| Death | Hint | Person | % Correct |
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| 1940 | Author of The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald | 81%
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| 1971 | Frontman of the Doors | Jim Morrison | 77%
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| 2011 | Posthumously had the UK's best-selling 21st century album | Amy Winehouse | 68%
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| 1957 | Anti-communist senator from Wisconsin with his own "-ism" | Joseph McCarthy | 62%
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| 1984 | Actor twice married to Elizabeth Taylor | Richard Burton | 60%
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| 1938 | First president of Turkey | Kemal Atatürk | 56%
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| 1984 | Wrote In Cold Blood | Truman Capote | 51%
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| 1980 | Singer of AC/DC before Brian Johnson | Bon Scott | 50%
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| 1969 | Beat Generation author of On the Road | Jack Kerouac | 48%
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| 1959 | Australian Golden Age actor who played Robin Hood | Errol Flynn | 46%
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| 2005 | Northern Irish soccer legend, known as "El Beatle" | George Best | 46%
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| 1980 | Drummer of Led Zeppelin | John Bonham | 46%
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| 1959 | Jazz singer nicknamed "Lady Day" | Billie Holiday | 43%
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| 1953 | Country music singer-songwriter of "Your Cheatin' Heart" | Hank Williams | 41%
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| 1869 | U.S. President (1853-1857) | Franklin Pierce | 39%
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| 2017 | 70s teen idol who starred on The Partridge Family | David Cassidy | 37%
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| 1978 | Plan 9 From Outer Space director (and subject of Tim Burton film) | Ed Wood | 35%
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| 1942 | 'The Great Profile': Hamlet actor part of multigenerational Hollywood dynasty | John Barrymore | 34%
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| 2018 | Best known as Mini-Me | Verne Troyer | 34%
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| 1995 | New York Yankees center fielder, possibly the greatest switch hitter | Mickey Mantle | 28%
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| 1946 | Comedian whose persona was a misanthropic, hard-drinking egotist | {W}. {C}. {Fields} | 22%
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| 1910 | American author of "The Gift of the Magi"; known for surprise endings. | {O}. {Henry} | 19%
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