |
musician American
| La Malinche | | 1529 aged 24 Cause Unknown |
interpreter Indigenous Mexican
| Lord Byron | | 1824 aged 36 from Tuberculosis |
poet English
| Lorraine Hansberry | | 1965 aged 34 from Breast Cancer |
playwright American
| Lou Gehrig | | 1941 aged 37 from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
baseball player (New York Yankees) American
| Lya De Putti | | 1931 aged 32 from Pneumonia |
actress Hungarian
| Lyda Roberti | | 1938 aged 31 from Heart Attack |
actress Polish
| Lyman Bostock | | 1978 aged 28 from a Gunshot to the Head |
baseball player American
| Maggie Dixon | | 2006 aged 28 from Cardiac Arrest |
Women's basketball coach at Army and younger sister of University of Pittsburgh men's coach Jamie Dixon American
| Magic Sam | | 1969 aged 32 from a Heart Attack |
blues guitarist American
| Malcolm X | | 1965 Aged 39 From gunshots |
leader of militant black nationalism, American
| Malcolm X | | 1965 aged 39 from Gunshots |
leader of militant black nationalism American
| Malik Sealy | | 2000 aged 30 in a Road Accident |
basketball player American
| Manfred Von Richthofen | | 1918 aged 25 Shot Down over Morlancourt Ridge |
"The Red Baron" - World War I "ace of aces" German
| Marc Bolan | | 1977 aged 29 in a Car Accident |
glam-rock singer (T. Rex) British
| Marco Pantani | | 2004 aged 34 from Cerebral Oedema and Heart Failure from Acute Cocaine Poisoning |
cyclist Italian
| Marc-Vivien Foé | | 2003 aged 28 from a Heart Attack During Match |
footballer Cameroonian
| Marie Antoinette | | 1793 aged 37 executed |
Queen, wife of Louis XVI French
| Marie Prevost | | 1937 aged 38 from Alcoholism, Malnutrition |
actress Canadian-born American
| Marilyn Monroe | | 1962 aged 36 from Barbiturate Overdose, Probably Intentional |
actress, sex symbol American
| Mario Lanza | | 1959 aged 38 from a Heart Attack |
operatic tenor and actor American
| Martin Luther King, Jr | | 1968 aged 39 from a Gunshot |
Nobel laureate, minister, civil rights activist American
| Mary Kay Bergman | | 1999 aged 38 From suicide |
voice actress (South Park) American
| Matthias Sindelar | | 1939 aged 35 from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning |
footballer Austrian
| Mattie Stepanek | | 2004 aged 13 from Muscular Distrophy |
poet, American
| Maureen Connolly | | 1969 aged 34 from cancer |
tennis player American
| Maximilien Robespierre | | 1794 aged 36 by Guillotine |
revolutionary leader French
| Meriwether Lewis | | 1809 aged 35 from a Gunshot |
explorer American
| Merritt Butrick | | 1989 aged 29 from AIDS |
actor American
| Michael Collins | | 1922 aged 31 was Assassinated |
revolutionary leader Irish
| Michael Hutchence | | 1997 aged 37 From hanging in Possible Autoerotic Asphyxiation Incident |
rock singer (INXS) Australian
| Michael Ventris | | 1956 aged 34 in a Car Accident |
architect, classicist, linguist British
| Mike Bloomfield | | 1981 aged 37 from an Overdose |
guitarist American
| Mike Darr | | 2002 aged 25 in a Car Accident |
Major League Baseball outfielder American
| Mike Hawthorn | | 1959 aged 29 in a Car Accident |
racing driver English
| Minamoto No Yoshitsune | | 1189 aged 30 in an Attack Ordered by Brother Yoritomo |
General (exact age at death uncertain) Japanese
| Minnie Riperton | | 1979 aged 31 from Cancer |
singer American
| Mitch Hedberg | | 2005 aged 37 from a Drug Overdose |
comedian American
| Monty Bowden | | 1892 aged 26 officially from Epilepsy, Also Trampled by His Own Oxen |
England's youngest ever cricket captain English
| Nathanael West | | 1940 aged 36 in a car Accident |
writer American
| Nat Turner | | 1831 aged 31 by Execution |
rebel American
| Ned Kelly | | 1880 aged 26 was Executed |
bushranger Australian
| Nero | | 68 Aged 31 from Suicide |
"Nero fiddled while Rome burned" ... but this does not mean he sat around playing the violin.
| Nick Drake | | 1974 aged 26 from Antidepressant Overdose, Probably Intentional |
folk guitarist/singer British
| Nicole DeHuff | | 2005 aged 31 from Pneumonia |
actress American
| Niels Henrik Abel | | 1829 aged 26 from Tuberculosis |
mathematician Norwegian
| Nile Kinnick | | 1943 aged 24 in a plane Crash |
college football running back (University of Iowa) American
| The Notorious BIG | | 1997 aged 24 from a Gunshot |
rapper American
| Novalis | | 1801 aged 28 from Tuberculosis |
poet and philosopher German
| Ol' Dirty Bastard | | 2004 aged 35 from Accidental Overdose of Cocaine and Painkillers |
rapper (Wu Tang Clan) American
| Otis Redding | | 1967 aged 26 in an Aircraft Crash |
soul singer American
| Owen Hart | | 1999 aged 34 in a Fall While Being Lowered to Ring During Live Televised Event |
professional wrestler Canadian
| Patrick Pearse | | 1916 aged 36 by Execution |
nationalist Irish
| Patsy Cline | | 1963 aged 30 in an Aircraft Crash |
country music singer American
| Pat Tillman | | 2004 aged 27 from "friendly Fire" in Afghanistan |
NFL player who gave up football to join US Army after September 11, 2001 attacks American
| Paul Dana | | 2006 aged 30 in a Car Accident During a Practice Run |
race car driver American
| Paul Demayo | | 2005 aged 36 from Heroin Overdose |
bodybuilder American
| Paul Hunter | | 2006 aged 27 from Cancer |
snooker player British
| Paul Kossoff | | 1976 aged 25 from Drug-related Heart Problems |
rock guitarist British
| Paul Laurence Dunbar | | 1906 aged 33 from Tuberculosis |
poet American
| Paul Williams | | 1973 aged 34 from Suicide by Gunshot |
singer (The Temptations) American
| Pedro Zamora | | 1994 aged 22 from AIDS |
MTV The Real World participant American
| Peg Entwistle | | 1932 aged 24 by Suicide |
actress Welsh
| Pelle Lindbergh | | 1985 aged 26 in A car Accident |
ice hockey goaltender (Philadelphia Flyers) Swedish
| Percy Bysshe Shelley | | 1822 aged 29 by Drowning at Sea During Storm |
Romantic poet (Ozymandias) English
| Pete Duel | | 1971 aged 31 from Suicide |
actor American
| Peter Ham | | 1975 aged 27 from Suicide by Hanging |
musician (Badfinger) British
| Peter II of Russia | | 1730 aged 14 from Small Pox |
Tsar, Russian
| Philippa Schuyler | | 1967 aged 35 in an Aircraft Crash |
musician American
| Phil Lynott | | 1986 aged 36 from a Drug Overdose |
rock musician (Thin Lizzy) Irish
| Phil Ochs | | 1976 aged 35 from Suicide by Hanging |
singer American
| Phyllis Wheatley | | 1784 aged 31 from Poverty |
poet, first Afro-American writer published in US American
| Proof | | 2006 aged 30 from Gunfire |
rapper American
| Rafael Moreno Aranzadi | | 1922 aged 29 from Typhoid |
footballer, gave his nickname to the Pichichi trophy Spanish
| Randy Rhoads | | 1982 aged 25 in an Aircraft Crash |
hard-rock guitarist (Quiet Riot/Ozzy Osbourne) American
| Raphael | | 1520 aged 37 of Unknown Cause |
artist Italian
| Ray Chapman | | 1920 aged 29 hit in Head by a Pitch from Carl Mays |
baseball player (Cleveland Indians) American
| Raymond Paley | | 1933 aged 26 in a Skiing Accident |
mathematician English
| Ray Vitte | | 1983 aged 33 shot by Police While Resisting Arrest |
actor American
| Reggie Lewis | | 1993 aged 27 from a Heart Attack |
basketball player (Boston Celtics) American
| Renate Müller | | 1937 aged 31 cause Undetermined, Suicide, or Murder by Gestapo Agents |
actress German
| Rex Cherryman | | 1928 aged 30 from Septic Poisoning |
actor American
| Richard Beckinsale | | 1979 aged 31 from a Heart Attack |
television actor British
| Richard II of England | | 1400 aged 33 from Probably Homicide or Starvation |
king, who was deposed and imprisoned by his cousin, Henry IV English
| Richey James Edwards | | 1995 aged 26 presumed Dead, Likely Jumped from Bridge |
rock guitarist (Manic Street Preachers) Welsh
| Ricky Wilson | | 1985 aged 32 from AIDS |
guitarist (The B-52's) American
| Rico Yan | | 2002 aged 27 from Either Acute Hemorrhagic Pancreatitis or Bangungot |
actor Filipino
| Ritchie Valens | | 1959 aged 17 in Aircraft Crash |
Chicano-rock singer, American
| River Phoenix | | 1993 aged 23 from Heart Failure Due to Drug Overdose |
actor American
| Robert Burns | | 1796 aged 37 from Heart Problems |
poet Scottish
| Robert E. Howard | | 1936 aged 30 from Suicide |
writer American
| Robert Fergusson | | 1774 aged 24 from Head Trauma |
poet Scottish
| Robert Harron | | 1920 aged 27 from a Gun Accident |
actor American
| Robert Johnson | | 1938 aged 27 from Alleged Poisoning |
delta blues guitarist/singer American
| Roberto Clemente | | 1972 aged 38 in an Aircraft Crash |
baseball player (Pittsburgh Pirates) Puerto Rican
| Robert Wadlow | | 1940 aged 22 from an Infection of the Left Ankle |
tallest man ever American
| Robin Harris | | 1990 aged 36 from Heart Attack |
comedian, actor American
| Rob Pilatus | | 1998 aged 32 from an Overdose |
Milli Vanilli American
| Rodney Anoai (Yokozuna) | | 2000 aged 34 from a Heart Attack |
professional wrestler American
| Roger Byrne | | 1958 aged 28 in The Munich Air Disaster |
footballer (Manchester United) English
| Roland Ratzenberger | | 1994 aged 33 in a Crash During Race Qualifying |
Formula 1 racing driver Austrian
| Ronnie Peterson | | 1978 aged 34 from Pulmonary Embolism Following Racing Injury |
racing driver Swedish
| Ronnie Van Zant | | 1977 aged 29 in an Aircraft Crash |
singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd) American
| Rosalind Franklin | | 1958 aged 37 From ovarian Cancer |
DNA pioneer English
| Rudolf Charousek | | 1900 aged 26 from Tuberculosis |
chess player Hungarian
| Rudolf IV of Austria | | 1365 aged 25 cause Unknown |
Duke Austrian
| Rudolph Valentino | | 1926 aged 31 from Septicaemia |
actor Italian
| Rupert Brooke | | 1915 aged 27 From septic Pneumonia |
poet British
| Ryan White | | 1990 aged 18 from Accidental HIV Infection from Treatments for Haemophilia |
AIDS activist, American
| Samantha Smith | | 1985 aged 13 in An aircraft Crash |
social activist, actress, author, American
| Sam Cooke | | 1964 aged 33 from Homicide |
soul musician American
| Sam Kinison | | 1992 aged 38 in a Car Accident Caused by Drunk Driver |
stand-up comedian American
| Samuel Coleridge-Taylor | | 1912 aged 37 from Pneumonia |
composer English
| Sandy Denny | | 1978 aged 31 from Cerebral Haemorrhage |
singer British
| Sanjay Gandhi | | 1980 aged 33 in an Aircraft Crash |
politician, member of Nehru-Gandhi family Indian
| Scott La Rock | | 1987 aged 25 from Gun Violence |
DJ American
| Selena | | 1995 aged 23 from Homicide |
singer American
| Sergei Yesenin | | 1925 aged 30 from Suicide |
poet Russian
| Shannon Hoon | | 1995 aged 28 from A drug Overdose |
rock singer (Blind Melon) American
| Sharon Tate | | 1969 aged 26 from Homicide by Followers of Charles Manson |
actress American
| Shauna Grant | | 1984 aged 20 From suicide |
adult film actress American
| Sidney Fox | | 1942 aged 31 from Suicide |
actress American
| Simone Weil | | 1943 aged 34 from Tuberculosis |
philosopher French
| Sir Philip Sidney | | 1586 aged 31 killed in Battle |
poet and soldier English
| Sonny Liston | | 1970 aged 38 from a Drug Overdose |
heavyweight boxer American
| Soraya | | 2006 aged 37 from Breast Cancer |
singer Colombian-American
| Srinivasa Ramanujan | | 1920 aged 32 from Amoebiasis |
mathematician Indian
| Stanley Ketchel | | 1910 aged 24 from a Gunshot |
boxer American
| Stephen Crane | | 1900 aged 28 From tuberculosis |
novelist American
| Stephen Foster | | 1864 aged 37 from an Accidental Fall |
composer American
| Steve Biko | | 1977 aged 30 from Severe Head Trauma While in Police Custody |
anti-apartheid activist South African
| Steve Olin | | 1993 aged 27 in a Boating Accident |
Major League Baseball pitcher American
| Steve Prefontaine | | 1975 aged 24 in a Car Accident |
Olympic long-distance runner American
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | | 1990 aged 35 in a Helicopter Crash |
blues guitarist American
| St Therese of Lisieux | | 1897 aged 24 From tuberculosis |
Catholic saint French
| Sylvia Plath | | 1963 aged 30 from Suicide by Asphyxiation |
Pulitzer-Prize-winning poet and author American
| Tammi Terrell | | 1970 aged 24 from A brain Tumour |
Motown singer American
| Tasunka Witko (Crazy Horse) | | 1877 aged 27 from a Bayonet Wound While in US Army Custody |
warrior (Oglala Sioux tribe) Native American
| Ted Demme | | 2002 aged 38 from a Heart Attack |
film director American
| Terry Fox | | 1981 aged 22 from Cancer |
athlete, activist Canadian
| Terry Kath | | 1978 aged 31 from Self Inflicted Gunshot |
rock musician (Chicago) American
| Theo Van Gogh | | 1891 Aged 33 from Syphilis |
Dutch art dealer. The younger brother of Vincent van Gogh.
| Theresa Hak Kyung Cha | | 1982 aged 31 murdered |
author American
| Thomas Anthony Dooley | | 1961 aged 34 from Cancer |
activist American
| Thomas Chatterton | | 1770 aged 17 By suicide |
poet ,English
| Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson | | 1863 aged 39 fatally Wounded in Battle |
Confederate Civil War general American
| Thurman Munson | | 1979 aged 32 in an Aircraft Crash |
baseball player (New York Yankees) American
| Tim Buckley | | 1975 aged 28 from a Drug Overdose |
folk singer American
| Tim Crews | | 1993 aged 32 in a Boating Accident |
Major League Baseball pitcher American
| Tim Richmond | | 1989 aged 34 from AIDS |
NASCAR racing driver American
| Tip Foster | | 1914 aged 36 from Diabetes |
only man to have captained both England football and cricket teams English
| Tommy Bolin | | 1976 aged 25 from a Drug Overdose |
musician American
| Tom Simpson | | 1967 aged 29 from Exhaustion During Tour De France |
professional cyclist British
| Tose Proeski | | 2007 Aged 26 in a Car Accident |
Macedonian pop singer. He was popular across the entire Balkan area and further north, and locally he was considered a top act of the Macedonian music scene. Proeski was known for his trademark quote "Ve sakam site" (I Love You All), and was called "Elvis Presley of the Balkans" by BBC News. Born January 25, 1981. Died October 16, 2007.
| Tupac Shakur (2pac) | | 1996 aged 25 from Gunshots from Drive-by |
rapper singer, poet American
| Tutankhamun | | 1323 BCE aged 18 possibly Gangrene from an Infected Leg Wound |
pharaoh ,Egyptian
| Valentino Mazzola | | 1949 aged 30 in Superga Air Disaster |
footballer (Torino) Italian
| Valery Kharlamov | | 1981 aged 33 in a Car Accident |
ice hockey player Russian
| Veronica Guerin | | 1996 aged 37 from Homicide |
journalist Irish
| Vincent Van Gogh | | 1890 aged 37 from Suicide by Gunshot to His Chest |
Painter Dutch
| Wallace Reid | | 1923 aged 31 from Influenza |
actor American
| Wilfred Owen | | 1918 aged 25 Was killed While Crossing the Sambre-Oise Canal (World War I) |
poet English
| William Quantrill | | 1865 aged 27 Killed by Union Army |
Confederate guerrilla American
| William S. Burroughs, Jr. | | 1981 aged 33 from Liver Failure |
writer American
| Wolfe Tone | | 1798 aged 35 from Suicide by Stab Wounds to Throat While Awaiting Execution in British Custody |
independence leader Irish
| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | | 1791 aged 35 from Tuberculosis |
composer Austrian
| Wyndham Halswelle | | 1915 aged 32 from a Sniper's Bullet at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle |
athlete, 400m gold medallist at 1908 Olympic Games Scottish
| Yuri Gagarin | | 1968 aged 34 in a Fighter Jet Crash During Test Flight |
cosmonaut, first man in space Soviet
| Yutaka Taniyama | | 1958 aged 31 from Suicide |
Mathematician Japanese
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