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59 Famous People Who Died Before Age 40

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. Aaliyah (22)R&B singer -- Plane crash -- 2001 7. Buddy Holly (22)Rock 'n' roll singer -- Plane crash -- 1959 8. Freddie Prinze (22)Comedian/actor -- Suicide -- 1977 9. River Phoenix (23)Actor -- Drug overdose -- 1993 10. Selena (23)Mexican-American singer -- Homicide -- 1995 11. James Dean (24)Actor -- Auto accident -- 1955 12. Otis Redding (26)Soul singer -- Plane crash -- 1967 13. Brian Jones (27)British rock guitarist -- Drug-related drowning, possibly homicide -- 1969 14. Janis Joplin (27)Rock/soul singer -- Heroin overdose -- 1970 15. Jim Morrison (27)Rock singer -- Heart attack, possibly due to drug overdose -- 1971 16. Jimi Hendrix (27)Rock guitarist/singer -- Asphyxiation from sleeping pill overdose -- 1970 17. Kurt Cobain (27)Grunge rock singer/guitarist -- Gunshot and lethal dose of heroin, presumed suicide -- 1994 18. Reggie Lewis (27)Basketball player -- Heart attack -- 1993 19. Brandon Lee (28)Actor -- Accidental shooting on the set of The Crow -- 1993 20. Shannon Hoon (28)Rock singer -- Drug overdose -- 1995 21. Hank Williams (29)Country musician -- Heart attack, possibly due to an accidental overdose of morphine and alcohol -- 195322. Andy Gibb (30)Singer -- Heart failure due to cocaine abuse -- 198823. Jim Croce (30)Singer/songwriter -- Plane crash -- 1973 24. Patsy Cline (30)Country music singer -- Plane crash -- 1963 25. Sylvia Plath (30)Poet and author -- Suicide -- 1963 26. Brian Epstein (32)Beatles manager -- Drug overdose -- 1967 27. Bruce Lee (32)Martial arts actor -- Possible allergic reaction -- 1973 28. Cass Elliot (32)Singer -- Heart attack brought on by obesity -- 1974 29. Karen Carpenter (32)Singer and musician -- Cardiac arrest from anorexia nervosa -- 1983 30. Keith Moon (32)Rock drummer -- Overdose of medication -- 1978 31. Carole Lombard (33)Actor -- Plane crash -- 1942 32. Chris Farley (33)Comedian/actor -- Overdose of cocaine and heroin -- 1997 33. Darryl Kile (33)Major League Baseball pitcher -- Coronary heart disease -- 2002 3534. Jesus Christ (33)Our Lord and Savior -- Crucifixion -- A.D. 30 . John Belushi (33)Comedian/actor -- Overdose of cocaine and heroin -- 1982 36. Sam Cooke (33)Soul musician -- Homicide -- 1964 37. Charlie Parker (34)Jazz saxophonist -- Pneumonia and ulcer, brought on by drug abuse -- 1955 38. Dana Plato (34)Actor -- Prescription drug overdose -- 1999 39. Jayne Mansfield (34)Actor -- Auto accident -- 1967 40. Andy Kaufman (35)Comedian/actor -- Lung cancer -- 1984 41. Josh Gibson (35)Negro League baseball player -- Stroke -- 1947 42. Stevie Ray Vaughan (35)Blues guitarist -- Helicopter crash -- 1990 43. Bob Marley (36)Reggae musician -- Melanoma that metastasized into lung and brain cancer -- 1981 44. Diana, Princess of Wales (36)British royal -- Auto accident -- 1997 45. Marilyn Monroe (36)Actor -- Barbiturate overdose -- 1962 46. Bobby Darin (37)Singer/actor -- Complications during heart surgery -- 1973 47. Lou Gehrig (37)Major League Baseball player -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- 1941 48. Michael Hutchence (37)Rock singer -- Hanged, possibly suicide -- 1997 49. Sal Mineo (37)Actor -- Homicide -- 1976 50. Florence Griffith Joyner (38)Olympian/sprinter -- Possible asphyxiation during epileptic seizure -- 1998 51. George Gershwin (38)Composer -- Brain tumor -- 1937 52. Harry Chapin (38)Singer/songwriter -- Auto accident -- 1981 53. John F. Kennedy, Jr. (38)Journalist/publisher -- Plane crash -- 1999 54. Roberto Clemente (38)Major League Baseball player -- Plane crash -- 1972 55. Sam Kinison (38)Comedian -- Auto accident caused by drunk driver -- 1992 56. Anna Nicole Smith (39)Model/actor -- Accidental prescription drug overdose -- 2007 57. Dennis Wilson (39)Rock 'n' roll drummer -- Drowning due to intoxication -- 1983 58. Malcolm X (39)Militant civil rights leader -- Assassination -- 1965 59. Martin Luther King, Jr. (39)Civil rights activist/minister -- Assassination -- 1968