|
Date
|
Age
|
Cause
|
Answer
|
|
July 11th, 1937
|
38
|
Brain cancer
|
George Gershwin
|
|
April 18th, 1955
|
76
|
Aneurysm
|
Albert Einstein
|
|
September 30th, 1955
|
24
|
Car accident
|
James Dean
|
|
August 23rd, 1960
|
65
|
Stomach cancer
|
Oscar Hammerstein
|
|
August 4th, 1962
|
36
|
Overdose/suicide
|
Marilyn Monroe
|
|
October 15th, 1964
|
73
|
Kidney failure
|
Cole Porter
|
|
September 18th, 1970
|
27
|
Overdose
|
Jimi Hendrix
|
|
July 20th, 1973
|
32
|
Cerebral edema
|
Bruce Lee
|
|
September 2nd, 1973
|
81
|
Pneumonia
|
J. R. R. Tolkien
|
|
August 16th, 1977
|
42
|
Heart attack
|
Elvis Presley
|
|
October 14th, 1977
|
74
|
Heart attack
|
Bing Crosby
|
|
December 30th, 1979
|
77
|
Cancer
|
Richard Rodgers
|
|
November 7th, 1980
|
50
|
Lung cancer
|
Steve McQueen
|
|
December 8th, 1980
|
40
|
Homicide
|
John Lennon
|
|
May 11th, 1981
|
36
|
Skin cancer
|
Bob Marley
|
|
August 17th, 1983
|
86
|
Heart disease
|
Ira Gershwin
|
|
April 1st, 1984
|
44
|
Homicide
|
Marvin Gaye
|
|
June 14th, 1986
|
67
|
Lung cancer
|
Alan Jay Lerner
|
|
February 22nd, 1987
|
58
|
Arrhythmia
|
Andy Warhol
|
|
February 14th, 1988
|
86
|
Heart attack
|
Frederick Loewe
|
|
September 22nd, 1989
|
101
|
Heart attack
|
Irving Berlin
|
|
February 16th, 1990
|
31
|
AIDS
|
Keith Haring
|
|
November 23rd, 1990
|
74
|
Leukemia
|
Roald Dahl
|
|
September 24th, 1991
|
87
|
Cancer
|
Dr. Seuss
|
|
September 28th, 1991
|
65
|
Stroke
|
Miles Davis
|
|
November 24th, 1991
|
45
|
AIDS
|
Freddy Mercury
|
|
August 5th, 1992
|
38
|
Heart attack
|
Jeff Porcaro
|
|
April 5th, 1994
|
27
|
Suicide
|
Kurt Cobain
|
|
August 9th, 1995
|
53
|
Heart attack
|
Jerry Garcia
|
|
September 13th, 1996
|
25
|
Homicide
|
Tupac Shakur
|
|
March 9th, 1997
|
24
|
Homicide
|
Notorious B. I. G.
|
|
May 14th, 1998
|
82
|
Heart attack
|
Frank Sinatra
|
|
February 13th, 2000
|
77
|
Colon cancer
|
Charles M. Schultz
|
|
February 18th, 2001
|
49
|
Car accident
|
Dale Earnhardt
|
|
March 12th, 2001
|
73
|
Heart attack
|
Robet Ludlum
|
|
November 29th, 2001
|
58
|
Lung cancer
|
George Harrison
|
|
April 17th, 2003
|
72
|
Head trauma
|
Robert Atkins
|
|
September 12th, 2003
|
71
|
Diabetes
|
Johnny Cash
|
|
June 10th, 2004
|
73
|
Liver failure
|
Ray Charles
|
|
July 1st, 2004
|
80
|
Heart attack
|
Marlon Brando
|
|
November 9th, 2004
|
50
|
Heart attack
|
Stieg Larsson
|
|
July 1st, 2005
|
54
|
Stroke
|
Luther Vandross
|
|
June 23rd, 2006
|
83
|
Stroke
|
Aaron Spelling
|
|
July 7th, 2006
|
60
|
Pancreatic cancer
|
Syd Barret
|
|
December 25th, 2006
|
73
|
Heart failure
|
James Brown
|
|
January 22nd, 2008
|
28
|
Overdose
|
Heath Ledger
|
|
June 1st, 2008
|
71
|
Brain cancer
|
Yves Saint Laurent
|
|
September 15th, 2008
|
65
|
Lung cancer
|
Richard Wright
|
|
September 26th, 2008
|
83
|
Lung cancer
|
Paul Newman
|
|
November 4th, 2008
|
66
|
Lymphoma
|
Michael Crichton
|
|
December 11th, 2008
|
85
|
Heart attack
|
Bettie Page
|
|
June 25th, 2009
|
50
|
Overdose
|
Michael Jackson
|
|
July 13th, 2010
|
80
|
Heart attack
|
George Steinbrenner
|
|
March 23rd, 2011
|
79
|
Heart failure
|
Elizabeth Taylor
|
|
February 11th, 2012
|
48
|
Overdose
|
Whitney Houston
|
|
May 20th, 2013
|
74
|
Bile duct cancer
|
Ray Manzarek
|
|
November 30th, 2013
|
40
|
Car accident
|
Paul Walker
|
|
June 19th, 2014
|
75
|
Natural causes
|
Gerry Goffin
|
|
January 10th, 2016
|
69
|
Liver cancer
|
David Bowie
|
|
April 21st, 2016
|
57
|
Overdose
|
Prince
|
|
June 3rd, 2016
|
74
|
Sepsis
|
Muhammad Ali
|
|
August 28th, 2016
|
66
|
Heart attack
|
Juan Gabriel
|
|
September 25th, 2016
|
87
|
Heart disease
|
Arnold Palmer
|
|
November 7th, 2016
|
82
|
Fatal fall
|
Leonard Cohen
|
|
September 27th, 2017
|
91
|
Sepsis
|
Hugh Hefner
|
|
October 2nd, 2017
|
66
|
Overdose
|
Tom Petty
|
|
June 20th, 2018
|
20
|
Homicide
|
XXXTentacion
|
|
March 31st, 2019
|
33
|
Homicide
|
Nipsey Hussle
|
|
September 15th, 2019
|
75
|
Heart disease
|
Ric Ocasek
|
|
December 8th, 2019
|
21
|
Overdose
|
Juice Wrld
|
|
January 26th, 2020
|
41
|
Helicopter accident
|
Kobe Bryant
|
|
September 1st, 2023
|
76
|
Skin cancer
|
Jimmy Buffett
|
|
October 28th, 2023
|
54
|
Overdose
|
Matthew Perry
|
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