Top Famous Celebirty Deaths
by dollface0123 | created - 21 Aug 2022 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicMay they RIP...
1. Michael Jackson
Soundtrack | Michael Jackson: Thriller
Michael Joseph Jackson was born on August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana, and entertained audiences nearly his entire life. His father, Joe Jackson (no relation to Joe Jackson, also a musician), had been a guitarist, but was forced to give up his musical ambitions following his marriage to Michael's ...
Born: August 29, 1958 Gary, Indiana
Occupation: Singer (Jackson 5)
Died: June 25, 2009 Los Angeles, California (Aged 50)
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest
2. Elvis Presley
Soundtrack | Girls! Girls! Girls!
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in East Tupelo, Mississippi, to Gladys Presley (née Gladys Love Smith) and Vernon Presley (Vernon Elvis Presley). He had a twin brother who was stillborn. In 1948, Elvis and his parents moved to Memphis, Tennessee where he attended Humes High School. ...
Born: January 8, 1935 Tupelo, Mississippi
Occupation: Singer/Actor
Died: August 16, 1977 Memphis, Tennessee (aged 42)
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrhythmia
3. John Lennon
Actor | A Hard Day's Night
John Winston (later Ono) Lennon was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England, to Julia Lennon (née Stanley) and Alfred Lennon, a merchant seaman. He was raised by his mother's older sister Mimi Smith. In the mid-1950s, he formed his first band, The Quarrymen (after Quarry Bank High School, ...
Born: October 9, 1940 Liverpool, England
Occupation: Singer (The Beatles)
Died: December 8, 1980 New York City, New
York (aged 40)
Cause of Death: Murdered
4. Kurt Cobain
Soundtrack | The Batman
Kurt Cobain was born on February 20 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. Kurt and his family lived in Hoquiam for the first few months of his life then later moved back to Aberdeen, where he had a happy childhood until his parents divorced. The divorce left Kurt's outlook on the world forever scarred. He...
Born: February 20, 1967 Aberdeen, Washington
Occupation: Singer (Nirvana)
Died: April 5, 1994 Seattle, Washington (aged 27)
Cause of Death: Suicide
5. Whitney Houston
Soundtrack | The Bodyguard
Whitney Elizabeth Houston was born into a musical family on 9 August 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, the daughter of gospel star Cissy Houston (née Emily Lee Drinkard) and John Russell Houston, Jr., and cousin of singing star Dionne Warwick.
She began singing in the choir at her church, The New Hope ...
Born: August 9, 1963 Newark, New Jersey
Occupation: Actress/Singer
Died: February 11, 2012 Beverly Hills, California (aged 48)
Cause of Death: Accidental Drowning
6. Freddie Mercury
Soundtrack | Flash Gordon
Freddie Mercury was born on the Tanzanian island of Zanzibar. His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara, sent him off to a private school in India, from 1955 til 1963. In 1964, he and his family flew to England. In 1966 he started his education at the Ealing College of Art, where he graduated in 1969. He ...
Born: September 5, 1946 Stone Town, Zanzibar
Occupation: Singer (Queen)
Died: November 24, 1991 London, England (aged 45)
Cause of Death: AIDS
7. Paul Walker
Actor | The Fast and the Furious
Paul William Walker IV was born in Glendale, California. He grew up together with his brothers, Caleb and Cody, and sisters, Ashlie and Amie. Their parents, Paul William Walker III, a sewer contractor, and Cheryl (Crabtree) Walker, a model, separated around September 2004. His grandfather, William ...
Born: September 12, 1973 Glendale, California
Occupation: Actor
Died: November 30, 2013 Santa Clarita, California (aged 40)
Cause of Death: Car Accident
8. Robin Williams
Actor | Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin McLaurin Williams was born on Saturday, July 21st, 1951, in Chicago, Illinois, a great-great-grandson of Mississippi Governor and Senator, Anselm J. McLaurin. His mother, Laurie McLaurin (née Janin), was a former model from Mississippi, and his father, Robert Fitzgerald Williams, was a Ford ...
Born: July 21, 1951 Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Actor/Comedian
Died: August 11, 2014 Paradise Cay, California (aged 63)
Cause of Death: Suicide
9. Marilyn Monroe
Actress | Some Like It Hot
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress, comedienne, singer, and model. Monroe is of English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh descent. She became one of the world's most enduring iconic figures and is remembered both for her winsome embodiment of the Hollywood sex symbol and her tragic personal and ...
Born: June 1, 1926 Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actress/Model
Died: August 4, 1962 Los Angeles, California (aged 36)
Cause of Death: Drug Overdose
10. Princess Diana
Self | Charles & Diana: Never Meant to Be
Princess Diana was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. Diana's activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her an enduring popularity.
Diana was born into the British nobility ...
Born: July 1, 1961 Park House, Sandringham, Norfolk, England
Occupation: Royal Family Member/Activist
Died: August 31, 1997 Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital, Paris France (aged 36)
Cause of Death: Car Accident
11. Anna Nicole Smith
Actress | Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult
Anna Nicole Smith was born on November 28, 1967 in Houston, Texas, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994), Be Cool (2005) and Illegal Aliens (2007). She was married to J. Howard Marshall II and Billy Smith. She died on February 8, 2007 in Hollywood...
Born: November 28, 1967 Houston, Texas
Occupation: Actress/Model
Died: February 8, 2007 Hollywood, Florida (aged 39)
Cause of Death: Drug Overdose
12. Aaliyah
Soundtrack | Romeo Must Die
Talented. Beautiful. Modest. These three words described R&B singer-turned-actress Aaliyah perfectly.
Aaliyah Dana Haughton was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Diane (Hankerson) and Michael Haughton. Her uncle was music manager Barry Hankerson and her brother is director Rashad Haughton. Aaliyah was ...
Born: January 16, 1979 New York City
Occupation: Singer
Died: August 25, 2001 Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas (aged 22)
Cause of Death: Plane Crash
13. Tupac Shakur
Actor | Juice
Born in New York City, Tupac grew up primarily in Harlem. In 1984, his family moved to Baltimore, Maryland where he became good friends with Jada Pinkett Smith. His family moved again in 1988 to Oakland, California. His first breakthrough in music came in 1991 as a member of the group Digital ...
Born: June 16, 1971 New York City
Occupation: Rapper
Died: September 13, 1996 Las Vegas, Nevada (aged 25)
Cause of Death: Murdered
14. The Notorious B.I.G.
Soundtrack | Fast X
Christopher Wallace, a.k.a. Biggie Smalls, was born on May 21, 1972 in Brooklyn, New York. He was the son of Jamaican parents, Voletta Wallace, a pre-school teacher, and Selwyn George Latore, a welder and small-time politician. He was raised in the poor Brooklyn neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. ...
Born: May 21, 1972 Brooklyn, New York City
Occupation: Rapper
Died: March 9, 1997 Los Angeles, California (aged 24)
Cause of Death: Murdered
15. Martin Luther King
Soundtrack | Freedom Writers
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of Alberta Christine (Williams), a schoolteacher, and Martin Luther King Sr. a pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. For Martin the civil rights movement began one summer in 1935 when he was six ...
Born: January 15, 1929 Atlanta, Georgia
Occupation: Activist
Died: April 4, 1968 Memphis, Tennessee (aged 39)
Cause of Death: Murdered
16. Albert Einstein
Writer | Schooling the World
Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, to a German Jewish family. He was the son of Pauline (Koch) and Hermann Einstein, a featherbed salesman. Albert began reading and studying science at a young age, and he graduated from a Swiss high school when he was 17. He then attended a ...
Born: March 14, 1879 Ulm, Kingdom Of Wurttemberg, German Empire
Occupation: Physicist
Died: April 18, 1955 Princeton, New Jersey (aged 76)
Cause of Death: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
17. Bob Ross
Self | Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting
Bob Ross was born on October 29, 1942 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. He was married to Lynda Lucille Freeman, Jane Ross and Vicky Ross. He died on July 4, 1995 in Orlando, Florida, USA.
Born: October 29, 1942 Daytona Beach, Florida
Occupation: Painter
Died: July 4, 1995 Orlando, Florida (aged 52)
Cause of Death: Lymphoma
18. Abraham Lincoln
Writer | Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln was an American politician from Kentucky. He was the second presidential candidate of the then-new Republican Party, following John Charles Frémont (1813 - 1890). He served as President of the United States from 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War. He was assassinated in ...
Born: February 12, 1809 Hodgenville, Kentucky
Occupation: 16th President Of The United States
Died: April 15, 1865 Washington, D.C. (aged 56)
Cause of Death: Murdered
19. Prince
Soundtrack | Under the Cherry Moon
Prince Rogers Nelson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Mattie Shaw, a jazz singer and social worker, and John L. Nelson, a lyricist and pianist. His father's stage name was "Prince Rogers". His parents were both from African-American families from Louisiana. They separated during his youth, ...
Born: June 7, 1958 Minneapolis, Minnesota
Occupation: Singer
Died: April 21, 2016 Chanhassen, Minnesota (aged 57)
Cause of Death: Drug Overdose
20. John F. Kennedy
Writer | Profiles in Courage
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts, to Rose Kennedy (née Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald) and Joseph P. Kennedy. John was named after his maternal grandfather, John "HoneyFitz" Fitzgerald, the mayor of Boston. John was very ill as a child and was given the last ...
Born: May 29, 1917 Brookline, Massachusetts
Occupation: 35th President Of The United States
Died: November 22, 1963 Dallas, Texas (aged 46)
Cause of Death: Murdered
21. Alan Rickman
Actor | Die Hard
Alan Rickman was born on a council estate in Acton, West London, to Margaret Doreen Rose (Bartlett), of English and Welsh descent, and Bernard Rickman, of Irish descent, who worked at a factory. Alan Rickman had an older brother (David), a younger brother (Michael), and a younger sister (Sheila). ...
Born: February 21, 1946 London, England
Occupation: Actor
Died: January 14, 2016 London, England (aged 69)
Cause of Death: Pancreatic Cancer
22. Heath Ledger
Actor | Brokeback Mountain
When hunky, twenty-year-old heart-throb Heath Ledger first came to the attention of the public in 1999, it was all too easy to tag him as a "pretty boy" and an actor of little depth. He spent several years trying desperately to sway this image, but this was a double-edged sword. His work comprised ...
Born: April 4, 1979 Perth Western Australia
Occupation: Actor
Died: January 22, 2008 New York City, (aged 28)
Cause of Death: Combined Drug Intoxication
23. Steve Irwin
Actor | Dr. Dolittle 2
Steve Irwin was born in 1962 to parents Lyn and Bob Irwin, who were animal naturalists. He shared the love for animals all his life, stemming from being raised at the Queensland Reptile and Fauna Park. There, he partook in daily duties of animal feeding and care. He quickly established himself with...
Born: February 22, 1962 Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Television Personality
Died: September 4, 2006 Batt Reef, Queensland, Australia (aged 44)
Cause of Death: Stingray Injury
24. Bruce Lee
Actor | Jing wu men
Bruce Lee remains the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular media. Had it not been for Bruce Lee and his movies in the early 1970s, it's arguable whether or not the martial arts film genre would have ever penetrated and influenced mainstream North American and ...
Born: November 27, 1940 San Francisco, California
Occupation: Martial Artist/Actor
Died: July 20, 1973 Kowloon Tong, British Hong Kong (aged 32)
Cause of Death: Cerebral Edema
25. John Candy
Actor | Planes, Trains & Automobiles
Candy was one of Canada's greatest and funniest character actors. His well-known role as the big hearted buffoon earned him classics in Uncle Buck (1989) and Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987). His career has handed him some dry spells but Candy always rebounded.
Born in Newmarket, Ontario, in ...
Born: October 31, 1950 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Actor/Comedian
Died: March 4, 1994 Durango, Mexico (aged 43)
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
26. Carrie Fisher
Actress | Star Wars
Carrie Frances Fisher was born on October 21, 1956 in Burbank, California, to singers/actors Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds. She was an actress and writer known for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return ...
Born: October 21, 1956 Burbank, California
Occupation: Actress
Died: December 27, 2016 Los Angeles, California (aged 60)
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest
27. Walt Disney
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Flora Disney (née Call) and Elias Disney, a Canadian-born farmer and businessperson. He had Irish, German, and English ancestry. Walt moved with his parents to Kansas City at age seven, where he spent the majority of ...
Born: December 5, 1901 Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Died: December 15, 1966 Burbank, California (aged 65)
Cause of Death: Lung Cancer
28. Johnny Cash
Soundtrack | The Johnny Cash Show
Johnny Cash was born February 26, 1932, in Kingsland, Arkansas, to Carrie Cash (Rivers) and Raymond Cash. He made his first single, "Hey Porter", for Sun Records in 1955. In 1958 he moved to Columbia Records. He had long periods of drug abuse during the 1960s, but later that decade he successfully ...
Born: February 26, 1932 Kingsland, Arkansas
Occupation: Singer
Died: September 12, 2003 Nashville, Tennessee (aged 71)
Cause of Death: Diabetes
29. George Harrison
Actor | A Hard Day's Night
A master musician, a film producer and actor, best known as the lead guitarist and occasionally lead vocalist of The Beatles, George Harrison was born February 25, 1943, in Liverpool, Merseyside, England. He was also the youngest of four children, born to Harold Harrison and Louise Harrison.
Like ...
Born: February 25, 1943 Liverpool, England
Occupation: Musician (The Beatles)
Died: November 29, 2001 Los Angeles, California (aged 58)
Cause of Death: Lung Cancer
30. Gene Wilder
Actor | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
When he was 11, he wanted to be a comedian like Sid Caesar. Then, when he was 15 and saw Lee J. Cobb in 'Death of a Salesman,' he decided he would be a comedy actor and found that Mel Brooks was a great influence on his screen writing. He combined both talents with directing in The World's Greatest...
Born: June 11, 1933 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Occupation: Actor/Comedian
Died: August 29, 2016 Stamford, Connecticut (aged 83)
Cause of Death: Alzheimer's Disease
31. Bob Marley
Soundtrack | I Am Legend
Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in Nine Miles, Saint Ann, Jamaica, to Norval Marley and Cedella Booker. His father was a Jamaican of English descent. His mother was a black teenager. The couple were married in 1944 but Norval left for Kingston immediately after. Norval died in 1957, seeing...
Born: February 6, 1945 Nine Mile, Saint Ann Parish, Colony Of Jamaica
Occupation: Singer (Bob Marley & The Wailers)
Died: May 11, 1981 Miami, Florida (aged 36)
Cause of Death: Melanoma
32. David Bowie
Soundtrack | Labyrinth
David Bowie was one of the most influential and prolific writers and performers of popular music, but he was much more than that; he was also an accomplished actor, a mime and an intellectual, as well as an art lover whose appreciation and knowledge of it had led to him amassing one of the biggest ...
Born: January 8, 1947 London, England
Occupation: Singer/Actor
Died: January 10, 2016 New York City (aged 69)
Cause of Death: Liver Cancer
33. Audrey Hepburn
Actress | Breakfast at Tiffany's
Audrey Hepburn was born as Audrey Kathleen Ruston on May 4, 1929 in Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. Her mother, Baroness Ella Van Heemstra, was a Dutch noblewoman, while her father, Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, was born in Úzice, Bohemia, to English and Austrian parents.
After her parents' divorce, ...
Born: May 4, 1929 Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
Occupation: Actress
Died: January 20, 1993 Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland (aged 63)
Cause of Death: Appendiceal Cancer
34. Jimi Hendrix
Soundtrack | Woodstock
Widely regarded as the greatest and most influential guitarist in rock history, Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, to African-American parents Lucille (Jeter) and James Allen Hendrix. His mother named him John Allen Hendrix and raised him alone while his father, Al ...
Born: November 27, 1942 Seattle, Washington
Occupation: Singer/Musician
Died: September 18, 1970 Kensington, London, England (aged 27)
Cause of Death: Drug Overdose & Inhalation Of Vomit
35. Steve Jobs
Producer | Toy Story
Steven Paul Jobs was born on 24 February 1955 in San Francisco, California, to students Abdul Fattah Jandali and Joanne Carole Schieble who were unmarried at the time and gave him up for adoption. He was taken in by a working class couple, Paul and Clara Jobs, and grew up with them in Mountain View...
Born: February 24, 1955 San Francisco, California
Occupation: Entrepreneur
Died: October 5, 2011 Palo Alto, California (aged 56)
Cause of Death: Pancreatic Cancer
36. George Washington
Writer | In the Words of the Framers: The Creation of the Constitution
George Washington was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army, Washington led the Patriot forces to victory in the American ...
Born: February 22, 1732 Popes Creek, Virginia
Occupation: 1st President Of The United States
Died: December 14, 1799 Mount Vernon, Virginia (aged 67)
Cause of Death: Epiglottitis
37. Michael Clarke Duncan
Actor | The Green Mile
Michael Clarke Duncan was born on December 10, 1957 in Chicago, Illinois. Raised on Chicago's South Side by his single mother, Jean, a house cleaner, Duncan grew up resisting drugs and alcohol, instead concentrating on school. He wanted to play football in high school, but his mother wouldn't let ...
Born: December 10, 1957 Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Actor
Died: September 3, 2012 Los Angeles, California (aged 54)
Cause of Death: Respiratory Failure & Heart Attack
38. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soundtrack | Amadeus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart grew up in Salzburg under the regulation of his strict father Leopold who also was a famous composer of his time. His abilities in music were obvious even when Mozart was still young so that in 1762 at the age of six, his father took him with his elder sister on a concert ...
Born: January 27, 1756 Salzburg, Austria
Occupation: Composer
Died: December 5, 1791 Vienna, Austria (aged 35)
Cause of Death: Unknown
39. Mother Teresa
Self | Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa also known as Saint Teresa of Calcutta, was an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun who in 1950 founded and was an active member of the Missionaries of Charity. Although her passport name was Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, she was born Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu (Skopje, capital of North Macedonia. ...
Born: August 26, 1910 Üsküp, Kosovo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (present-day Skopje, North Macedonia)
Occupation: Roman Catholic Nun
Died: September 5, 1997 Calcutta, West Bengal, India (aged 87)
Cause of Death: Cardiac Arrest
40. Lucille Ball
Actress | I Love Lucy
The woman who will always be remembered as the crazy, accident-prone, lovable Lucy Ricardo was born Lucille Desiree Ball on August 6, 1911 in Jamestown, New York, the daughter of Desiree Evelyn "DeDe" (Hunt) and Henry Durrell "Had" Ball. Her father died before she was four, and her mother worked ...
Born: August 6, 1911 Jamestown, New York
Occupation: Actress/Comedian
Died: April 26, 1989 Los Angeles, California (aged 77)
Cause of Death: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
41. William Shakespeare
Writer | The Tragedy of Macbeth
William Shakespeare's birthdate is assumed from his baptism on April 25. His father John was the son of a farmer who became a successful tradesman; his mother Mary Arden was gentry. He studied Latin works at Stratford Grammar School, leaving at about age 15. About this time his father suffered an ...
Born: April 23, 1564 Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom
Occupation: Playwright
Died: April 23, 1616 Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom (aged 52)
Cause of Death: Unknown
42. Patrick Swayze
Actor | Dirty Dancing
Patrick Wayne Swayze was born on August 18, 1952 in Houston, Texas, to Patsy Swayze (née Yvonne Helen Karnes), a choreographer, and Jesse Wayne Swayze, a chemical plant engineer draftsman. His mother owned a dance school in Houston, where Patrick was also a student. His father passed away in 1982. ...
Born: August 18, 1952 Houston, Texas
Occupation: Actor
Died: September 14, 2009 Los Angeles, California (aged 57)
Cause of Death: Pancreatic Cancer
43. Jim Henson
Soundtrack | The Muppet Show
Jim Henson never thought that he would make a name of himself in puppetry; it was merely a way of getting himself on television. The vehicle that achieved it was Sam and Friends (1955), a late-night puppet show that was on after the 11:00 news in Washington DC. It proved to be very popular and ...
Born: September 24, 1936 Greenville, Mississippi
Occupation: Puppeteer/Inventor
Died: May 16, 1990 New York City (aged 53)
Cause of Death: Toxic Shock Syndrome
44. Fred Rogers
Actor | Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Fred Rogers was the host of the popular long-running public television children's show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. The show debuted in Pittsburgh in 1967 and was picked up by PBS the next year, becoming a staple of public TV stations around the United States. Rogers' mild manner, cardigan sweaters...
Born: March 20, 1928 Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Television Personality
Died: February 27, 2003 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (aged 74)
Cause of Death: Stomach Cancer
45. Neil Armstrong
Soundtrack | Forest 404
Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.
Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue University...
Born: August 5, 1930 Wapakoneta, Ohio
Occupation: Astronaut
Died: August 25, 2012 Cincinnati, Ohio (aged 82)
Cause of Death: Post-Surgery Complications
46. Richard Pryor
Actor | Superman III
Highly influential, and always controversial, African-American actor/comedian who was equally well known for his colorful language during his live comedy shows, as for his fast paced life, multiple marriages and battles with drug addiction. He has been acknowledged by many modern comic artist's as ...
Born: December 1, 1940 Peoria, Illinois
Occupation: Actor/Comedian
Died: December 10, 2005 Los Angeles, California (aged 65)
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
47. John Belushi
Actor | Saturday Night Live
John Belushi was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA, on January 24, 1949, to Agnes Demetri (Samaras) and Adam Anastos Belushi, a restaurant owner. His father was an Albanian immigrant, from Qytezë, and his mother was also of Albanian descent. He grew up in Wheaton, where the family moved when he was ...
Born: January 24, 1949 Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Actor/Comedian
Died: March 5, 1982 Los Angeles, California (aged 33)
Cause of Death: Combined Drug Intoxication
48. Muhammad Ali
Actor | The Greatest
Muhammad Ali beat more champions and top contenders than any heavyweight champion in history. He defeated heavyweight kings Sonny Liston (twice), Floyd Patterson (twice), Ernie Terrell, Jimmy Ellis, Ken Norton (twice), Joe Frazier (twice), George Foreman and Leon Spinks. He defeated ...
Born: January 17, 1942 Louisville, Kentucky
Occupation: Boxer
Died: June 3, 2016 Scottsdale, Arizona (aged 74)
Cause of Death: Septic Shock
49. John Wayne
Actor | True Grit
John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. He was of English, Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and Irish ancestry.
Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern ...
Born: May 26, 1907 Winterset, Iowa
Occupation: Actor
Died: June 11, 1979 Los Angeles, California (aged 72)
Cause of Death: Stomach Cancer
50. Louis Armstrong
Actor | High Society
Louis Armstrong grew up poor in a single-parent household. He was 13 when he celebrated the New Year by running out on the street and firing a pistol that belonged to the current man in his mother's life. At the Colored Waifs Home for Boys, he learned to play the bugle and the clarinet and joined ...
Born: August 4, 1901 New Orleans, Louisiana
Occupation: Musician
Died: July 6, 1971 New York City (aged 69)
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
51. Edgar Allan Poe
Writer | Stonehearst Asylum
Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, named David Poe Jr., and his mother, named Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins Poe, were touring actors. Both parents died in 1811, and Poe became an orphan before he was 3 years old. He was adopted by John Allan, a tobacco ...
Born: January 19, 1809 Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation: Poet
Died: October 7, 1849 Baltimore, Maryland (aged 40)
Cause of Death: Unknown
52. Amelia Earhart
Writer | Xavier Riddle and the Secret Movie: I Am Madam President!
Amelia Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas, USA. She was a writer, known for Xavier Riddle and the Secret Movie: I Am Madam President! (2020). She was married to George Palmer Putnam. She died on January 5, 1939 in Pacific Ocean.
Born: July 24, 1897 Atchison, Kansas
Occupation: Aviation Pioneer
Died: July 2, 1937 Pacific Ocean en route to Howland Island from Lae, New Guinea (aged 39)
Cause of Death: Possible Drowning
53. Dr. Seuss
Writer | How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Acclaimed writer, Dr. Seuss was born Theodor Geisel in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, March 2nd, 1904. After attending Dartmouth College and Oxford University, he began a career in advertising. His advertising cartoons, featuring Quick, Henry, the Flit!, appeared in several leading ...
Born: March 2, 1904 Springfield, Massachusetts
Occupation: Author
Died: September 24, 1991 San Diego, California (aged 87)
Cause of Death: Oral Cancer
54. Vincent van Gogh
Writer | Vincent Van Gogh - Der Weg nach Courrières
Vincent Willem van Gogh was born on March 30, 1853, in Zundert, Netherlands. His father, named Theodorus van Gogh, was a Protestant minister. His mother, named Anna Cornelia Carbentus, was a daughter of the "book-binder to the King" Willem Carbentus; who had bound the first Consitution of Holland. ...
Born: March 30, 1853 Zundert, Netherlands
Occupation: Painter
Died: July 29, 1890 Auvers-sur-Oise, France (aged 37)
Cause of Death: Suicide
55. Paul Newman
Actor | The Hustler
Screen legend, superstar, and the man with the most famous blue eyes in movie history, Paul Leonard Newman was born on January 26, 1925, in Cleveland, Ohio, the second son of Arthur Sigmund Newman (died 1950) and Theresa Fetsko (died 1982). His elder brother was Arthur S. Newman Jr., named for ...
Born: January 26, 1925 Shaker Heights, Ohio
Occupation: Actor
Died: September 26, 2008 Westport, Connecticut (aged 83)
Cause of Death: Lung Cancer
56. Aretha Franklin
Actress | The Blues Brothers
Grammy-winning Queen of Soul and the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Aretha Louise Franklin was born in Memphis, Tennessee, to Barbara Vernice (Siggers) and C. L. Franklin, a Baptist minister, who preached at the New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit for over thirty ...
Born: March 25, 1942 Memphis, Tennessee
Occupation: Singer
Died: August 16, 2018 Detroit, Michigan (aged 76)
Cause of Death: Pancreatic Cancer
57. John Ritter
Actor | Sling Blade
Jonathan Southworth Ritter was born in Burbank, California, on September 17, 1948. He was the son of legendary country singer/actor Tex Ritter (born Woodward Maurice Ritter) and his wife, actress Dorothy Fay (née Dorothy Fay Southworth). The couple married in 1941 and had their first child, Tom ...
Born: September 17, 1948 Burbank, California
Occupation: Actor
Died: September 11, 2003 Burbank, California (aged 54)
Cause of Death: Aortic Dissection
58. Chris Farley
Actor | Tommy Boy
Christopher Crosby Farley was born on February 15, 1964, in Madison, Wisconsin, to Mary Anne (Crosby) and Thomas Farley, who owned an oil company. Among his siblings are actors Kevin P. Farley and John Farley. He was of Irish heritage. Farley studied theatre and communications on Marquette ...
Born: February 15, 1964 Madison, Wisconsin
Occupation: Actor/Comedian
Died: December 18, 1997 Chicago, Illinois (aged 33)
Cause of Death: Combined Drug Intoxication
59. Christopher Reeve
Actor | Superman
Christopher D'Olier Reeve was born September 25, 1952, in New York City, to journalist Barbara Johnson (née Barbara Pitney Lamb) and writer/professor F.D. Reeve (Franklin D'Olier Reeve). He came from an upper-class family; his paternal grandfather was CEO of Prudential Financial, and one of his ...
Born: September 25, 1952 New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor
Died: October 10, 2004 Mount Kisco, New York (aged 52)
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
60. Marvin Gaye
Soundtrack | High Fidelity
Marvin Pentz Gay Jr. (known professionally as Marvin Gaye; April 2, 1939 - April 1, 1984) was an American singer and songwriter. He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of successes, earning him the nicknames ...
Born: April 2, 1939 Washington, D.C.
Occupation: Singer
Died: April 1, 1984 Los Angeles, California (aged 44)
Cause of Death: Murdered
61. Frank Sinatra
Actor | From Here to Eternity
Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, to Italian immigrants Natalina Della (Garaventa), from Northern Italy, and Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra, a Sicilian boxer, fireman, and bar owner. Growing up on the gritty streets of Hoboken made Sinatra determined to work hard to get ahead. ...
Born: December 12, 1915 Hoboken, New Jersey
Occupation: Singer/Actor
Died: May 14, 1998 Los Angeles, California (aged 82)
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
62. Bernie Mac
Actor | The Bernie Mac Show
Bernard Jeffrey McCollough was born in 1957 in Chicago, the son of Mary McCullough and Jeffery Harrison. He grew up in the city, in a rougher neighborhood than most others, with a large family living under one roof. This situation provided him with a great insight into his comedy, as his family, ...
Born: October 5, 1957 Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Actor/Comedian
Died: August 9, 2008 Chicago, Illinois (aged 50)
Cause of Death: Complications From Pneumonia
63. Benjamin Franklin
Writer | In the Words of the Framers: The Creation of the Constitution
Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) was an American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher. Among the leading intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of ...
Born: January 17, 1706 Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation: Polymath
Died: April 17, 1790 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (aged 84)
Cause of Death: Pleurisy
64. Phil Hartman
Actor | NewsRadio
Phil Hartman was born Philip Edward Hartmann on September 24, 1948, in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. His surname was originally "Hartmann", but he later dropped the second "n". He was one of eight children of Doris Marguerite (Wardell) and Rupert Loebig Hartmann, a salesman. He was of German, Irish, ...
Born: September 24, 1948 Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Actor/Comedian
Died: May 28, 1998 Encino, California (aged 49)
Cause of Death: Murdered
65. Ludwig van Beethoven
Soundtrack | Elysium
Beethoven was the child of a Flamian musician family and became a member of the electoral orchestra of Bonn in 1783. In 1787 he studied at Mozart's in Vienna and in 1792 he moved all to Vienna becoming a student of Joseph Haydn. The Vienna High Society loved him as a piano player as well as as ...
Born: December 16, 1770 Bonn, Germany
Occupation: Composer
Died: March 26, 1827 Vienna, Austria (aged 56)
Cause of Death: Lead Poisoning
66. Brandon Lee
Actor | The Crow
Born on February 1, 1965 to Bruce Lee (Martial Arts idol) and Linda Lee Cadwell. Brother to Shannon Lee. In 1970-71, they moved to Hong Kong, where Brandon lived until age eight, becoming fluent in Cantonese. By the time he was able to walk, he was already involved in learning about martial arts ...
Born: February 1, 1965 Oakland, California
Occupation: Actor
Died: March 31, 1993 Wilmington, North Carolina (aged 28)
Cause of Death: Accidental Shooting
67. Buddy Holly
Soundtrack | Big Fish
Charles Hardin Holley, known as Buddy Holly, was an American singer and songwriter who was a central and pioneering figure of mid-1950s rock and roll. He was born in Lubbock, Texas, to a musical family during the Great Depression, and learned to play guitar and sing alongside his siblings. His ...
Born: September 7, 1936 Lubbock, Texas
Occupation: Singer
Died: February 3, 1959 Clear Lake, Iowa (aged 22)
Cause of Death: Plane Crash
68. Selena
Soundtrack | Don Juan DeMarco
Selena was born in Lake Jackson, Texas, 50 miles southeast of Houston, to Abraham Quintanilla Jr. and Marcella Quintanilla. Abraham opened a Mexican restaurant, Papagayo, in Lake Jackson. Selena was 9 years old when her father discovered her talent for singing. He formed a band consisting of Selena...
Born: April 16, 1971 Lake Jackson, Texas
Occupation: Singer
Died: March 31, 1995 Corpus Christi, Texas (aged 23)
Cause of Death: Murdered
69. Nelson Mandela
Writer | Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (July 18, 1918 - December 5, 2013) was the former leader of the African National Congress (ANC). He was known for his lifelong struggle against apartheid (enforced racial separation), which was instituted in South Africa in 1948. The ANC was soon declared a terrorist ...
Born: July 18, 1918 Mvezo, Union Of South Africa
Occupation: First President Of South Africa/Activist
Died: December 5, 2013 Johannesburg, South Africa (aged 95)
Cause of Death: Respiratory Tract Infection
70. John Kennedy Jr.
Actor | A Matter of Degrees
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. was born on November 25, 1960, in Washington, DC, to John Fitzgerald Kennedy (President-to-be John F. Kennedy) and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy (Jacqueline Kennedy). Three weeks before his birth, his father was elected President of the United States, and the nation ...
Born: November 25, 1960 Washington, D.C.
Occupation: Lawyer/Magazine Publisher
Died: July 16, 1999 Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts (aged 38)
Cause of Death: Plane Crash
71. Sitting Bull
Actor | Tom and His Pals
Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota (Sioux) holy man and war chief, was born in 1831 near the Grand River in what is now the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He was named after his father, who was killed by Crow warriors--the Crow tribe being a longtime enemy of the Lakota--in an ...
Born: 1831 Grand River, Dakota Territory
Occupation: Hunkpapa Lakota Leader
Died: December 15, 1890 Standing Rock Indian Reservation Grand River, South Dakota (aged 59)
Cause of Death: Murdered
72. Robert F. Kennedy
Writer | The Missiles of October
Robert Francis Kennedy (1925-68), US politician, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, the third son of Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy and wife Rose Kennedy. He studied at Harvard and at the University of Virginia University Law School, served at sea (1944-46) in World War II, was admitted to the bar...
Born: November 20, 1925 Brookline, Massachusetts
Occupation: Lawyer/Politician
Died: June 6, 1968 Los Angeles, California (aged 42)
Cause of Death: Murdered
73. André René Roussimoff
Actor | The Princess Bride
André René Roussimoff was born in a small farming community in Grenoble, France to Boris and Marian Rouismoff. His parents and four siblings were all of normal size, but André suffered from acromegaly, a hormonal disorder that results when the pituitary gland produces excess growth hormone. As the ...
Born: May 19, 1946 Coulommiers, Seine-et-Marne, France
Occupation: Professional Wrestler
Died: January 28, 1993 Paris, France (aged 46)
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
74. Stephen Hawking
Actor | Star Trek: The Next Generation
Stephen William Hawking was born on 8 January 1942 on Oxford, Oxfordshire, England. He was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge.
His scientific works include a collaboration with ...
Born: January 8, 1942 Oxford, England
Occupation: Physicist
Died: March 14, 2018 Cabridge, England (aged 76)
Cause of Death: Lou Gehrig's Disease
75. John Denver
Soundtrack | Armageddon
His birth occurred on Friday, December 31st, 1943, as the son of an Air Force officer, Denver was constantly moved from state to state and country to country. It was in Tucson, Arizona, that his grandmother gave him his first acoustic guitar, a gift that would prove an icebreaker when meeting other...
Born: December 31, 1943 Roswell, New Mexico
Occupation: Singer
Died: October 12, 1997 Monterey Bay near Pacific Grove, California (aged 53)
Cause of Death: Plane Crash
76. Ray Charles
Actor | The Blues Brothers
A tragic fate may have given this visionary a heightened sensitivity, perception, awareness, even expansion to his obvious musical gifts that he may have never touched upon had he not suffered from his physical affliction. Whatever it was, Ray Charles revolutionized American music and was ...
Born: September 23, 1930 Albany, Georgia
Occupation: Singer
Died: June 10, 2004 Beverly Hills, California (aged 73)
Cause of Death: Liver Disease
77. Sharon Tate
Actress | Valley of the Dolls
Sharon's early life was one of constant moving as her father served in the military. When she lived in Italy, she was voted "Homecoming Queen" of her high school. After being an extra in a few Italian films, Sharon headed to Hollywood where she would again start as an extra. Her first big break ...
Born: January 24, 1943 Dallas, Texas
Occupation: Actress
Died: August 9, 1969 Los Angeles, California (aged 26)
Cause of Death: Murdered
78. George Michael
Soundtrack | Beverly Hills Cop II
George Michael was born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in Finchley, north London, in the United Kingdom, to Lesley Angold (Harrison), a dancer, and Kyriacos Panayiotou, a restaurateur. His father was a Greek Cypriot, and his mother was of English background. He first discovered fame as a musician ...
Born: June 25, 1963 East Finchley, Middlesex, England
Occupation: Singer (Wham!)
Died: December 25, 2016 Goring-on- Thames, England (aged 53)
Cause of Death: Heart Disease
79. James Dean
Actor | East of Eden
James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana, to Mildred Marie (Wilson) and Winton A. Dean, a farmer turned dental technician. His mother died when Dean was nine, and he was subsequently raised on a farm by his aunt and uncle in Fairmount, Indiana. After grade school, he moved to ...
Born: February 8, 1931 Marion, Indiana
Occupation: Actor
Died: September 30, 1955 Cholame, California (aged 24)
Cause of Death: Car Accident
80. Jim Morrison
Soundtrack | Army of the Dead
James Douglas "Jim" Morrison was an American poet, singer, and songwriter from Florida. He was the lead vocalist of the rock band "The Doors" (1965-1973), and has been cited as "one of the most influential frontmen in rock history". Morrison recorded a total of six studio albums with the Doors, all...
Born: December 8, 1943 Melbourne, Florida
Occupation: Singer (The Doors)
Died: July 3, 1971 Paris, France (aged 27)
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
81. Leonard Nimoy
Actor | Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Leonard Simon Nimoy was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dora (Spinner) and Max Nimoy, who owned a barbershop. His parents were Ukrainian Jewish immigrants. Raised in a tenement and acting in community theaters since age eight, Nimoy did not make his Hollywood debut until he was 20, with a bit ...
Born: March 26, 1931 Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation: Actor
Died: February 27, 2015 Bel Air, Los Angeles, California (aged 83)
Cause of Death: COPD
82. Judy Garland
Actress | The Wizard of Oz
One of the brightest, most tragic movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Era, Judy Garland was a much-loved character whose warmth and spirit, along with her rich and exuberant voice, kept theatre-goers entertained with an array of delightful musicals.
She was born Frances Ethel Gumm on 10 June 1922 in ...
Born: June 10, 1922 Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Occupation: Actress/Singer
Died: June 22, 1969 London, England (aged 47)
Cause of Death: Drug Overdose
83. Natalie Wood
Actress | Rebel Without a Cause
Natalie Wood was an American actress of Russian and Ukrainian descent. She started her career as a child actress and eventually transitioned into teenage roles, young adult roles, and middle-aged roles. She drowned off Catalina Island on November 29, 1981 at age 43.
Wood was born July 20, 1938 in ...
Born: July 20, 1938 San Francisco, California
Occupation: Actress
Died: November 29, 1981 Pacific Ocean off Santa Catalina Island, California (aged 43)
Cause of Death: Drowning
84. James Stewart
Actor | Vertigo
James Maitland Stewart was born on May 20, 1908, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, to Elizabeth Ruth (Johnson) and Alexander Maitland Stewart, who owned a hardware store. He was of Scottish, Ulster-Scots, and some English descent. Stewart was educated at a local prep school, Mercersburg Academy, where he ...
Born: May 20, 1908 Indiana, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Actor
Died: July 2, 1997 Beverly Hills, California (aged 89)
Cause of Death: Blood Clot
85. Tom Petty
Actor | The Postman
Thomas Earl Petty was an American musician and actor who was the lead vocalist and guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, formed in 1976. He previously led the band Mudcrutch, was a member of the late 1980s super-group the Traveling Wilburys, and had success as a solo artist.
Petty had many ...
Born: October 20, 1950 Gainesville, Florida
Occupation: Musician (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
Died: October 2, 2017 Santa Monica, California (aged 66)
Cause of Death: Drug Overdose
86. Leslie Nielsen
Actor | Airplane!
Leslie William Nielsen was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, and raised in Tulita (formerly Fort Norman), Northwest Territories. His mother, Mabel Elizabeth (Davies), was Welsh. His father, Ingvard Eversen Nielsen, was a Danish-born Mountie and a strict disciplinarian. Leslie studied at the Academy of ...
Born: February 11, 1926 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
Occupation: Actor/Comedian
Died: November 28, 2010 Fort Launderdale, Florida (aged 84)
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
87. Karen Carpenter
Soundtrack | Paul Williams: Still Alive
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Karen Carpenter moved with her family to Downey, California, in 1963. Karen's older brother, Richard Carpenter, decided to put together an instrumental trio with him on the piano, Karen on the drums and their friend Wes Jacobs on the bass and tuba. In a battle of the...
Born: March 2, 1950 New Haven, Connecticut
Occupation: Singer (The Carpenters)
Died: February 4, 1983 Downey, California (aged 32)
Cause of Death: Heart Failure & Anorexia
88. Christa McAuliffe
Self | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Christa McAuliffe was born on September 2, 1948 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. She was married to Steven McAuliffe. She died on January 28, 1986 in over Atlantic Ocean.
Born: September 2, 1948 Boston, Massachusetts
Occupation: Astronaut/Teacher
Died: January 28, 1986 North Atlantic Ocean (aged 37)
Cause of Death: Explosion
89. Grace Kelly
Actress | Dial M for Murder
On November 12, 1929, Grace Patricia Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to wealthy parents. Her girlhood was uneventful for the most part, but one of the things she desired was to become an actress which she had decided on at an early age. After her high school graduation in 1947, Grace ...
Born: November 12, 1929 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Actress/Royal Family Member
Died: September 14, 1982 Monaco Hospital, La Colle, Monaco (aged 52)
Cause of Death: Car Accident & Cerebral Hemorrhage
90. Farrah Fawcett
Actress | Saturn 3
Farrah Fawcett is a true Hollywood success story. Born in Texas, she was the daughter of Pauline Fawcett (Pauline Alice Evans), a homemaker, and James Fawcett, an oil field contractor. She was a natural athlete, something that her father encouraged, and she attended a high school with a strong arts...
Born: February 2, 1947 Corpus Christi, Texas
Occupation: Actress
Died: June 25, 2009 Santa Monica, California (aged 62)
Cause of Death: Anal Cancer
91. Rosa Parks
Self | Touched by an Angel
Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 - October 24, 2005) was an American activist in the civil rights movement best known for her pivotal role in the Montgomery bus boycott. The United States Congress has honored her as "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom ...
Born: February 4, 1913 Tuskegee, Alabama
Occupation: Activist
Died: October 24, 2005 Detroit, Michigan (aged 92)
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
92. Harold Ramis
Writer | Ghostbusters
Born on November 21, 1944 in Chicago, Illinois, Harold Allen Ramis got his start in comedy as Playboy magazine's joke editor and reviewer. In 1969, he joined Chicago's Second City's Improvisational Theatre Troupe before moving to New York to help write and perform in "The National Lampoon Show" ...
Born: November 21, 1944 Chicago, Illinois
Occupation: Actor/Comedian/Director
Died: February 24, 2014 Glencoe, Illinois (aged 69)
Cause of Death: Autoimmune Disease
93. Steve McQueen
Actor | The Great Escape
He was the ultra-cool male film star of the 1960s, and rose from a troubled youth spent in reform schools to being the world's most popular actor. Over 40 years after his untimely death from mesothelioma in 1980, Steve McQueen is still considered hip and cool, and he endures as an icon of popular ...
Born: March 24, 1930 Beech Grove, Indiana
Occupation: Actor
Died: November 7, 1980 Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (aged 50)
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
94. Harriet Tubman
Writer | Camera Three
Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, c. March 1822) was an American abolitionist and political activist. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and ...
Born: March 1822 Dorchester County, Maryland
Occupation: Abolitionist/Social Activist
Died: March 10, 1913 Auburn, New York (aged 90-91)
Cause of Death: Pneumonia
95. Babe Ruth
Actor | Speedy
Most of Babe Ruth's records have been broken. In 1961, not only did Roger Maris break The Babe's 34-year-old record for most home runs in a season with 61* (2001), but Maris' teammate on the '61 Yankees, pitcher Whitey Ford broke the Babe's 43-year-old record for most scoreless innings pitched in a...
Born: February 6, 1895 Baltimore, Maryland
Occupation: Professional Baseball Player
Died: August 16, 1948 New York City (aged 53)
Cause of Death: Throat Cancer
96. Janis Joplin
Soundtrack | Watchmen
Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town of Port Arthur, Texas, near the border with Louisiana. Her father was a cannery worker and her mother was a registrar for a business college. As an overweight teenager, she was a folk-music devotee (especially Odetta, ...
Born: January 19, 1943 Port Arthur, Texas
Occuoation: Singer/Musician (Big Brother And The Holding Company)
Died: October 4, 1970 Los Angeles, California (aged 27)
Cause of Death: Heroin Overdose
97. Jackie Robinson
Self | The Jackie Robinson Story
Jackie Robinson is an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he started at first base for the The Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. When the Dodgers signed ...
Born: January 31, 1919 Cairo, Georgia
Occupation: Professional Baseball Player
Died: October 24, 1972 Stamford, Connecticut (aged 53)
Cause of Death: Heart Attack
98. Charles Chaplin
Writer | The Great Dictator
Considered to be one of the most pivotal stars of the early days of Hollywood, Charlie Chaplin lived an interesting life both in his films and behind the camera. He is most recognized as an icon of the silent film era, often associated with his popular character, the Little Tramp; the man with the ...
Born: April 16, 1889 London, England
Occupation: Actor/Comedian
Died: December 25, 1977 Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland (aged 88)
Cause of Death: Stroke
99. Shirley Temple
Actress | The Little Colonel
Shirley Temple was easily the most popular and famous child star of all time. She got her start in the movies at the age of three and soon progressed to super stardom. Shirley could do it all: act, sing and dance and all at the age of five! Fans loved her as she was bright, bouncy and cheerful in ...
Born: April 23, 1928 Santa Monica, California
Occupation: Actress/Singer/Dancer
Died: February 10, 2014 Woodside, California (aged 85)
Cause of Death: COPD
100. Otis Redding
Soundtrack | Top Gun
Otis Redding was born on September 9, 1941 in Dawson, Georgia, USA. He was a music artist and composer, known for Top Gun (1986), Hamburger Hill (1987) and Road House (1989). He was married to Zelma Redding. He died on December 10, 1967 in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Born: September 9, 1941 Dawson, Georgia
Occupation: Singer
Died: December 10, 1967 Madison, Wisconsin (aged 26)
Cause of Death: Plane Crash
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