Famous People Born on Halloween

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HALLOWEEN. Oh what fun! My favorite of holidays. 

As long as you have the spirit- go trick or treating. I don't care if you are 35, if you are wearing a costume I will give you candy. If you are older try to only hit the homes with decorations those people still have spirit and won't say anything about your height or the fact that you shave. ENJOY!

Things I dressed up as as a child:

CAT, WITCH, GYPSY, HIPPIE, FRENCH MAID, COWGIRL,
PRINCESS, PUMPKIN, MORTICIA, OLD MAN, GANGSTER

Excellent Movies to Watch on Halloween:

"The Shining" 1980
"Psycho" 1960
"The Others"
"Halloween" 1978
"The Addams Family" 1991
"The Exorcist"
"Creepshow 1 and 2"
"Jaws"
"The Sixth Sense"
"The Village"
"Signs"
"Carrie" 1976
"Scary Movie, 1,2,3"
"Garfield's Halloween"
"It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown."
"Stigmata"
"Ghostbusters"
"Nightmare on Elm Street"
"The Blair Witch Project"
"Zombieland"
"Beetlejuice"
"Seven"
"Silence of the Lambs"
"Poltergeist"
"The Omen" 2006

"Cujo"
"Invasion of the Body Snatchers" 1978
"Saw 1, 2"
"Hocus Pocus"

"A Quiet Place"

"A Quiet Place II" 

"What We Do in the Shadows" 
"The Haunting of Hill House" series

"Penny Dreadful" series 

"Castle Rock" series 

"Midnight Mass" series

Random Facts About Halloween (All Hallows Eve)

In Alabama it is illegal to dress as a priest on Halloween

Originally in the "old world" they carved turnips instead of pumpkins

Allentown, PA had the first Halloween parade in this country in 1905.

It is illegal to use silly string in Hollywood, CA on Halloween.

Trick or Treating started in the 1930's when candy was being used to bribe children in order to stop them from breaking peoples windows.

Before candy, people gave out popcorn caramel balls and candy apples. (a lot of work!)

The first retail Halloween costumes were sold in the 1930's.

Samhainophobia is the fear of Halloween.

Salem, Massachusetts is considered the Halloween Capital of the world.

The Village Halloween parade in NYC is the largest Halloween parade in the world.


Great Short Stories to Read on Halloween:

"Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" by Alvin Schwartz (any of the three volumes)
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
"The Bottle Imp" by Robert Louis Stevenson
"The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson

The Famous Born on Halloween:

John Keats 10/31/1795
Douglas Woods 10/31/1880

Julia Peterkin 10/31/1880
Ethel Waters 10/31/1896

Margery Wilson 10/31/1896 

Eduard Franz 10/31/1902 

Victor Rothschild 10/31/1910

Sheila Bromley 10/31/1911

Richard H. Cutting 10/31/1912
Dale Evans 10/31/1912
Dick Francis 10/31/1920

Barbara Bel Geddes 10/31/1922

Talfryn Thomas 10/31/1922 

Guy Marks 10/31/1923
Cleo Moore 10/31/1924

Ivan Bonar 10/31/1924 
Lee Grant 10/31/1925

Richard Morris Hunt 10/31/1927 
Dianne Foster 10/31/1928
Michael Collins 10/31/1930
Dan Rather 10/31/1931
Katherine Paterson 10/31/1932

Joseph G. Giambra 10/31/1933 
Michael Landon 10/31/1936

James Mathers 10/31/1936 
Ron Rifkin 10/31/1939

Richard Bernstein 10/31/1939 

Dick Dinman 10/31/1940

Sally Kirkland 10/31/1941 

Corinne Camacho 10/31/1941 
David Ogden Stiers 10/31/1942
Kinky Friedman 10/31/1944
Brian Doyle-Murray 10/31/1945

Patricia Gaul 10/31/1945
Stephen Rea 10/31/1946

Bob Corff 10/31/1947 

John Cothran 10/31/1947
John Candy 10/31/1950
Jane Pauley 10/31/1950

Susan Orlean 10/31/1955 

Xavier Roberts 10/31/1955
Brian Stokes Mitchell 10/31/1957
Neal Stephenson 10/31/1959
Peter Jackson 10/31/1961
Rob Schneider 10/31/1963
Dermot Mulroney 10/31/1963

Adam Horovitz 10/31/1966 
Vanilla Ice 10/31/1967
Adam Schlesinger 10/31/1967

David Coburn 10/31/1969
Chris Tucker 10/31/1972
Piper Perabo 10/31/1976
Eddie Kaye Thomas 10/31/1980

Tay Strathairn 10/31/1980
Justin Chatwin 10/31/1982
Willow Smith 10/31/2000


The Famous Who Died on Halloween:

Blanche Walsh 10/31/1915
John H. Collins 10/31/1918
Egon Schiele 10/31/1918
Harry Houdini 10/31/1926
Robert Woolsey 10/31/1938
Henry Daniell 10/31/1963
Rita Johnson 10/31/1965

Grant Woods 10/31/1968

Maxwell Reed 10/31/1974
Joseph Calleia 10/31/1975

Linda Watkins 10/31/1976

Eva Taylor 10/31/1977 
Indira Gandhi 10/31/1984

Marcella Martin 10/31/1986 
John Houseman 10/31/1988
River Phoenix 10/31/1993

Alvin Hammer 10/31/1993 
Federico Fellini 10/31/1993

Rosalind Cash 10/31/1995
Arthur Peterson 10/31/1996
Ring Lardner Jr. 10/31/2000

Jenny Laird 10/31/2001 

Daphne Hardy-Henrion 10/31/2003 

Lali Sokolov 10/31/2006

Studs Terkel 10/31/2008 

Gregg Palmer 10/31/2015 
Charles Herbert 10/31/2015
Natalie Babbitt 10/31/2016

Sean Connery 10/31/2020 


The Famous Who Tied the Noose..I mean the Knot on Halloween:

Jack Hawkins and Doreen Lawrence 10/31/1947 

Mel Torme and Phyllis Arlene Miles 10/31/1956 (divorced) 

Davy Jones and Linda Haines 10/31/1968 (divorced) 

Michelle Phillips and Dennis Hopper 10/31/1970 (divorced)

Ed Begley Jr. and Ingrid Taylor 10/31/1976 (divorced) 
Al Sharpton and Kathy Jordan 10/31/1980

Matthew Modine and Caridad Rivera 10/31/1980

Jack Jones and Kim Ely 10/31/1982 (divorced) 

Rob Zombie and Sheri Skurkis 10/31/2002

Bryan Greenberg and Jamie Chung 10/31/2015 

Haunted Places in America:

The Winchester House, San Jose, California
Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California
Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mount Misery Road, West Hills, New York
Salem Witch Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
The House of Seven Gables, Salem, Massachisetts
Amityville House, Amityville, New York
The Hollywood Sign, Hollywood, California
Hotel Chelsea, Manhattan, New York
The Lizzie Borden House, Fall River, Massachusetts
Timberline Lodge, Mount Hood, Oregon
Ellis Island, New York Harbor, New York

Celebrities Who Tragically Died Before 60

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Look at other lists for suicides/drug/alcohol overdoses. Separate list for stars who were murdered.
I honor tragic author deaths on a separate list. see "Author Suicides" or "Writer Facts"


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Aaliyah: age 22: 2001: singer: plane crash

Cecily Adams: age 46: 2004: actress: lung cancer 
Renee Adorée: age 35: 1933: actress: tuberculosis
Adrian: age 56: 1959: costume designer: heart attack
Fatima Ali: age 29: 2019: chef: Ewing's sarcoma

Lester Allen: age 57: 1949: struck by an automobile 
Peter Allen: age 48: 1992: songwriter: AIDS
Duane Allman: age 24: 1971: musician: motorcycle accident

Lyle Alzado: age 43: 1992: NFL player: brain cancer 

James Anderson: age 48: 1969: actor: heart attack

Maxi Anderson: age 48: 1983: balloonist: hot air balloon accident 
Michael P. Anderson: age 43: astronaut: Columbia explosion
André the Giant: age 46: 1993: wrestler: natural causes due to height
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle: age 46: 1933: actor: heart attack
Emile Ardolino: age 50: 1993: director: AIDS
Chester A. Arthur: age 57: 1886: 21st President: stroke
Hal Ashby: age 59: 1988: director: colon cancer
Arthur Ashe: age 49: 1993: tennis player: AIDS
Howard Ashman: age 40: 1991: lyricist: AIDS
John Jacob Astor IV: age 47: 1912: businessman: died on the Titanic
Rick Aviles: age 42: 1995: actor: complications from AIDS
Agnes Ayres: age 42: 1940: actress: brain aneurysm
Mitchell Ayres: age 59: 1969: composer: struck by a car in Vegas

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Chet Baker: age 58: 1988: Jazz musician: fall from a building while on cocaine and heroin
Suzan Ball: age 21: 1955: actress: cancer

Florence Ballard: age 32: 1976: singer: heart attack 
Jill Banner: age 35: 1982: actress: road accident
Kevin Barnett: age 32: 2019: actor: pancreatitis
James Baskett: age 44: 1948: actor: heart failure
Jean-Dominique Bauby: age 44: 1997: writer: pneumonia
John Bay: age 53: 1982: actor: brain cancer
Matthew "Stymie" Beard: 56: 1981: stoke and pneumonia
Richard Beckinsale: age 31: 1979: actor: heart attack
Diana Bellamy: age 57: 2001: actress: cancer

Belle Bennett: age 41: 1932: actress: cancer 

Felicia Bernstein: age 56: 1978: actress: breast cancer 
Bibi Besch: age 56: 1996: actress: breast cancer
Willie Best: age 45: 1962: actor: cancer
Big Pun: age 28: 2000: rapper: heart attack
Anno Birkin: age 20: 2001: poet and musician: car crash
Karl Bitter: age 47: 1915: architect: struck and killed by a car
Bill Bixby: age 59: 1993: actor: prostate cancer
Doug Blasdell: age 44: 2007: physical trainer: liver and kidney failure
Dan Blocker: age 43: 1972: actor: pulmonary embolism

Lisa Blount: age 52: 2010: actress: ITP (blood clotting disorder) 
Nellie Bly: age 57: 1922: journalist: pneumonia
True Boardman:age 36:1918: actor: 1918 flu
Nicolas Bochatay: age: 27: 1992: Olympian: skiing accident during the 1992 games
Humphrey Bogart: age 57: 1957: actor: throat cancer
Roman Bohnen: age 47: 1949: actor: heart attack
Ward Bond: age 57: 1960: actor: heart attack
Edwin Booth: age 59:1893: stage actor: dwindling health

Elmer Booth: age 32: 1915: silent film star: car accident 
Olive Borden: age 41: 1947: actress: pneumonia

Chadwick Boseman: age 43: 2020: actor: colon cancer 
Sam Bottoms: age 53: 2008: actor: brain cancer
Cameron Boyce: age 20: 2019: actor: epileptic seizure
Stephen Boyd: age 45: 1977: actor: heart attack
Alice Brady: age 43: 1939: actress: cancer
Louis Braille: age 43: 1852: inventor: tuberculosis
Laura Branigan: age 52: 2004: singer: brain aneurysm
John C. Breckinridge: age 54: 1875: 14th Vice President: pneumonia
Fanny Brice: age 59: 1951: actress: stroke
Christy Brown: age 49: 1981: writer: choked to death
David M. Brown: age 46: 2003: astronaut: Columbia Explosion
Victor Bruno: age 43: 1982: actor: heart attack
Kobe Bryant: age 41: 2020: NBA star: helicopter crash
Jeff Buckley: age 30: 1997: musician: drown
Dorothy Burgess: age 54: 1961: actress: tuberculous
Helen Burgess: age 20: 1937: actress: pneumonia
Cliff Burton: age 24: 1986: musician: tour bus accident
Richard Burton: age: 58: 1984: actor: cerebral hemorrhage
Merritt Butrick: age 29: 1989: actor: complications from AIDS

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John Callahan: age 59: 2010: cartoonist: respiratory failure after surgery
Maria Callas: age 53: 1977: opera singer: heart failure

Godfrey Cambridge: age 43: 1976: actor: heart attack 
Eric Campbell: age 37: 1917: actor: car crash
John Candy: age 43: 1994: actor: heart attack
Gia Carangi: age 26: 1986: model: complications from AIDS
Karen Carpenter: age 32: 1983: singer: heart attack brought on by anorexia nervosa
Jack Carson: age 52: 1963: actor: stomach cancer
Nell Carter: age 54: 2003: actress: heart failure and diabetes
Enrico Caruso: age 48: 1921: opera singer: pneumonia/peritonitis

Eva Cassidy: age 33: 1996: singer: skin, bone and lung cancer 
Jack Cassidy: age 49: 1976: actor: died in a house fire
Ted Cassidy: age 46: 1979: actor: died after heart surgery
Richard S. Castellano: age 55: 1988: actor: heart attack
Reg E. Cathey: age 59: 2018: actor: lung cancer

Christine Cavanaugh: age 51: 2014: actress: blood cancer 
John Cazale: age: 42: 1978: actor: lung cancer
Marcel Cerdan: age 33: 1949: boxer: plane crash

Brent Chalem: age 22: 1997: actor: pneumonia 
Emma Chambers: age 53: 2018: actress: asthma and heart failure
Jeff Chandler: age 42: 1961: actor: died after back surgery
Lon Chaney: age 47: 1930: actor: lung cancer
Norman "Chubby" Chaney: age 21: 1936: actor: died after stomach surgery
Harry Chapin: age 38: 1981: musician: car crash
Charles Chaplin Jr. age 42: 1968: actor: blood clot
Beth Chapman: age 51: 2019: reality tv bounty hunter: lung cancer
Graham Chapman: age 48: 2020: actor/comedian: spinal and throat cancer
Ray Chapman: age 29: 1920: baseball player: brain injury after being hit by a baseball
Ian Charleson: age 40: 1990: actor: AIDS
Kalpana Chawla: age 40: 2003: astronaut: Columbia explosion
Paddy Chayefsky: age 58: 1981: screenwriter: cancer
Tim Choate: age 49: 2004: actor: motorcycle accident
Jordan Christopher: age 55: 1996: actor: heart attack
Fred Clark: age 54: 1968: actor: liver ailment due to hepatitis
Laurel Clark: age 41: 2003: astronaut: Columbia explosion
Juanin Clay: age 45: 1995: actress: breast cancer
Roberto Clemente: age 38: 1972: baseball player: plane crash
Montgomery Clift: age 45: 1966: actor: heart attack
Patsy Cline: age 30: 1963: singer: plane crash
John Close: age 42: 1963: actor: car accident

Eddie Cochran: age 21: 1960: musician: car accident 
Steven Cochran: age 48: 1965: actor: lung infection
Lew Cody: age 50: 1934: actor: heart attack
Nat King Cole: age 45: 1965: singer: lung cancer
Bessie Coleman: age 34: 1926: first black female aviator: plane crash
Charlotte Coleman: age 33: 2001: actress: asthma attack
Gary Coleman: age 42: 2010: actor: brain hemorrhage
John H. Collins: age 28: 1918: actor: 1918 influenza epidemic
John Coltrane: age 40: 1967: jazz musician: liver cancer
Russ Columbo: age 26: 1934: singer: accidentally shot by a friend
Sheridan Comerate: age 45: 1973: actor: plane crash
Dorothy Comingore: age 58: 1971:  actress: pulmonary disease
Christopher Connelly: age 47: 1988: actor: lung cancer
Walter Connolly: age 53: 1940: actor: stroke
Bert Convy: age 57: 1991: gameshow host: brain tumor

Wilhelmina Cooper: age 40: 1980: founded Wilhelmina Models: lung cancer 
Lou Costello: age 52: 1959: actor: heart attack
William Courtleigh Jr. : age 26: 1918: actor: 1918 flu pandemic

Philippe Cousteau: age 38: 1979: French sailor: flying boat crash 

Wally Cox: age 48: 1973: actor: heart attack 
Jeanne Coyne: age 50: 1973: actress: leukemia
Norma Crane: age 44: 1973: actress: breast cancer
Laird Cregar: age 31: 1944: actor: heart attack
Jim Croce: age 30: 1973: Singer/songwriter: plane crash
Jonathan Crombie: age 48: 2015: actor: brain hemorrhage
Richard Cromwell: age 50: 1960: actor: liver cancer
Rich Cronin: age 36: 2010: singer: leukemia

Francis Crozier: age 51: 1848: explorer: lost in the Arctic on the Franklin Expedition

Pierre Curie: age 46: 1906: scientist: road accident 

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Deezer D: age 55: 2021: actor: heart attack 

Bobby Darin: age 37: 1973: singer: heart failure 
Candy Darling: age 29: actress: lymphoma
Linda Darnell: age 41: 1965: actress: house fire
Frankie Darro: age 59: 1976: actor: heart attack

Owen Davis Jr. : age 41: 1949: actor: drowning 
Tom Davis: age 59: 2012: comedian: throat cancer
Federico De Laurentiis: age 26: 1981: fim producer: plane crash
Ed Delahanty: age 35: 1903: baseball player: fell over Niagara Falls
Brandon De Wilde: age 30: 1972: actor: car crash
James Dean: age 24: 1955: actor: car crash
Dorothy Dell: age 19: 1934:actress: car accident
Ted Demme: age 38: 2002: director: heart attack
Roy "Rocky" Dennis: age 16: 1978: craniodiaphyseal dysplasia (was the basis for the film "Mask")
Sandy Dennis: age 54: 1992: actress: ovarian cancer
John Denver: age 53: 1997: musician: plane crash
Mike DeStefano: age 44: 2011: comedian: heart attack

Anna Dewdney: age 50: 2016: children's author: brain cancer 

Dustin Diamond: age 44: 2021: actor: lung cancer 
Princess Diana: age 36: 1997: activist: car crash

Gloria Dickson: age 27: 1945: actress: house fire
James Dietz: age 27: 1987: actor: heart attack

Peggy Diggins: age 35: 1957: actress: car accident 
Christian Dior: age 52: 1957: fashion designer: heart attack
Divine: age 42: 1988: performer/drag queen: heart failure from enlarged heart
John Francis Dodge: age 55: 1920: car manufacturer: 1918 flu epidemic
Horace Elgin Dodge: age 52: 1920: car manufacturer: 1918 flu epidemic

Constance Dowling: age 49: actress: heart failure 
Robert Donat: age 53: 1958: actor: brain tumor
Jimmy Dorsey: age 53: 1957: musician: lung cancer
Tommy Dorsey: age 51: 1956: musician: choked to death in his sleep
Weston Doty: age 19: 1934: actor: drowned in a flood
Winston Doty: age 19: 1934: actor: drowned in a flood

Donald Douglas: age 40: 1945: actor: appendicitis 
Paul Douglas: age 52: 1959: actor: heart attack

David Dukes: age 55: 2000: actor: heart attack 
Isadora Duncan: age 50: 1927: dancer: strangulation
Michael Clarke Duncan: age 54: 2012: actor: heart attack
Ryan Dunn: age 34: 2011: actor (Jackass): car crash (driving while intoxicated)
Michael Dunn: age 38: 1973: actor: heart disease
Junior Durkin: age 19: 1935: road accident

Margo Dydek: age 37: 2011: WNBA player: heart attack 

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Amelia Earhart: age 39?: 1937?: Pilot: plane crash
Esther Earl: age 16: 2010: inspiration for the novel "Fault in Our Stars": thyroid cancer.
Dale Earnhardt: age 49: 2001: race car driver: crash during the Daytona 500
B. Reeves Eason Jr. : age 6: 1921: actor: hit by a truck on the movie set of "The Fox"
Perry Ellis: age 46: 1986: fashion designer: complications from AIDS

Gene Eugene: age 38: 2000: actor/producer: brain aneurysm 

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Douglas Fairbanks: age 56: 1939: actor: heart attack
Falco: age 40: 1998: muscian: car crash
Frances Farmer: age 56: 1970: actress: throat cancer
John Farrow: age 58: 1963: director: heart attack
Marty Feldman: age 48: 1982: actor: heart attack during a bout of food poisoning
Irene Fenwick: age 49: 1936: actress: anorexia
Jose Fernandez: age 24: 2016: baseball player: boating accident
Totie Fields: age 48: 1978: comedian: pulmonary embolism

James Fitzjames: age 34: 1848: lost in the Arctic on the Franklin Expedition

Eric Fleming: age 41: 1966: actor: drowning 
Victor Fleming: age 59: 1949: director: heart attack
Errol Flynn: age 50: 1959: actor: heart attack
Joe Flynn: age 49: 1974: actor: drowning following a heart attack
Tom Fogerty: age 48: 1990: musician: complications from AIDS
Tommy Ford: age 52: 2016: actor: abdominal aortic aneurism

Farrah Forke: age 54: 2022: actress: cancer 

Stephen Foster: age 37: 1864: lyricist: injuries from a fall 
Robert Francis: age 25: 1955: actor: plane crash

James Franciscus: age 57: 1991: actor: emphysema 

Rosalind Franklin: age 37: 1958: scientist: ovarian cancer 
Mary Frann: age 55: 1998: actress: heart attack

Victor French: age 54: 1989: actor: lung cancer
Leonard Frey: age 49: 1988: actor: complications from AIDS

Charles Frohman: age 58: 1915: theater manger/producer: died on the Lusitania 

Margaret Fuller: age 40: 1850: women's activist and journalist: drowning 
Willie Fung: age 49: 1945: actor: heart attack

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Clark Gable: age 59: 1960: actor: heart attack

Yuri Gagarin: age 34: 1968: astronaut: plane crash 
Steve Gaines: age 28: 1977: musician: plane crash
James Gandolfini: age 51: 2013: actor: heart attack
Michael Garber: age 21: 1977: actor: pancreatitis
Peggy Ann Garner: age 52: 1984: actress: pancreatic cancer
Jerry Garcia: age 53: 1995: musician: heart attack
John Garfield: age 39: 1952: actor: heart failure
Bud Geary: age 48: 1946: actor: road accident
Lou Gehrig: age 37: 1941: baseball player: ALS
Troy Gentry: age 50: 2017: country singer: helicopter crash
Gladys George: age 54: 1954: actress: stroke
King George VI: age 56: 1952: King of the UK: heart disease

George Gershwin: age 38: 1937: composer: brain tumor
John Paul Getty: age 54: 2011: Getty Oil Heir: after a long illness following a stroke
Maurice Gibb: age 53: 2003: musician: complications after surgery
John Gibson: age 37: 1986: actor: plane crash
John Gilbert: age 38: 1936: actor: heart failure
Russell Gleason: age 37: 1945: actor: fall from a building
Alexander Godunov: age 45: 1995: actor: hepatitis
Myrtle Gonzalez: age 27: 1918: actress: 1918 influenza epidemic
Gloria Grahame: age 57: 1981: actress: stomach cancer
Betty Grable: age 56: 1973: actress: lung cancer
David Graf: age 50: 2001: actor: heart attack
Florence Griffith-Joyner: age 38: 1998: olympian runner: epileptic seizure
Sergei Grinkov: age 28: 1995: olympian skater: heart attack
Gus Grissom: age 40: 1967: astronaut: burned in a training exercise
Vince Guaraldi: age 47: 1976: composer of "Peanuts": heart attack
Benjamin Guggenheim: age 46: 1912: businessman: died on the Titanic
Charles Gunn: age 35: 1918: actor: 1918 flu
Woody Guthrie: age 55: 1967: musician: Huntington's disease

H

Joan Hackett: age 49: 1983: actress: ovarian cancer 

Rio Hackford: age 51: 2022: actor: optical cancer 
Jean Hagen: age 54: 1977: actress: throat cancer
Corey Haim: age 38: 2010: actor: heart attack
Patricia Haines: age 45: 1977: actress: lung cancer
Alan Hale Sr.: age 57: 1950: actor: liver ailment
Bill Haley: age 55: 1981: singer: heart failure
Kevin Peter Hall: age 35:1991: actor: complications from AIDS
Lynden David Hall: age 31: 2006: singer: Hodgkin's lymphoma
Roy Halladay: age 40: 2017: baseball player: plane crash
Andrew Hallett: age 33: 2009: actor: Congestive heart failure from cardiomyopathy
Keith Haring: age 31: 1990: artist: complications from AIDS
Jean Harlow: age 26: 1937: actress: uremic poisoning brought on by appendicitis
Mildred Harris: age 42: 1944: actress: pneumonia
George Harrison: age 58: 2001: musician: lung cancer

John Harron: age 36: 1939: actor: spinal meningitis 

Robert Harron: age 27: 1920: actor: accidental shooting 

Tessie Harron: age 22: 1918: actress: Spanish influenza 
Owen Hart: age 34: 1999: wrestler: tragic fall during a stunt

Richard Hart: age 45: 1951: actor: heart attack 
Laurence Harvey: age 45: 1973: actor: stomach cancer

Kenneth Hawkes: age 31: 1930: director: plane crash

Alexandra Hay: age 46: 1993: actress: heart disease 
Allison Hayes: age 46: 1977: actress: lead poisoning
Susan Hayward: age 57: 1975: actress: brain cancer
Heavy D: age 44: 2011: rapper: pneumonia 

Anna Held: age 46: 1918: actress: cancer 
James Hellwig "Ultimate Warrior": age 54: 2014: wrestler: heart attack

Brad William Henke: age 56: 2022: actor/NFL: heart failure 
Christy Henrich: age 22: 1994: gymnast: anorexia

Emmaline Henry: age 50: 1979: actress: brain cancer 
Jim Henson: age 53: 1990: puppeteer: Bacterial pneumonia
Jon-Erik Hexum: age 26: 1984: actor: accidentally shot himself in the head on set with a prop gun
Bill Hicks: age 32: 1994: comedian: pancreatic cancer
Dana Hill: age 32: 1996: actress: stroke brought on by diabetes
Gregory Hines: age 57: 2003: dancer/ choreographer: liver cancer
Garret Hobart: age 55: 1899: 24th Vice President of the U.S.: heart failure
Gil Hodges: age 47: 1972: baseball player: heart attack
John Hodiak: age 41: 1955: actor: heart attack
Larry Holden: age 49: 2011: actor: cancer
Judy Holliday: age 43: 1965: actress: breast cancer
Buddy Holly: age 22: 1959: musician: plane crash
John Holmes : age 42: 1988: porn star: AIDS
Phillips Holmes: age 35: 1942: actor: plane crash during training for WWII
Tim Holt: age 54: 1973: actor: bone cancer
Darla Hood: age 47: 1979: actress: hepatitis
William Hootkins: age 57: 2005: actor: pancreatic cancer

William Hopper: age 55: 1970: actor: stroke 
Harry Houdini: age 52: 1926: magician: appendicitis
"Curly" Howard: age 48: 1952: actor: stroke
Leslie Howard: age 51: 1943: actor: his commercial flight was shot down by Germans in WWII
Sidney Howard: age 48: 1939: screenwriter: farming accident
Ken Hubbs: age 22: 1964: baseball player: plane crash
Rock Hudson: age 59: 1985: actor: complications from AIDS
John Hughes: age 59: 2009: director: heart attack
Richard Hunt: age 40: 1992: puppeteer/actor: AIDS
Rick Husband: age 45: 2003: astronaut: Columbia explosion
Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins: age 20: 1945: actor: airplane crash during basic training
Jim Hutton: age 45: 1979: actor: liver cancer

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Steve Ihnat: age 37: 1972: actor: heart attack
Grant Imahara: age 49: 2020: TV host/engineer: brain aneurysm
Jill Ireland: age 54: 1990: actress: breast cancer
Steve Irwin: age 44: 2006: wildlife conservationist: stabbed by a stingray

J

Wolfman Jack: age 57: 1995: DJ: heart attack
Joseph Jackson: age 37: 1932: screenwriter: drowning
Brion James: age 54: 1999: actor: heart attack
Rick James: age 56: 2004: musician: heart failure
David Janssen: age 48: actor: heart attack
Gregory Jarvis: age 41: 1986: engineer/astronaut: Challenger explosion
Knud Jensen: age 23: 1960: Olympian: head fracture while cycling in the summer games

Keith Jefferson: age 53: 2023: actor: cancer 
Michael Jeter: age 50: 2003: actor: epileptic seizure
Joan of Arc: age 19: 1431: French solider/martyr: execution by burning
Steve Jobs: age 56: 2011: co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.: pancreatic cancer
Kurt Johnson: age 33: 1986: actor: complications from AIDS
Robert Johnson: age 27: 1938: blues musician: unknown. (possible causes include congenital syphilis, strychnine poisoning, or Marfan syndrome.
Rita Johnson: age 52: 1965: actress: brain aneurysm
Sunny Johnson: age 30: 1984: actress: brain aneurysm

David "Trugoy" Jolicoeur: age 53: 2023: rapper: heart failure 

Anissa Jones: age 18: 1976: actress: overdose of cocaine, PCP, quaaludes, and Seconal
Buck Jones: age 50: 1942: actor: died from burns he received in the Coconut Grove Fire
Carolyn Jones: age 53: 1983: actress: colon cancer
F. Richard Jones: age 30: 37: director: tuberculosis
Scott Joplin: age 49: 1917: pianist: syphillis
Raúl Juliá: age 54: 1994: actor: stroke
Eric Justen: age 43: 2016: sound editing: heart attack

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Frida Kahlo: age 47: 1954: artist: pulmonary embolism
Madeline Kahn: age 57: 1999: actress: ovarian cancer
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole: age 38: 1997: musician: weight-related respiratory failure
William Kapell: age 31: 1953: pianist: plane crash
Andreas Katsulas: age 59: 2006: actor: lung cancer

Jonathan Kaufer: age 58: 2013: director: car crash 
Andy Kaufman: age 35: 1984: actor: lung cancer
Joseph Kaufman: age 36: 1918: director: 1918 influenza epidemic
Grace Kelly: age 52: 1982: actress: car crash
Richard Kelton: age 35: 1978: actor: cardon monoxide poisoning
Charles Kemper: age 49: 1950: actor: road accident
Kay Kendall: age 32: 1959: actress: leukemia
Douglas Kennedy: age 57: 1973: actor: cancer
Merna Kennedy: age 36: 1944: actress: heart attack
Douglas Kenney: age 33: 1980: actor: fall from a cliff
John F. Kennedy Jr.: age 38: 1999: business man/lawyer: plane crash
Robert Kent: age 46: 1955: actor: arteriosclerosis
Roy Kinnear: age 54: 1988: actor: horseback riding accident
Bruno Kirby:age 57: 2006: actor: leukemia
Mychael Knight: age 39: 2017: fashion designer: complications from colon disease 
Peggy Knudsen: age 57: 1980: actress: cancer

Krzysztof Komeda: age 37: 1969: composer: head injury 
Ernie Kovacs: age 42: 1962: actor/comedian: car crash
Sammi Kane Kraft: age 20: 2012: actress: car crash
Katia and Maurice Krafft: ages: 49 and 45: 1991: National Geographic photographers: volcanic eruption
Nodar Kumaritashvili: age 21: 2010: olympian luger: killed during practice at the 2010 games

L

Florence La Badie: age 29: 1917: actress: injuries sustained in a car accident
Barbara La Marr: age 29: 1926: actress: tuberculosis
Ronald Lacey: age 55: 1991: actor: liver cancer
Veronica Lake: age 50: 1973: actress: kidney failure
Michael Landon: age 54: 1991: actor: pancreatic cancer

Joi Lansing: age 43: 1972: actress: breast cancer 
Mario Lanza: age 38: 1959: singer: pulmonary embolism
Billy "Froggy" Laughlin: age 16: 1948: actor: road accident
Eddie Laughton: age 48: 1952: actor: pneumonia

Kay Laurell: age 36: 1927: actress: died during child birth

Gertude Lawrence: age 54: 1952: actress: liver cancer 
Brandon Lee: age 28: 1993: actor: fatally shot on a movie set
Bruce Lee: age 32: 1973: actor: allergic reaction to painkillers
Dixie Lee: age 40: 1952: actress: ovarian cancer
Gypsy Rose Lee: age 59: 1970: actress: lung cancer
Stephen Lee: age 58: 2014: actor: heart attack
Vivien Leigh: 53: 1967: actress: tuberculosis
Margaret Leighton: age 53: 1976: actress: MS
Al Lettieri: age 47: 1975: actor: heart attack
Cory Lidle: age 34: 2006: baseball player: plane crash
Cleavon Little: age 53: 1992: actor: colon cancer
Ormer Locklear: age 28: 1920: stuntman: died during a plane stunt for the movie "The Skywayman".
Harold Lockwood: age 31: 1918: actor: 1918 influenza epidemic

Marcus Loew: age 57: 1927: created "Loews theaters": heart attack 
Carole Lombard: age 33: 1942: actress: plane crash
Richard Long: age 47: 1974: actor: heart attack
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: age 30: 2002: singer: car crash
Ernst Lubitsch: age 55: 1947: director: heart attack
Diana Lynn: age 45: 1971: actress: stroke

M

Bernie Mac: age 50: 2008: comedian: pneumonia
Simon MacCorkindale: age 58: 2010: actor: lung cancer
Ranald MacDougall: age 58: 1973: screenwriter: heart attack
Jack MacGowran: age 54: 1973: actor: flu
Dorothy Mackaye: age 40: 1940: actress: car accident
Maria Malibran: age 28: 1836: opera singer: injuries after falling off a horse
Boots Mallory: age 45: 1958: actress: throat disease
Edouard Manet: age 51: 1883: artist: rheumatism and syphilis

Manolete: age 30: 1947: bullfighter: fatally gorged by a bull 
Jayne Mansfield: age 34: 1967: actress: car crash

Robert Mapplethorpe: age 42: 1989: photographer: complications from AIDS
Pete Maravich: age 40: 1988: basketball player: heart attack

Chris March: age 56: 2019: fashion designer: heart attack 
Rocky Marciano: age 45: 1969: boxer: plane crash

Theodore Marcuse: age 47: 1967: actor: car accident 

Biz Markie: age 57: 2021: rapper: stroke from diabetes 
Bob Marley: age 36: 1981: musician: skin cancer
Janet Margolin: age 50: 1993: actress: ovarian cancer
Richard Marquand: age 49: 1987: director: stroke
Dean Paul Martin: age 35: 1974: actor: military plane crash
D'Urville Martin: age 45: 1984: actor: heart attack
LeRoy Mason: age 44: 1947: actor: heart attack
Gina Mastrogiacomo: age 39: 2001: actress: bacterial heart infection
John Matuszak: age 38: 1989: actor: heart failure
Ralphie May: age 45: 2017: comedian: heart attack
Rik Mayall: age 56: 2014: actor: heart attack
Christa McAuliffe: age 37: 1986: teacher/astronaut: Challenger explosion
Robert McCall: age 33: 1991: figure skater: complications from AIDS
Christopher McCandless: age 24: 1992: hiker: starvation
William C. McCool: age 41: 2003: astronaut: Columbia explosion
Joan McCracken: age 43: 1961: dancer: complications from diabetes
Hattie McDaniel: age 57: 1952: actress: breast cancer
Marc McDermott: age 47: 1929: actor: cirrhosis of the liver

Michael McDowell: age 49: 1999: writer: AIDS 
Frank McGlynn Jr. age 34: 1939: actor: tuberculous
Malcolm McGregor: age 52: 1945: actor: burns from a house fire
Matthew McGrory: age 32: 2005: actor: natural causes due to height disorder 
Kenneth McMillan: age 56: 1989: actor: liver failure
Ronald McNair: age 35: 1986: astronaut: Challenger explosion
Steve McQueen: age 50: 1980: actor: lung cancer
Freddie Mercury: age 41: 1991: musician: complications from AIDS
Joseph Merrick: age 27: 1890: the famed "Elephant Man": asphyxia
George Michael: age 53: 2016: singer: heart failure
Robert Miles: age 47: 2017: composer: cancer
Chelone "Chilly" Miller: age 29: 2013: snowboarder: seizure
Glenn Miller: age 40: 1944: jazz musician: plane crash
Roger Miller: age 56: 1992: musician: throat cancer
Ross Milne: age 19: 1964: Olympian: died in a skiing accident during the 1964 games

Anthony Minghella: age 54: 2008: director: hemorrhage 
Charles Mingus: age 56: 1979: Jazz musician: ALS
Carmen Miranda: age 46: 1955: Brazilian Samba singer and dancer: heart attack
Millard Mitchell: age 50: 1953: actor: lung cancer
Modigliani: age 32: 1920: artist: tubercular meningitis

Maria Montez: age 39: 1951: actress: drown due to a heart attack 
Dolores Moran: age 56: 1982: actress: cancer
Frank Morgan: age 59: 1949: actor: heart attack
Anita Morris: age 50: 1994: actress: ovarian cancer
Vic Morrow: age 53: 1982: actor: decapitated on set by helicopter blade
Ashleigh Aston Moore: age 26: 2007: actress: pneumonia

Grace Moore: age 48: 1947: actress: plane crash 
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: age 35: 1791: pianist: renal failure
Herbert Mundin: age 40: 1939: actor: car crash
Janet Munro: age 38: 1972: actress: myocarditis
Thurman Munson: age 32: 1979: baseball player: plane crash
F.W. Murnau: age 42: 1931: director: road accident
Audie Murphy: age 45: 1971: actor/solider: plane crash
Brittany Murphy: age 32: 2009: actress: cardiac arrest as a result of diabetes, pneumonia and anemia
Charlie Murphy: age 57: 2017: actor: leukemia

N

Taylor Negron: age 57: 2015: actor: liver cancer 

Ricky Nelson: age 45: 1985: musician: plane crash

Barbara Nichols: age 47: 1976: actress: liver failure (due to a previous car accident)
Nico: age 49: 1988: singer: cerebral hemorrhage
Tommy Noonan: age 46: 1968: actor: brain tumor
Mabel Normand: age 37: 1930: actress: tuberculosis
Shelly Novak: age 34: 1978: actor: heart attack
Rudolf Nureyev: age 54: 1993: actor/ballet dancer: AIDS
Laura Nyro: age 49: 1997: singer: ovarian cancer

O

Mark O'Brien: age 49: 1999: poet: respiratory distress from polio

Sinead O'Connor: age 56: 2023: singer: PENDING...........................
Cathy O'Donnell: age 46: 1970: actress: stroke/cancer

Frank O'Hara: age 40: 1966: poet: hit by a car 
Patrice O'Neal: age 41: 2011: comedian: stroke
Dolores O'Riordan: age 46: 2018: singer: drowning while intoxicated
Heather O'Rourke: age 12: 1988: actress: Crohn's Disease 

Berry Oakley: age 24: 1972: musician: motorcycle accident 
Warren Oates: age 53:1982: actor: heart attack 

Clifford Odets: age 57: 1963: screenwriter: stomach cancer 

David Oliver: age 30: 1992: actor: AIDS
Ellison Onizuka: age 39: 1986: astronaut: Challenger Explosion
Roy Orbison: age 52: 1988: musician: heart attack
Frank Overton: age 49: 1967: actor: heart attack

P

Alfred Paget: age 40: 1919: actor: malaria 

Helen Parrish: age 35: 1959: actress: cancer 

Nancy Parsons: age 58: 2001: actress: heart failure
Sam Patch: age 22: 1829: dare devil: killed during a high jump
Anna Pavlova: age 49: 1931: ballerina: pneumonia

Don Payne: age 48: 2013: "The Simpsons" writer: bone cancer 
Bob Peck: age 53: 1999: actor: cancer
(Laurence) Kim Peek: age 58: 2009: savant: heart attack
Christopher Penn: age 40: 2006: actor: heart failure
Jesse Pearson: age 49: 1979: actor: cancer

Barbara Pepper: age 54: 1969: actress: heart attack

Wendy Pepper: age 53: 2017: fashion designer: pneumonia and cancer 

Osgood Perkins: age 45: 1937: actor: heart attack 
Eva Peron: age 33: 1952: First Lady of Argentina: cervical cancer
Luke Perry: age 52: 2019: actor: stroke

Matthew Perry: age 54: 2023: actor: drowning 
Susan Peters: age 31: 1952: actress: pneumonia and starvation
Julia Phillips: age 57: 2002: producer: cancer
Édith Piaf: age 47: 1963: singer: liver cancer
Brian Piccolo: age 26: 1970: football player: cancer
John Pinette: age 50: 1964: actor: pulmonary embolism
Jackson Pollock: age 44: 1956: artist: car crash
Mike Porcaro: age 59: 2015: musician: ALS
Tyrone Power: age 44: 1958: actor: heart attack
Steve Prefontaine: age 24: 1975: long-distance runner: car crash

Lisa Marie Presley: age 54: 2023: singer: small bowel obstruction 
Kelly Preston: age 57: 2020: actress: breast cancer

Janos Prohaska: age 54: 1974: actor: plane crash 

Ainslie Pryor: age 37: 1958: actor: cancer 
Kirby Puckett: age 45: 2006: baseball player: stroke

Dick Purcell: age 38" 1944: actor: heart attack 
Ernie Pyle: age 44: 1945: journalist: shot during WWII

R

Gilda Radner: age 42: 1989: comedian: ovarian cancer
Dack Rambo: age 52: 1994: actor: complications from AIDS
Ilan Ramon: age 48: 2003: astronaut: Columbia explosion
Anne Ramsey: age 58: 1988: actress: throat cancer
Jack Randall: age 39: 1945: actor: fall from a horse during a movie stunt
Joe Ranft: age 45: 2005: actor: car crash
Virginia Rappe: age 30: 1921: actress: ruptured bladder

Teddy Ray: age 32: 2022: comedian: drowning from cardiac arrest 
Chris Rebello: age 37: 2000: actor: heart attack
Otis Redding: age 26: 1967: singer: plane crash
William Redfield: age 49: 1976: actor: leukemia
Robert Reed: age 59: 1992: actor: AIDS
Christopher Reeves: age 52: 2004: actor: heart failure
Steve Reevis: age 55: 2017: actor: undisclosed
Lee Remick: age 55: 1991: actress: liver and kidney cancer
Judith Resnik: age 36: 1986: engineer/astronaut: Challenger explosion
Lance Reventlow: age 36: 1972: Woolworth heir: plane crash

Craig Reynolds: age 42: 1949: actor: motorized scooter accident 
Natasha Richardson: age 45: 2009: actress: skiing accident
Lucille Ricksen: age 14: 1925: silent film actress: tuberculous
Minnie Riperton: age 31: 1979: singer: breast cancer
Robert Ripley: age 58: 1949: creator of "Ripley's Believe it or Not": heart attack
Robert Riskin: age 58: 1955: screenwriter: stroke
John Ritter: age 54: 2003: actor: heart attack

Lynne Roberts: age 55: 1978: actor: brain bleed 
Matt Roberts: age 38: 2016: musician: undisclosed
Dar Robinson: age 39: 1986: stunt actor: motorcycle accident
Edward G. Robinson, Jr. age: 40: 1974: actor: heart attack
Jackie Robinson: age 53: 1972: baseball player: heart attack

Julia Anne Robinson: age 24: 1975: actress: house fire 
Max Robinson: age 49: 1988: ABC news anchor: complications from AIDS
Estelita Rodriguez: age 37: 1966: actress: flu
Will Rogers: age 55: 1935: actor: plane crash
Ruth Roland: age 46: 1937: actress: cancer
Howard Rollins: age 46: actor: lymphoma
Bobby Rolofson: age 16: 1984: actor: motorcycle accident
Bob Ross: age 52: 1995: artist: lymphoma

Leonard Rossiter: age 57: 1984: actor: heart attack 
Alma Rubens: age 33: 1931: actress: pneumonia

Porfirio Rubirosa: age 56: 1965: race car driver: car crash 
Wilma Rudolph: age 54: 1994: olympian: brain cancer
Barbara Ruick: age 43: 1974: actress: cerebral hemorrhage
Tim Russert: age 58: 2008: news anchor: heart attack
Babe Ruth: age 53: 1948: baseball player: pneumonia

S

Boris Sagal: age 57: 1981: director: nearly decapitated on set by helicopter blade
Tim Samaras: age 55: 2013: storm chaser photographer: killed in a tornado in Oklahoma
Will Sampson: age 53:1987: actor: kidney failure
Mark Sandman: age 46: 1999: musician: heart attack
Mark Sandrich: age 44: 1945: director: heart attack

Jessica Savitch: age 36: 1983: news anchor: car accident 
Robert Shaw: age 51: 1978: actor: heart attack
Vincent Schiavelli: age 57: 2005: actor: lung cancer
Maria Schneider: age 58: 2011: actress: cancer
Max Schreck: age 56: 1936: actor: heart attack
Dick Scobee: age 46: 1986: astronaut: Challenger explosion
Tim Scott: age 57: 1995: actor: lung cancer
Franklyn Seales: age 37: 1990: actor: complications from AIDS
E.C. Segar: age 44: 1938: creator of "Popeye": leukemia
Peter Sellers: age 54: 1980: actor: heart attack
Rod Serling: age 50: 1975: screenwriter: heart attack

Clarine Seymour: age 21: 1920: actress: intestinal blockage 
Glenn Shadix: age 58: 2010: actor: head trauma after a fall
Paul Shenar: age 53: 1989: actor: complications from AIDS
Ann Sheridan: age 51: 1967: actor: cancer of the esophagus and liver
James S. Sherman: age 57: 1912: 27th Vice President of the U.S. : kidney disease

Lowell Sherman: age 46: 1934: director: pneumonia 
Joshua Shintani: age 32: 2015: actor: pneumonia

Sam Shubert: age 26: 1905: theater producer: train accident 

Mort Shuman: age 52: 1991: songwriter: liver cancer 

Milton Sills: age 48: 1930: actor: heart attack 
Frank Silva: age 44: 1995: actor: complications from AIDS
Frank Silvera: age 55: 1970: actor: accidental electrocution
John Singleton: age 51: 2019: director: stroke
Gene Siskel: age 53: 1999: movie critic: brain tumor
Bessie Smith: age 43: 1937: Jazz singer: car accident
Fred "Sonic" Smith: age 45: 1994: guitarist: heart failure
Michael J. Smith: age 40: 1986: astronaut: Challenger explosion
Carrie Snodgress: age 58: 2004: actress: heart failure
Rickie Sorensen: age 47: 1994: actor (voice of Arthur in "Sword in the Stone"): cancer
John Spencer: age 58: 2005: actor: heart attack
Wendie Jo Sperber: age 47: 2005: actress: breast cancer
Joe Spinell: age 52: 1989: actor: bled to death  (suffered from hemophilia)
Dusty Springfield: age 59: singer: 1999: breast cancer
Sage Stallone: age 36: 2012: actor: arteriosclerosis

Christopher Stone: age 55: 1995: actor: heart attack 
Peter Steele: age 48: 2010: musician: aortic aneurysm
Paul Stojanovich: age 47: 2003: Producer: fell off a cliff
Slim Summerville: 53: 1946: actor: stroke

Stu Sutcliffe: Age 21: 1962: musician: brain aneurism 
Patrick Swayze: age 57: 2009: actor: pancreatic cancer

T

William Talman: age 53: 1968: actor: lung cancer

Brandon Tartikoff: age 48: 1997: President of NBC 
Lilyan Tashman: age 37: 1934: actress: stomach cancer
Krissy Taylor: age 17: 1995: model: asthma attack

Robert Taylor: age 57: 1969: actor: lung cancer 
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: age 53: 1893: pianist: cholera
Olive Tell: age 56: 1951: actress: fractured skull from a fall in a hotel
Tammi Terrell: age 24: 1970: singer: brain cancer
Irving Thalberg: age 37: 1936: actor: pneumonia
Lynne Thigpen: age 54: 2003: actress: cerebral hemorrhage
Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas: age 49: 1980: actor: heart attack
Michelle Thomas: age 30: 1998: actress: stomach cancer
Olive Thomas: age 25: 1920: actress: accidentally swallowed mercury chloride while intoxicated

Jameson Thomas: age 50: 1939: actor: tuberculosis 
Fred Thomson: age 38: 1928: actor: tetanus

Patrick Tillman: age: 27: 2004: NFL player: shot in Afghanistan while serving in the U.S. Army 
Michael Todd: age 48: 1958: producer: plane crash
Thelma Todd: age 29: 1935: actress: undetermined suicide or accidental carbon monoxide poisoning
Gregg Toland: age 44: 1948: cinematographer: heart attack
Thuy Trang: age 27: 2001: actress: car accident
Timothy Treadwell: age 46: 2003: environmentalist: malled by a grizzly bear
Massimo Troisi: age 41: 1992: actor: heart attack
Archie Twichell: age 50: 1957: actor: plane crash
Judy Tyler: age 24: 1957: actress: car crash

U

Misty Upham: age 32: 2014: actress: fall from a cliff
Robert Urich: age 55: 2002: actor: cancer of the joints

V

Ritchie Valens: age 17: 1959: singer: plane crash
Rudolph Valentino: age 31: 1926: actor: complications from appendicitis

Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt: age 37: 1915: heir/businessman: died on the Lusitania
Ron Vawter: age 45: 1994: actor: complications from AIDS
Ronnie Van Zant: age 29: 1977: singer: plane crash
Luther Vandross: age 54: 2005: singer: stroke
Jim Varney: age 50: 2000: actor: lung cancer
Stevie Ray Vaughan: age 35: 1990: musician: helicopter crash
Conrad Veilt: age 50: 1943: actor : heart attack
Karen Verne: age 49: 1967: actress: heart failure

Martha Vickers: age 46: 1971: actress: throat cancer 

Chris von Wangenheim: age 39: 1981: photographer: plane crash 

W

Robert Wadlow: age 22: 1940: tallest man: infection brought on by his leg brace

Nikita Waligwa: age 16: 2020: actress: brain tumor 

Helen Walker: age 47: 1968: actress: cancer 
Kim Walker: age 32: 2001: actress: brain tumor
Paul Walker: age 40: 1973: actor: car crash
Beryl Wallace: age 35: 1948: singer: plane crash
Deborah Walley: age 59: 2001: actress: lung cancer

Ernest Walsh: age 31: 1926: editor: tuberculous
J. T. Walsh: age: 54: 1998: actor: heart attack
Andy Warhol: age 58: 1987: artist: heart attack after surgery
Sam Warner: age 1940: 1927: movie producer: brain infection from rotten teeth
Booker T. Washington: age 59: 1915: author: heart failure

Woody Watson: age 50: 1999: actor: tractor accident 
Carol Wayne: age 42: 1985: actress: drowning
Ken Weatherwax: age 59: 2014: actor: heart attack
Virginia Weidler: age 41: 1968: actress: heart failure
Mary Welch: age 35: 1958: actress: complications during childbirth

Annie Wersching: age 45: 2023: actress: cancer 
Monte Westmore: age 37:1940: make-up artist: heart attack following surgery
Ed White: age 36: 1967: astronaut: burned in trainer exercise
Marjorie White: age 31: 1935: actress: car accident
Ryan White: age 18: 1990: activist: complications from AIDS.
Andy Whitfield: age 39: 2011: actor: lymphoma
Jack Wild: age 52: 2006: actor: oral cancer
Earle Williams: age 47: 1927: actor: pneumonia
Barbara Wills: age 30: 1963: actress: house fire (with her grandma and two young sons)
Ricky Wilson: age 32: 1985: musician: complication from AIDS
Trey Wilson: age 40: 1989: actor: stroke
William Winchester: age 43: 1881: gun magnate: tuberculous
Gary Winick: age 49: 2011: director: pneumonia

Ben Woolf: age 34: 2015: actor: head injury 
Edward Wood: age 54: 1978: director: heart failure
Natalie Wood: age 43: 1981: actress: drown 

Ron Woodroof: age 42: 1992: activist: complications from AIDS

Grant Woods: age 36: 1968: actor: motorcycle accident 
Constance Worth: age 52:1963: actress: anemia
Wilbur Wright: age 45: 1912: inventor/pilot: typhoid fever
Tammy Wynette: age 55: 1998: singer: blood clot in her lung

Diana Wynyard: age 58: 1964: actress: kidney failure 

Y

Bruce Yarnell: age 37: 1973: actor: plane crash 

Adam Yauch: age 47: 2012: rapper: cancer of the lymph nodes
Anton Yelchin: age 27: 2016: actor: crushed by an automobile
Clifton Young: age 33: 1951: actor: died in a hotel fire

Tammany Young: age 49: 1936: actor: heart attack

Z

Babe Zaharias: age: 45 1956: olympian: colon cancer
Frank Zappa: age 52: 1993: musician: prostate cancer
Samuel Zimbalist: age 53: 1958: film producer: heart attack 

Celebrities: Stage Names... Also Known As

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Celebrities Birth Names:

A

Kareen Abdul-Jabbar: Ferdinand "Lew" Alcindor Jr. 

Alan Alda: Alphonse d'Abruzzo
Jason Alexander: Jay Scott Greenspan
Tim Allen: Timothy Dick
Woody Allen: Allan Konigsberg
DJ AM: Adam Goldstein
Tori Amos: Myra Amos
Jennifer Aniston: Jennifer Anastassakis
Elizabeth Arden: Florence Graham
Fred Armisen: Fereydun Armisen
Bea Arthur: Bernice Frankel
Fred Astaire: Frederick Austerlitz
Mary Astor: Lucile Langhanke
Eleanor Audley: Eleanor Zellman
Awkwafina: Nora Lum
Iggy Azalea: Amethyst Kelly (like her real name more)

B

Lauren Bacall: Betty Perske
Erykah Badu: Erica Wright
Anne Bancroft: Anna Italiano
Brigitte Bardot: Camille Javal
Steven Bauer: Esteban Echevarria

Bonnie Bedelia: Bonnie Culkin 
Tony Bennett: Anthony Benedetto
Jack Benny: Benjamin Kubelsky
Irving Berlin: Israel Baline

Ted Bessell: Howard Bessell Jr. 
Biggy Smalls: Christopher Wallace
Bjork: Bjork Guomundsdottir
Jack Black: William Black
Selma Blair: Selma Beitner
Judy Blume: Judy Sussman
Betty Blythe: Elizabeth Slaughter
Michael Bolton: Michael Bolotin
Bono: Paul Hewson
David Bowie: David Hayward-Jones
Beau Bridges: Lloyd Bridges III

Alison Brie: Alison Schermerhorn 
Albert Brooks: Albert Einstein
Garth Brooks: Troyal Brooks
Mel Brooks: Melvin Kaminsky
Charles Bronson: Charles Buchinsky
Lenny Bruce: Leonard Schneider
Billie Burke: Mary Burke
George Burns: Nathan Birnbaum
Ellen Burstyn: Edna Gilhooley

Busta Rhymes: Trevor Smith

C

Cardi B: Belcalis Almanzar 

Louis C.K.: Louis Szekely

Sid Caesar: Isaac Caesar 
Michael Caine: Maurice Micklewhite
Truman Capote:Truman Persons
Mary Carlisle: Gwendolyn Witter
Carrot Top: Scott Thompson

Johnny Cash: J.R. Cash 
Kim Cattrall: Clare Woodgate
Jackie Chan: Kong-Sang Chan
Jeff Chandler: Ira Grossel

Coco Chanel: Gabrielle Chanel 
Chevy Chase: Cornelius Chase
Jessica Chastain: Jessica Howard
Cher: Cherilyn  Sarkisian
Julia Childs: Julia McWilliams
Andrew Dice Clay: Andrew Silverstein
Patsy Cline: Virginia Hensley
Lee J. Cobb: Leo Jacoby
Diablo Cody: Brooke Busey
Claudette Colbert: Emilie Chauchoin
Common: Lonnie Lynn

Jeff Corey: Arthur Zwerling 
Bud Cort: Walter Cox
Elvis Costello: Declan McManus
Joan Crawford: Lucille LeSueur

Richard Cromwell: LeRoy Radabaugh 
Scatman Crothers: Benjamin Crothers
Curly: Jerry Howard
Tony Curtis: Bernard Schwartz

D

Willem Dafoe: William Defoe
Rodney Dangerfield: Jacob Cohen
Ted Danson: Edward Danson III
Bobby Darin: Walden Cassotto
Bette Davis: Ruth Davis
Geena Davis: Virginia Elizabeth Davis
Ossie Davis: Raiford Davis

Richard Dawson: Colin Emm 
Taylor Dayne: Leslie Wunderman
Rebecca De Mornay: Rebecca Pearch

Portia De Rossi: Amanda Lee Rogers
Sandra Dee: Alexandra Zuck
Mos Def: Dante Terrell Smith

Benicio del Toro: Benicio Sanchez 
Danny DeVito: Daniel Michaeli

Lana Del Rey: Elizabeth Grant
Bo Derek: Mary Collins
Angie Dickinson: Angeline Brown
Vin Diesel: Mark Vincent
Divine: Harris Hilstead
DMX: Earl Simmons
Kirk Douglas: Issur Danielovitch
Robert Downey Jr. : Robert Ford-Elias Jr.
Drake: Aubrey Graham
Dr. Dre: Andre Young
Minnie Driver: Amelia Driver
Faye Dunaway: Dorothy Dunaway
Bob Dylan: Robert Zimmerman

E

Billie Eilish: Billie O'Connell
Cass Elliot: Ellen Cohen
Eminem: Marshall Mathers

F

Max Factor: Maksymilian Faktorowicz

Douglas Fairbanks: Douglas Ullman
Morgan Fairchild: Patsy McClenny
Mia Farrow: Maria de Lourdes Villiers-Farrow 

Fatboy Slim: Quentin Leo Cook 
Totie Fields: Sophie Feldman

50 Cent: Curtis Jackson
"Larry" Fine: Louis Feinberg

Flavor Flav: William Drayton Jr.
Flea: Michael Balzary
Gerald Ford: Leslie King, Jr.
Will Forte: Orville Forte
Jodi Foster: Alicia Foster
Jamie Foxx: Eric Bishop 

Buckminster Fuller: Richard Fuller 

G

Zsa Zsa Gabor: Sari Gabor
Greta Garbo: Greta Gustaffson
Judy Garland: Frances Gumm

Greer Garson: Eileen Garson 
Lou Gehrig: Ludwig Gehrig
Henry Gibson: James Bateman
Jackie Gleason: Herbert Gleason
Whoopi Goldberg: Caryn Johnson
Samuel Goldwyn: Szmuel Gelbfisz

Elliott Gould: Elliott Goldestein 
Topher Grace: Christopher Grace
Kelsey Grammer: Allen Grammer
Cary Grant: Archibald Leach
Lee Grant: Lyova Rosenthal
Macy Gray: Natalie Renee McIntyre

Tom Green: Michael Green 

Joel Grey: Joel Katz 

Charles Grodin: Charles Grodinsky 
Edmund Gwenn: Edmund Kellaway

H

Buddy Hackett: Leonard Hacker

Halsey: Ashley Frangipane 
M C Hammer: Stanley Burrell
Jean Harlow: Harlean Carpenter

Mark Harmon: Thomas Harmon 

Calvin Harris: Adam Wiles 
Debbie Harry: Angela Tremble (her orignal name was better)
Steve Harvey: Broderick Harvey
Rita Hayworth: Margarita Cansino
Audrey Hepburn: Edda Hepburn-Ruston
Pee Wee Herman: Paul Reubenfeld
Barbara Hershey: Barbara Herzstein
Jean Hersholt: Jean Buron
Charlton Heston: John Carter
Jonah Hill: Jonah Feldstein

Judy Holliday: Judith Tuvim 
Buddy Holly: Charles Holley
Bob Hope: Leslie Hope
Harry Houdini: Erich Weiss
"Curly" Howard: Jerome Horwitz
"Moe" Howard: Moses Horwitz
Tab Hunter: Arthur Kelm

I

Ice Cube: Oshea Jackson

Ice-T: Tracy Marrow 
Billy Idol: William Broad

J

Kevin James: Kevin Knipfing
Thomas Jane: Thomas Elliott
Jay-Z: Shawn Corey Carter
Joan Jett: Joan Larkin
Elton John: Reginald Kenneth Dwight

Al Jolson: Asa Yoelson 
Norah Jones: Geetali Shankar

K

Mindy Kaling: Vera Chokalingam
Boris Karloff: William Henry Pratt
Casey Kasem: Kemal Amin Kasem

Stubby Kaye: Bernard Katzin 

Stacy Keach: Walter Keach 
Buster Keaton: Joseph Keaton
Michael Keaton: Michael Douglas
Kesha: Kesha Sebert
Chaka Khan: Carole Stevens

Tawny Kitaen: Julie Kitaen 
Carole King: Carole Klein
Larry King: Larry Zeigler
Ben Kingsley: Krishna Banji
Calvin Klein Richard Klein
Jack Klugman: Jacob Klugman
Evel Knievel: Robert Knievel
Johnny Knoxville: Philip Clapp

Jo Koy: Joseph Herbert 

Mila Kunis: Milena Kunis 
Ashton Kutcher: Christopher Kutcher

L

Lady Gaga: Stefani Germanotta
LL Cool J: James Todd Smith
Veronica Lake: Constance Ockleman
Kendrick Lamar: Kendrick Duckworth
Michael Landon: Eugene Orowitz
Mario Lanza: Alfredo Cocozza
Larry the Cable Guy: Daniel Whitney
Queen Latifah: Dana Owens
Stan Laurel: Arthur Jefferson
Ralph Lauren: Ralph Lipschitz
Piper Laurie: Rosetta Jacobs
Brenda Lee: Brenda Tarpley

Peggy Lee: Norma Egstrom 
Spike Lee: Shelton Lee

Tommy Lee: Thomas Bass 
Jennifer Jason Leigh: Jennifer Morrow
Vivian Leigh: Vivian Hartley
Jay Leno: James Leno
Shari Lewis: Phyllis Hurwitz
Andrew Lincoln: Andrew Clutterbuck
Carole Lombard: Jane Peters
Lorde: Ella Yelich-O'Connor
Sophia Loren: Sophia Scicoloni
Courtney Love: Courtney Harrison

Myrna Loy: Myrna Williams 
Ludacris: Christopher Bridges
Bela Lugosi: Bela Blasko
Natasha Lyonne: Natasha Braunstein

M

Moms Mabley: Loretta Aiken
Andie MacDowell: Rosalie MacDowell

Post Malone: Austin Post 
Babaloo Mandel: Marc Mandel
Jayne Mansfield: Vera Palmer
Marilyn Manson: Brian Warner
Rooney Mara: Patricia Mara
Cheech Marin: Richard Marin
Bruno Mars: Peter Hernandez
Penny Marshall: Carole Maschiarelli
Dean Martin: Dino Crocetti

Chico Marx: Leonard Marx 
Groucho Marx: Julius Marx

Gummo Marx: Milton Marx 

Harpo Marx: Arthur Marx 

Zeppo Marx: Herbert Marx 

Jackie Mason: Yacov Maza 

Frances McDormand: Cynthia Smith 

Darren McGavin: William Richardson 

Meat Loaf: Marvin Lee Aday

Freddy Mercury: Farrokh Bulsara
Burgess Meredith: Oliver Meredith
Jonathan Rhys Meyers: Jonathan O'Keefe 

Method Man: Clifford Smith
Tim McGraw: Samuel Smith
Alexander McQueen: Lee McQueen
Ethel Merman: Ethel Zimmermann
George Michael: Georgios Panayiotou

Bret Michaels: Bret Sychak 
Lorne Michaels: Lorne Lipowitz

Dash Mihok: Dashiell Mihok 
Nicki Minaj: Onika Maraj
Joni Mitchell: Roberta Anderson
Eddie Money: Edward Mahoney
Ron Moody: Ronald Moodnick
Marilyn Monroe: Norma Mortenson
Demi Moore: Demetria Guynes
Rick Moranis: Fredrick Moranis
Rita Moreno: Rosa Alverio
Toni Morrison: Chloe Wofford
Zero Mostel: Samuel Mostel

N

Nas: Nasir Jones 
Liam Neeson: William Neeson
Sam Neill: Nigel Neill
Nelly: Cornell Haynes Jr.

Mike Nichols: Mikhail Peschkowsky

Stevie Nicks: Stephanie Nicks 
Chuck Norris: Carlos Ray

O

Jerry O'Connell: Jeremiah O'Connell
Carroll O'Connor: John O'Connor
Billy Ocean: Leslie Charles
Gary Oldman: Leonard Oldman

Rita Ora: Rita Sahatciu 
Ozzy Osbourne: John Osbourne
Frank Oz: Frank Oznowicz

P

Jack Palance: Volodymyr Palahniuk
Chazz Palminteri: Calogero Palminteri

Jason Patric: John Miller III
Les Paul: Lester Polsfuss
Gregory Peck: Eldred Peck
Katy Perry: Katheryn Hudson
Luke Perry: Coy Perry
Tyler Perry: Emmitt Perry
Bernadette Peters: Bernadette Lazzara
Busy Philipps: Elizabeth Philipps
River Phoenix: River Button
Edith Piaf: Edith Gassion 

Slim Pickens: Louis Lindley Jr. 
Mary Pickford: Gladys Smith
Pink: Alecia Moore
Pitbull: Armando Perez
Brad Pitt: William Pitt
Roman Polanski: Ramon Leibling
Natalie Portman: Natalie Hershlag
Prince: Prince Nelson
Missi Pyle: Andrea Pyle

Q

Maggie Q: Margaret Quigley

Margaret Qualley: Sarah Qualley 

Questlove: Ahmir Thompson 

R

Charlotte Rae: Charlotte Lubotsky 

Tony Randall: Leonard Rosenberg
Donna Reed: Donnabelle Mullenger
Judge Reinhold: Edward Reinhold

Jean Reno: Juan Moreno Herrera-Jimenez 
Anne Rice: Howard O'Brien

Diana Rigg: Enid Rigg 
Rihanna: Robyn Fenty
Joan Rivers: Joan Molinsky
Mickey Rooney: Joseph Yule Jr.
Kid Rock: Robert Ritchie
Ginger Rogers: Virginia McMath
Roy Rogers: Leonard Slye

Gilbert Roland: Luis Damaso de Alonso
Axl Rose: William Rose
Johnny Rotten: John Lydon
Mickey Rourke: Philip Rourke Jr.
Amy Ryan: Amy Dziewiontkowski
Meg Ryan: Margaret Hyra
Winona Ryder: Winona Horowitz

S

Susan Sarandon: Susan Tomaling

Telly Savalas: Aristotle Tsavalas 

Liev Schreiber: Isaac Schreiber 
Seal: Henry Samuel

Jerry Seinfeld: Jerome Seinfeld 

Peter Sellers: Richard Sellers 
Dr. Seuss: Theodore Geisel
Jane Seymour: Joyce Frankenberg
Omar Shaif: Michel Chalhoub
Tupac Shakur: Lesane Crooks
M. Night Shyamalan: Manoj Nelliyattu Shyamalan
Ally Sheedy: Alexandra Sheedy
Charlie Sheen: Carlos Estevez

Beverly Sills: Belle Silverman 
Gene Simmons: Chaim Witz
Richard Simmons: Milton Simmons
Nina Simone: Eunice Waymon
Sinbad: David Atkins
Grace Slick: Grace Wing
Anna Nicole Smith: Vickie Lynn Hogan
Yeardley Smith: Martha Smith

Snoop Dog: Cordazer Broadus
Suzanne Somers: Suzanne Mahoney
Sissy Spacek: Mary Spacek
Barbara Stanwyck: Ruby Stevens
Ringo Starr: Richard Starkey
Cat Stevens: Steven Georgiou
Jon Stewart: Jonathan Liebowitz
Sting: Gordon Sumner
Lee Strasberg: Israel Strasberg
Donna Summer: Ladonna Gaines
Tilda Swinton: Katherine Swinton

T

Mr. T: Lawrence Tureaud

Rip Taylor: Carles Taylor 

Robert Taylor: Spangler Brugh 
Jonathan Taylor Thomas: Jonathan Weiss

Brother Theodore: Theodore Gottlieb

Tiffany: Tiffany Darwish 
Jennifer Tilly: Jennifer Chan
Lily Tomlin: Mary Jean Tomlin
Rip Torn: Elmore Torn Jr.
Alex Trebek: Giorgi Trebek
Leon Trotsky: Lev Bronstein
Tina Turner: Anna Mae Bullock
Mark Twain: Samuel Clemens
Shania Twain: Eileen Edwards
Steven Tyler: Steven Tallarico

U

Skeet Ulrich: Bryan Trout

V

Rudolph Valentino: Rudolpho D'Antonguolla
Mamie Van Doren: Joan Olander
Jo Van Fleet: Catherine Van Fleet

Vanilla Ice: Robert Van Winckle
Sid Vicious: John Ritchie

W

Taika Waititi: Taika Cohen
Christopher Walken: Ronald Walken
John Wayne: Marion Morrison
Sigourney Weaver: Susan Weaver
The Weeknd: Abel Tesfaye
Raquel Welch: Jo Tejada
Tuesday Weld: Susan Weld
Jack White: John Gillis
Vanna White: Vanna Rosich
Olivia Wilde: Olivia Cockburn
Gene Wilder: Jerome Silberman
Treat Williams: Richard Williams
Bruce Willis: Walter Willison
Paul Winchell: Paul Wilchinsky

Reese Witherspoon: Laura Witherspoon 
Stevie Wonder: Steveland Judkins

Natalie Wood: Natalie Zacharenko 
Tiger Woods: Eldrick Woods

Jane Wyman: Sarah Mayfield 
Tammy Wynette: Virginia Pugh
Ed Wynn: Isaiah Leopold

Y

Gig Young: Byron Barr 

Sean Young: Mary Young 

Z

Zendaya: Zendaya Coleman
Rob Zombie: Robert Cummings

Companies That Have Gone Out of Business Since I Was Born: 1983

Some of these stores were established in the 1800s and it upsets me that they are no longer around.  It helps to know I was an 80s child and grew up in New York and I only mention retailers that I remember.

Alphabetical order:

A & S: 
Department store. Established in 1881. Closed in 1995.

A.C. MOORE:
craft and hobby store. Established in 1985.  Defunct in 2020.  terrible

ALEXANDER'S: 
Department store. Established in 1928. Closed in 1992.

AJ WRIGHT:
Home goods store. Established in 1998. Shut down in 2011.

ATARI, Inc.
Video game company. Established in 1972. Shut down in 1984.

B. DALTON:
bookstore. established in 1966. Merged with Barnes and Noble in 1987. Shut down in 2013.

BABIES "R" US:
baby items store. Established in 1996. Closed in 2018.

BARNEYS NEW YORK:

high-end clothing store. established in 1923. closed in 2020. 

BED, BATH & BEYOND:

household goods. Established 1971.  Closed 2023

BEN FRANKLIN:
General store. Established in 1927. Closed in 1996.

BLOCKBUSTER:
Video rental company. Established in 1985. All stores shutdown in 2012.

BOMBAY COMPANY:
Furniture store. Established in 1978. Closed in 2007.

BUY BUY BABY:

Baby merchandise. Established 1996. Closed 2023. (Bed, Bath and Beyond was parent company)

CALDOR: 
Discount Department store. Established in 1951. Closed in 1999.

CHRISTMAS TREE SHOPS:

home decor.  Established 1970. Closed 2023. (Bed, Bath and Beyond was parent company)

CIRCUIT CITY: 
Electronic Store. Established in 1949. Closed in 2009.

CONCORDE:
Aircraft. First flight in 1969. Retired in 2003.

DELIA'S 

girls clothing store. established 1993. closed 2015

DeLOREAN MOTOR COMPANY:
 Car company. Established in 1975. Shut down in 1983.

EASTERN AIRLINE:
Airline. Established in 1926. Shut down in 1991.

ECKERD:
Pharmacy. Established in 1898. Closed in 2007.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY:

weekly movie and music Magazine. first edition February 1990. Last paper edition April 2022.

FASHION BUG:
clothing store: Established in 1960: Closed in 2013.

FILENE'S:
Department store. Established in 1881. Closed in 2006.

FORTUNEOFF: 
Houseware store. Established in 1922. Closed in 2009.

GENOVESE:
Pharmacy. Established in 1924. Closed in 1998.

GIMBELS:
Department store. Established in 1887. Closed in 1987.

GRAND UNION:
Supermarket. Established 1872. Closed in 2000.

HARMON DRUGS:

drugstore. Established 1971. Closed 2023. (Bed, Bath and Beyond was parent company)

HERMAN'S: 
Sporting Goods Store. Established in 1916. Closed in 1993.

HESS:
gasoline station: Established in 1919: Sold in 2015 (company still supplies Christmas trucks)

HOLLYWOOD VIDEO:
Video rental company. Established in 1988. Shut down in 2010.

KB TOYS:
Toy store. Established in 1922. Closed in 2009.

KIDS "R" US:
Children's apparel store. Established in 1983. Shut Down in 2003.

KINNEY SHOES: 
Shoe store. Established in 1894. Closed in 1998.

KODAK:
camera and film company. Established in 1888: Shut down in 2013.

LEVITZ:
Furniture Store. Established in 1910. Closed in 2008.

LIFE:
Magazine. Established in 1883. Shut down in 2000.

LILLIAN VERNON:
American Catalog. Established in 1952. Shutdown in 2008.

THE LIMITED:
clothing store. established 1963. Defunct 2017

LINENS 'N THINGS: 
Houseware store. Established in 1975. Closed in 2008.

MAD MAGAZINE:
comic magazine. first issue 1952. Defunct in 2019.

MADEMOISELLE:
Women's magazine. Established in 1935. Shut down in 2001.

MAYS:
Discount department store. Established in 1927. Closed in 1988.

MCI:

telephone communication company: Established in 1983. Defunct in 2006

MEDIA PLAY:
music store: Established in 1992: Closed in 2006

MILTON BRADLEY COMPANY:
boardgames company. established 1860. Bought by Hasbro in 1984. Brand name defunct in 2009.

MODELL'S SPORTING GOODS:
sporting goods store.  Established in 1889.  Defunct in 2020.

MONTGORMERY WARD:
department store: Established in 1872. Defunct in 2001.

MUSICLAND:
Music company. Established in 1955. Shut down in 2006.

NECCO:
candy company. Established 1901. Defunct in 2018.

NEWSWEEK:
Weekly magazine. Established in 1933. Stopped all paper editions December 2012.

ORION PICTURES:
Movie producer. Established in 1978. Shut down in 1998.

PAN AM:
Airline. Established in 1927. Shutdown in 1991

PARKER BROTHERS:
boardgames company. established 1883. Bought by Hasbro in 1991. Brand name defunct in 2009.

PATHMARK:
supermarket: Established in 1968: Closed in November 2015

PAYLESS SHOESOURCE:
shoe store. Established 1956. Defunct in 2019.

PERGAMENT:
Home Improvement store. Established in 1935. Closed in 2001.

PETS.COM (sock puppet)
Online Pet Supply Company. Established in 1998. Shut down in 2000.

PIER 1 IMPORTS:
home decor store. established in 1962. Defunct in 2020

POLAROID CORPORATION:
Camera company. Established in 1937. Shut down in 2008.

REVCO:
Pharmacy. Established in 1956. Closed in 1997.

SAM GOODY: 
Music Store. Established in 1956. Closed in 2008.

SERVICE MERCHANDISE:
Gift department store. Established in 1934. Closed in 2002.

SHARPER IMAGE:
High-end electronic store. Established in 1997. Closed in 2008.

SPORTS AUTHORITY:
sporting goods store: Established in 1987: Closed in 2016

STERN'S:
Department store. Established in 1867. Closed in 2001.

SWEZEY'S:
department store: Established in 1894: Closed in 2003.

TIMES SQUARE STORES (T. S. S):
Department store. Established in 1929. Closed in 1989.

TOWER AIR:
Airline. Established in 1983. Shut down in 2000.

TOWER RECORDS:
Music Store. Established in 1960. Closed in 2006.

TOYS "R" US:
toy store. Established in 1948. Closed in 2018.

TWA:
Airline. Established in 1925. Shutdown in 2001.

WACHOVIA BANK:

bank. established 1879. Closed 2008

WALDENBOOKS, BRENTANO'S and BORDERS:
Bookstores. Waldenbooks was established in 1933. Brentano's was established in 1853, it merged with Waldenbooks in 1983. They were acquired by Borders (established in 1971) and Kmart in 1994 but retained their original company names. In 2004 Borders converts all Waldenbooks and Brentano's into Borders Express.  Due to over expansion and a drastic drop in book sales Borders suffered greatly.  Its last year to turn a profit was 2006.  Borders files for bankruptcy in February 2011. Complete  Shut down in September 2011.  I worked at a Waldenbooks from 1999 till it was shut down in 2009. Sad day.

THE WALL, RECORD TOWN, and COCONUTS:
Music stores all converted to F.Y.E in 2001

THE WARNER BROS. STORE

WB retail merchandise. established 1991. Last stores closed 2008.

WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK (WAMU):

bank: established 1889. Closed 2008

The WIZ:
Electronic Store. Established in 1976. Closed in 2003.

WOOLWORTH:
General Store. Established in 1878. Closed in 1997.

WORLDS OF WONDER:
Toy Company. Established in 1985. Shut down in 1990.

Famous People That Were Murdered

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R.I.P:

Joy Adamson: age 69: January 8, 1980: animal activist and author of "Born Free: Elsa": killed by former employee Paul Nakware Ekai 

David Angell: age 55: September 11, 2001: sitcom writer for "Cheers" and "Frasier": killed with his wife on American Airlines flight #11.  First plane to hit the World Trade Center. 

Marie Antoinette: age 37: 1793: guillotined by the French Revolutionary Tribunal

Peter Arne: age 62: 1983: Actor: bludgeoned to death by a vagrant named Giuseppe Perusi

Lloyd Avery II: age 36: 2005: actor: murdered by his prison cellmate Kevin Roby.

David Bacon: age 29: 1943: Actor: stabbed to death (unsolved)

Judith Barsi: age 10: 1988: Actress: shot by her father Jozsef Barsi

Lee Beaupre: age 42: 1984: publicist for 20th Century Fox: stabbed and strangled by roommate Joseph Mitchell.

Berry Berenson: age 53: September 11, 2001: model/actress.  wife of actor Anthony Perkins.  killed on American Airlines flight #11.  First plane to hit the World Trade Center

Zina Bethune: age 66: 2012: actress: killed in a hit-and-run road accident (unsolved)

Francis Boggs: age 41: 1911: director: shot by Frank Minnimatsu, a disgruntled worker that was recently fired from a movie set.  

Lyman Bostock: age 27: 1978: Baseball player: shot by Leonard Smith

Susan Cabot: age 59: 1986: actress: beaten to death by her only child, son Timothy Scott Roman.

Martha "Mamah" Cheney (nee. Borthwick): age 45: 1914: feminist and Suffragette: killed with a hatchet and then set on fire in her lover Frank Lloyd Wright's house by his servant Julian Carlton. Her  two young children were also murdered.

Frank Christi: age 52: 1982: actor: shot to death over a woman by hired men Harvey Rosenberg, Ronald Coe and Alan Betts.  

Bob Clark: age 67: 2007: Director: killed by a drunk driver Hector Velazquez-Nava

Lana Clarkson: age 40: 2003: Actress: shot by music producer Phil Spector

Barbara Colby: age 36: 1975: Actress: shot in a parking garage along with James Kiernan (unsolved)

Big L/ Lamont Coleman: age 24: 1999: Rapper: shot (unsolved)

Sam Cooke: age 33: 1964: Singer: shot by a motel clerk Bertha Franklin

Adolph Coors III: age 44: 1960: Coors Company owner: stabbed by Joseph Corbett Jr.

Tara Correa-McMullen: age 16: 2005: actress: shot by gang member Damiem Watts

Bob Crane: age 49: 1978: Actor: bludgeoned to death (unsolved)

Judge Joseph Crater: age 41: New York Supreme Court Judge: disappeared August 6, 1930, declared legally dead on June 6, 1939. Case officially closed in 1979.  (foul-play believed to be involved, unsolved)

Claire Delmar: age 57: 1959: actress: stabbed to death in her house: unsolved 

Gary DeVore: age 55: 1997: screenwriter: found dead in his car at the bottom of a lake.  His hands were missing. (Unsolved)

Gwynda Donhowe: age 54: 1988: actress: stabbed to death by her husband, Broadway producer, Norman Kean.  He then jumped to his death from his NYC apartment. 

Dominique Dunne: age 22: 1982: Actress: shot by her ex-boyfriend, John Thomas Sweeney

Pearl Eaton: age 60: 1958: actress in the Ziegfeld Follies: murdered in her California apartment: unsolved

Medgar Evers: age 37: 1963: Civil Right Activist: shot by assassin Byron De La Beckwith 

James Fisk: age 36: 1872: Financier "robber baron": shot by disgruntled business associate Edward Stiles Stokes. 

Blaze Foley: age 39: 1989: country music musician: shot by his friend's son Carey January after an argument.

Dian Fossey: age 53: 1985: gorilla conservationist: murdered by an African bushman

Bobby Fuller: age 23: 1966: musician: found beaten in his car and covered in gasoline (unsolved)

James Garfield: age 49: 1881: 20th U.S. president: shot by assassin Charles J. Guiteau

Ghandi: age 78: 1948: Peace activist: shot by Nathuram Godse

Indira Gandhi: age 66: Fourth Prime Minister of India: shot by her bodyguards

Marvin Gaye: age 44: 1984: Singer: shot by his father, Marvin Sr.

Donald Goines: age 35:1974: writer: shot to death with his wife (unsolved)

Andrew Haswell Green: age 83: 1903: NYC planner: shot by Cornellus Williams in a case of mistaken identity. 

Maurizio Gucci: age 46: 1995: Gucci Heir and once CEO: shot to death by hitman Benedetto Ceraulo, hired by his ex-wife, Patrizia.

Alexander Hamilton: age 47: 1804: Politician: shot by Vice-President Aaron Burr 

Phil Hartman: age 49: 1998: Actor: shot by his wife, Brynn, she then shot herself.

"Wild Bill" James Hickok: age 39: 1876: gunslinger/showman: shot by Jack McCall. 

Jimmy Hoffa: age 62: 1975: Union Leader of "The Teamsters": disappeared July 30, 1975, declared legally dead July 30, 1982 (foul-play believed to be involved, unsolved)

David Huffman: age 39: 1985: Actor: stabbed to death by Genaro Samano Nillanueva

Nipsey Hussle: age 33: 2019: Rapper: shot by Eric Holder Jr. 

Robert Johnson: age 27: 1938: Blues musician: (unsolved) possible strychnine poisoning: body found on the side of the road in Greenwood, Mississippi.

Dick Kallman: age: 46: 1980: actor: shot (along with his partner Steven Szladek) during a robbery in his NY apartment by Charles Lonnie Grosso.

Darwood "Waldo" Kaye: age 72: 2002: actor: killed in a hit-and-run road accident: unsolved

John F. Kennedy: age 46: 1968: 35th President: shot in his car in Dallas, TX by Lee Harvey Oswald (Oswald killed shortly after)

Robert F. Kennedy: age 42: 1968: New York Senator: shot in a hotel in Los Angelos, California by Sirhan Sirhan

Victor Kilian: age 88: 1979: Actor: beaten to death during a home invasion. (died 5 days after Charles Wagenheim was killed under the same circumstances, and was acting in the same episode of "All in the Family" and lived a few blocks away from each other. Possibly the same killers, both cases have never been solved.)

Martin Luther King Jr. : age 39: 1968: Civil Rights activist: shot by James Earl Ray

Rob Knox: age 18: 2008: Actor: stabbed outside a British club by Karl Norman Bishop

Karyn Kupcinet: age 22: 1963: actress: strangled to death in her home (unsolved) 

Robert Lees: age 91: 2004: screenplay writer: decapitated by an intruder Keven Lee Graff

John Lennon: age 40: 1980: Musician: shot by Mark David Chapman

Abraham Lincoln: age 56: 1865: 16th President: shot by John Wilkes Booth

Danny Lockin: age 34: 1977: Actor: stabbed to death by Charles Hopkins

Huey Long: age 42: 1935: Louisiana State Governor: Shot by Dr. Carl Weiss

Jenny Maxwell: age 39: 1981: actress: shot during a robbery in the lobby of her condo (unsolved)

William McKinley: age: 58: 1901: 25th U.S. President: shot by Leon Czolgosz

Harvey Milk: age 48: 1978: Politician/ gay rights activist: shot by Dan White

Sal Mineo: age 37: 1976: Actor: stabbed (unsolved)

Carolyn Mitchell: age 29: 1966: Actress: shot by Milos Milosevic

Rhea Mitchell: age 66: 1957: actress: strangled by Sonnie Hartford, Jr.

George Moscone: age 49: 1978: Mayor of San Francisco: shot by Dan White

Jack Nance: age 53: 1996: Actor: beat up in a parking lot in Pasadena by two homeless men.  He died 24 hours later from a brain bleed. (unsolved)

Haing S. Ngor: age 55: 1996: Actor: shot during a mugging (unsolved)

Ramon Novarro: age 69: 1968: Actor: strangled and beaten in his house by two robbers, Paul and Tom Ferguson.

Madalyn Murray O'Hair: age 76: 1995: Atheist Activist: murdered and dismembered by former employee David Roland Waters.

Robert Opel: age 39: 1979: Artist and Gay Activist: best known for streaking across the stage during the 1974 Oscars: was shot and killed by Robert E. Kelly and Maurice Keenan while they tried robbing his art gallery in San Fransisco.

Lou Perryman: age 67: 2009: actor: killed with an axe by a home invader named Seth Christopher Tatum.  

Ray Raymond: age 40: 1927: actor: killed while in a drunken brawl with fellow actor Paul Kelly.

Czar Nicholas Romanov II of Russia: 50: 1918: shot to death with his family by Russian Bolsheviks.
Family murdered with him was his wife, Alexandra: age 47, daughter Olga: age 22, daughter Tatiana: age 21, daughter Maria: age 19, daughter Anastasia: age 17, and Heir to the Throne Alexei: age 13. 

George Rose: age 68: 1988: actor: beaten to death by his adopted son and his son's biological father and uncle.  

Vladimir "Spider" Sabich: age 31: 1976: Olympic skier: shot by his girlfriend Claudine Longet

Selena: age 23: 1995: Latin Singer: shot by her fan club manager, Yolanda Saldívar

Rebecca Schaeffer: age 21: 1989: Actress: shot by obsessed fan Robert John Bardo

Walter Scott: age 40: 1983: Singer: shot by James Williams

Betty Shabazz: age 63: 1997: activist (wife of Malcolm X): burned by her grandson Malcolm Shabazz. Her grandson was ruled schizophrenic and charged with manslaughter and served 18 months in juvenile detention.  He was murdered in Mexico in 2013. 

Tupac Shakur: age 25: 1996: Rapper: shot (unsolved)

Adrienne Shelly: age 40: 2006: actress: strangled by a home intruder, Diego Pillco

Robert B. Sinclair: age: 64: 1970: director: stabbed in his home by burglar, Billy McCoy Hunter.

Helena Wood Smith: age 49: 1914: artist: Strangled by her Japanese artist boyfriend, George Kodani.  He confessed and was sentenced to life. 

Dernell Stenson: age 25: 2003: Baseball player: shot by four men during a carjacking

Dorothy Stratten: age 20: 1980: Playmate: shot by her estranged husband Paul Snider, who then shot himself

Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer: age 31: 1959: Actor: shot during a fight with Moses Stiltz

Sharon Tate (and unborn child): age 26: 1969: Actress: stabbed to death by Charles Mason cult members

William Desmond Taylor: age: 49: 1922: Director: shot to death in his home (unsolved)

Gianni Versace: age 50: 1997: Clothing Designer: shot by obsessed fan Andrew Cunanan

Charles Wagenheim: age 83: 1979: Actor: beaten to death during a home invasion. (died 5 days before Victor Kilian was killed under the same circumstances, and was acting in the same episode of "All in the Family" and lived a few blocks away from each other. Possibly the same killers, both cases have never been solved.)

Notorious B.I.G./ Christopher Wallace: age 24: 1997: Rapper: shot (unsolved)

Standford White: age 52: 1902: Architect: shot by Harry Kendall Thaw

Malcolm X: age 39: 1965: Civil Rights Activist: shot by Talmadge Hayer

Mia Zapata: age 27: 1993: Singer for the band "The Gits": strangled by Jesus Mezquia

Best and Worst Movies of 2008

GOOD:

"Miss. Pettigew Lives For a Day"

"Ironman"

"Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay"

"Wall-E"

"Pineapple Express"

"Burn After Reading"

"Choke"

"The Changeling"

"Milk"

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

"In Bruges"

"Gran Torino"

"Frost/Nixon"

"The Rocker"

"Revolutionary Road"

"The Wrestler"

"Slumdog Millionaire"

"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"

"Frozen River"


NOT SO GOOD

"Be Kind, Rewind"

"Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull"

"The Happening"

"Tropic Thunder"

"Get Smart"

"The Dark Knight"

"Cloverfield"

"Righteous Kill"

Famous People Who Died Due to Suicide, Drugs or Alcohol

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Some of the drug overdoses listed have been ruled "accidental"

Depression is a serious disease.  If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, there is help:

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-273-8255

Suicide Prevention Resource Center. SPCR.org 

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: AFSP.org 

(WRITER SUICIDES LISTED ON A SEPARATE BLOG)

R.I.P

A:

Dorothy Abbott: age 47: 1968: actress: suicide 

Art Acord: age 40: 1931: actor: poison

Nick Adams: age 36: 1968: Actor: pill overdose

Stanley Adams: age 62: 1977: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Dave Alexander: age 27: 1975: musician: pancreatitis from alcoholism 

Ross Alexander: age 29: 1937: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Gia Allemand: age 29: 2013: model: suicide 

DJ AM (Adam Goldstein): age 36: 2009: disc jockey: multiple drug overdose including cocaine and prescription drugs.

Robert Ames: age 42: 1931: actor: seizure from alcohol withdrawal 

Keith Andes: age 85: 2005: actor: hanging 

Carol Andrews: age 34: 1956: actress: barbiturate overdose

Pier Angeli: age 39: 1971: Actress: barbiturate overdose

Mark Anthony: age 53: 30 BC: Roman general: stabbing

Jeremy Applegate: age 34: 2000: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Diane Arbus: age 48: 1971: photographer: barbiturate overdose

Jane Arden: age 55: 1982: actress: suicide 

David Arkin: age 49: 1991: Actor: suicide

Pedro Armendariz: age 51: 1963: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Todd Armstrong: age 55: 1992: actor: gunshot 

Hooper Atchley: age 56: 1943: actor: gunshot 

Avicii: age 28: 2018: DJ and songwriter: stabbed himself

Marion Aye: age 48: 1951: actress: swallowed mercury chloride tablets

B:

Lynn Baggett: age 36: 1960: actress: barbiturate overdose

Boris Barnet: age 62: 1965: director: hanging 

Charles T. Barney: age 56: 1907: banker: self-inflicted gunshot

Don "Red" Barry: age 68: 1980: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Diana Barrymore: age 38: 1960: Actress: alcohol and barbiturate overdose

John Barrymore Sr. age 60: 1942: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Jean-Michael Basquiat: age 27: 1988: artist: heroin overdose

Barbara Bates: age 43: 1969: Actress: carbon monoxide poisoning

Scotty Beckett: age 38: 1968: actor: alcohol and barbiturate overdose.

Ludwig van Beethoven: age 56: 1827: Pianist: liver failure from alcoholism

David Begelman: age 73: 1995: film producer and agent: self-inflicted gunshot

Leon "Bix" Beiderbecke: age 28: 1931: jazz musician: alcoholism 

Luke Bell: age 32: 2022: country musician: fentanyl overdose 

John Belushi: age 33: 1982: Actor: cocaine/heroin overdose

Robert Benchley: age 56: 1945: actor: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Malik Bendjelloul: age 36: 2014: Director: suicide

Brenda Benet: age 36: 1982: actress: gunshot 

Barbara Bennett: age 51: 1958: actress: suicide

Jill Bennett: age 58: 1990: actress: barbiturate overdose

Chester Bennington: age 41: 2017: Musician: hanging

Chris Benoit: age 40: 2007: Wrestler: murder-suicide

Mary Kay Bergman: age 38: 1999: Voice-actress: self-inflicted gunshot

Paul Bern: age 42: 1932: Director/Producer for MGM: self-inflicted gunshot

George Best: age 59: 2005: British soccer player: alcoholism

Herman Bing: age 57: 1947: voice actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Steve Bing: age 55: 2020: film producer: jumped off his apartment building 

Laurie Bird: age 25: 1979: actress: valium overdose

Harry Black: age 66: 1930: NYC Realtor: gunshot wound 

Jeremy Blake: age 35: 2007: painter: drowning

Clara Blandick: age 81: 1962: Actress (Auntie Em) : sleeping pill overdose

Isabella Blow: age 48: 2007: designer: poisoning

John Bonham: age 32: 1980: Musician from "Led Zepplin": alcohol overdose. after heavily drinking he choked on his own vomit.

Stephen "tWitch" Boss: age 40: 1982: DJ from "Ellen": self-inflicted gunshot

Anthony Bourdain: age 61: 2018: Chef: hanging

John Bowers: age 50: 1936: actor: drowning

Christopher Bowman: age 40: 2008: Ice skater: prescription drug overdose

Tommy Boyce: age 55: 1994: actor: self-inflicted gunshot 

Charles Boyer: age 78: 1978: actor: seconal overdose. (2 days after his wife died of brain cancer)

Jonathan Brandis: age 27: 2003: Actor: hanging

Cheyenne Brando: age 25: 1995: model: hanging 

Tyler Brooke: age 56: 1943: actor: carbon monoxide poisoning

Jean Brooks: age 47: 1963: actress: liver failure from alcoholism

Barry Brown: age 27: 1978: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Lenny Bruce: age 40: 1966: Comedian: morphine overdose

Tim Buckley: age 28: 1975: Musician: heroin overdose.


C:

Donald Cammell: age 62: 1996: actor: gunshot 

Alan Campbell: age 59: 1963: screenwriter: barbiturate and alcohol overdose 

Capucine: age 62: 1990: actress: jumped to her death 

Allan Carr: age 62: 1999: producer: liver cancer and failure due to alcoholism 

David Carradine: age 72: 2009: Actor: hanging

Aaron Carter: age 34: 2022: singer: drug overdose 

John Cassavetes: age 59: 1989: actor/director: liver failure from alcoholism

Peggie Castle: age 45: 1973: actress: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Charley Chase: age 46: 1940: actor: alcoholism

Spencer Charters: age 67: 1943: actor: sleeping pills and carbon dioxide poisoning 

Chrsitine Chubbuck: age 29: 1974: news anchor: shot herself on live TV

Diana Churchill: age 54: 1963: Prime Minister's daughter: barbiturate overdose

Frank Churchill: age 40: 1942: Disney composer: self-inflicted gunshot

Chyna: age 45: 2016: wrestler: drug overdose

Gene Clark: age 46: 1991: singer: ruptured ulcer from drug overdose

Cleopatra: age 39: 30 BC: Egyptian queen: asp poison

Pat Close: age 39: 1988: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Kurt Cobain: age 27: 1994: Musician: self-inflicted gunshot

Dennis Cole: age 69: 2009: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Roberta Collins: age 63: 2008: actress: drug and alcohol overdose

Ray Combs: age 40: 1996: Former host of "Family Feud": hanging

Tom Conway: age 62: 1967: actor: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Peter Cook: age 57: 1995: comedian: internal bleeding from alcoholism 

Wendell Corey: age 54: 1968: actor: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Don Cornelius: age 75: 2012: screenwriter: gunshot 

Chris Cornell: age 52: 2017: Musician: hanging

Don Costello: age 44: 1945: actor: accidental sleeping pill overdose

John Costelloe: age 47: 2008: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Dennis Crosby (Bing's son) : age 56: 1991: singer: self-inflicted gunshot

Lindsay Crosby (Bing's son): age 51: 1989: singer: self-inflicted gunshot

Harry Crosby: age 31: 1929: poet: self-inflicted gunshot

Julee Cruise: age 65: 2022: singer: suicide 

Lester Cuneo: age 37: 1935: actor:  self-inflicted gunshot

Jackie Curtis: age 38: 1985: actress: heroin overdose

Patricia Cutts: age 48: 1974: actress: barbiturate overdose

D:

Dorothy Dandridge: age 42: 1965: Actress: anti-depressant overdose

Karl Dane: age 47: 1934: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Mickey Daniels: age 55: 1970: actor: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Bella Darvi: age 42: 1971: actress: carbon dioxide poisoning 

Brad Davis: age 41: 1991: actor: assisted suicide while dying from AIDS.  Pill overdose.

Georgia Davis: age 54: 1976: actress: shot herself on the same day her nine year old son died 18 years before. 

Jason Davis: age 35: 2020: actor: fentanyl overdose

Raphael de Rothschild: age 23: 2000: Rothschild heir: heroin overdose 

Sandra Dee: age 62: 2005: actress: kidney failure from alcoholism and anorexia

Charlie Dexter: age 57: 1934: baseball player: self-inflicted gunshot

DMX: age 50: 2021: rapper: cocain overdose 

Johnny Dollar: age 53: 1986: musician: suicide

Jenny Dolly: age 48: 1941: stage actress: hanging

Joan Dowling: age 26: 1954: actress: hanging 

Nick Drake: age 26: 1974: Singer: anti-depressant overdose

Bobby Driscoll: age 31: 1968: Actor (voice of Disney's Peter Pan): heart attack brought on by his heroin use

Ethel du Pont: age 49: 1965: Dupont heiress: suicide

Pete Duel: age 31: 1971: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Joseph Duell: age 29: 1986: Dancer: jumped from building 

Dave Duerson: age 50: 2011: NFL player: self-inflicted gunshot wound to chest

Kenne Duncan: age 69: 1972: actor: barbiturate overdose 

Theresa Duncan: age 40: 2007: video game designer: drug overdose

R. Budd Dwyer: age 47: 1987: American politician: shot himself on live television

E:

George Eastman: age 77: 1932: Inventor: self-inflicted gunshot

Mary Eaton: age 47: 1948: actress:  liver failure from alcoholism

Nelson Ellis: age 39: 2017: Actor: heat failure from alcohol withdrawal

John Entwistle: age 57: 2002: Musician: cocaine induced heart attack

Peg Entwistle: age 24: 1932: Actress: jumped from the "Hollywood" sign

Brian Epstein: age 32: 1967: The Beatles' manager: barbiturate overdose 

Tom Evans: age 36: 1983: Musician: Hanging 

F:

Chris Farley: age 33: 1997: Comedian/actor: cocaine and morphine overdose

Richard Farnsworth: age 80: 2000: Actor:  self-inflicted gunshot

Rene Favaloro: age 77: 2000: cardiologist: self-inflicted gunshot to the heart (Ironic)

Bekim Fehmiu: age 74: 2010: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Caroline Flack: age 40: 2020: British tv host: hanging

Ed Flanders: age 60: 1995: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Keith Flint: age 49: 2019: Musician: suicide

"Tennessee" Ernie Ford: age 72: 1991: Musician: liver failure from alcoholism

James Forrestal: age 57: 1949: U.S. Secretary of Defense: jumped from hospital window 

Jason David Frank: age 49: 2022: Actor: suicide 

Alan Freed: age 43: 1965: American DJ: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Aleta Freel: age 28: 1935: actress: self-inflicted gunshot

Paul Frees: age 66: 1986: voice actor: prescription pill overdose

Nora May French: age 26: 1907: poet: cyanide 

Sigmund Freud: age 83: 1939: Psychiatrist: morphine overdose

Anton Furst: age 47: 1991: production designer: jumped off building

G:

Danny Gans: age 52: 2009: comedian: toxic reaction to painkillers

Geraldine Gardner: age 36: 1987: actress: hypothermia 

Judy Garland: age 47: 1969: Actress/singer: barbiturate overdose

William Garwood: age 66: 1950: actor: cirrhosis of liver from alcoholism

Romain Gary: age 66: 1980: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Gidget Gein: age 39: 2008: bassist: herion overdose

Lowell George: age 34: 1979: musician: cocaine overdose 

Olga Georges-Picot: age 57: 1997: actress: jumped off building in Paris, France 

Andrew Getty: age 47: 2015: Getty oil heir: drug overdose and GI bleed

George Getty II: age 43: 1973: Getty oil heir: drug overdose and self inflicted stabbing

Talitha Pol-Getty: age 30: 1971: Getty oil heir : heroin overdose

Jeremy Giambi: age 47: 2022: Baseball player: self-inflicted gunshot

John Gilbert: age 38: 1936: director: alcohol induced heart attack

Paul Gilbert: age 57: 1976: actor: suicide

Michael Gilden: age 44: 2006: actor: hanging

Claude Gillingwater: age 69: 1939: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Greg Giraldo: age 44: 2010: Comedian: prescription drug overdose

Alexander Godunov: age 45: 1995: Actor: hepatitis C and alcoholism

Michael Goodliffe: age 61: 1976: Actor: leaped from a hospital fire escape

Lucy Gordon: age 28: 2009: Actress: hanging

Arshile Gorky: age 44: 1948: artist: hanging ff

Michael Gothard: age 53: 1992: actor: hanging 

Philip Graham: age 48: 1963: co-owner of Washington Post: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Spalding Gray: age 62: 2004: Playwright: drowned after jumping off Staten Island Ferry

Paul Gregory: age 95: 2015: Producer: committed suicide

H:

Jonathan Hale: age 74: 1966: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Jon Hall: age 64: 1979: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Lois Hamilton: age 56: 1999: Actress: overdose of sleeping pills

Tony Hancock: age 44: 1968: Actor: barbiturate overdose

Robert Harron: age 27: 1920: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot to the chest

Elizabeth Hartman: age 47: 1987: Actress: jumped to her death

Domino Harvey: age 35: 2005: bounty hunter: fentanyl overdose

Steve Harwell: age 56: 2023: singer: liver failure from alcoholism 

Imogen Hassall: age 38: 1980: actress: pill overdose 

Phyllis Haver: age 61: 1960: actress: barbiturate overdose

Taylor Hawkins: age 50: 2022: musician: herion overdose 

James Hayden: age 29: 1983: actor: herion overdose

William Hayward: age 66: 2008: Producer: self-inflicted gunshot

Mitch Hedberg: age 37: 2005: Comedian: cocaine and heroin overdose

Margaux Hemingway: age 42: 1996: Actress/model: drug overdose

Benjamin Hendrickson: age 55: 2006: actor: gun shot wound 

Jimi Hendrix: age 27: 1970: Musician: barbiturate overdose

Fred Herko: age 28: 1964: choreographer: jumped out a window

Blake Heron: age 35: 2017: actor: drug overdose

Willard Hershberger: age 30: 1940: Baseball player: sliced his throat

Conrad Hilton Jr. : age 42: 1969: Hotel heir: alcoholism related heart attack

Bob Hite: age 38: 1981: singer: heroin and cocaine overdose

Philip Seymour Hoffman: age 46: 2014: Actor: herion overdose

Billie Holiday: age 44: 1959: singer: cirrhosis of the liver from alcoholism

Anthony Holland: age 60: 1988: actor: while dying from AIDS he committed suicide 

Libby Holman: age 67: 1971: singer: carbon monoxide poisoning

Ralph Holmes: age 30: 1945: actor: barbiturate overdose

Shannon Hoon: age 28: 1995: Musician for "Blind Melon" : cocaine overdose.

Silvio Horta: age 45: 2020: screenwriter: self-inflicted gunshot

Whitney Houston: age 48: 2012: Singer: cocaine overdose. drowning

Trevor Howard: age 74: 1989: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Kenneth Hume: age 41: 1967: director: barbiturate overdose

Paul Hurst: age 64: 1953: actor: suicide

Michael Hutchence: age 37: 1997: singer: hanging 

I:

John Indrisano: age 62: 1968: actor: hanging

Isao Inokuma: age 63: 2001: Olympian gold mentalist: "Seppuku" (Japanese killing with a sword)

Irene: age 61: 1962: costume designer: jumped out hotel window

J:

Michael Jackson: age 50: 2009: Singer: propofol overdose

Claire James: age 65: 1986: Actress: liver failure from alcoholism

Joyce Jameson: age 54: 1987: Actress: pill overdose

Rick Jason: age 77: 2000: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Richard Jeni: age 49: 2007: Comedian: self-inflicted gunshot

Isabel Jewell: age 64: 1972: actress: barbiturate overdose

Johann Johansson: age 48: 2018: composer: cocaine overdose 

Anissa Jones: age 18: 1976: Actress: drug overdose

Janis Joplin: age 27: 1970: Musician: heroin overdose

Bobby Jordan: age 42: 1965: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Yootha Joyce: age 53: 1980: actress: liver failure from alcoholism

Naomi Judd: age 76: 2022: musician: self-inflicted gunshot

K:

Norman Kean: age 53: 1988: Broadway producer: jumped from his NYC apartment after stabbing his wife to death. 

Steven Keats: age 49: 1994: actor: suicide 

Brian Keith: age 75: 1997: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Anthony Paul Kelly: age 35: 1932: playwright: cardon dioxide poising 

Chris Kelly: age: 34: 2013: rapper: drug overdose

Lisa Robin Kelly: age 43: 2013: Actress: drug overdose

Margot Kidder: age 69: 2018: actress: drug and alcohol overdose 

Dorothy Kilgallen: age 52: 1965: journalist: barbiturates and alcohol overdose 

Thomas Kinkade: age 54: 2012: Artist: heart attack from alcoholism

Tawny Kitaen: age 59: 2021: model: pill overdose and heart failure 

Skelton Knaggs: age 43: 1955: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Wyatt Knight: age 56: 2011: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Andrew Koenig: age 41: 2010 actor: hung himself in a park

Ruslana Korshunova: age 20: 2008: Model: jumped from 9th floor balcony

Cheslie Kryst: age 30: 2022: Miss. USA: jumped off a building in NYC 

L:

Alan Ladd: age 50: 1964: actor: accidental overdose of alcohol and sedatives

Carole Landis: age: 29: 1948: Actress: prescription pill overdose

Jani Lane: age 47: 2011: Musician: alcohol and prescription drug overdose

Nora Lane: age 43: 1948: actress: gunshot 

Peter Lawford: age 61: 1984: actor: alcohol induced heart attack 

Florence Lawrence: age 52: 1938: Actress: ingested ant poison

Priscilla Lawson: age 44: 1958: actress: cirrhosis of liver from alcohol

Heath Ledger: age 28: 2008: Actor: prescription drug overdose (oxycodone, hydrocodone)

Coco Lee: age 48: 2023: Voice of Disney's "Mulan": suicide 

Valery Legasov: age 51: 1988: Russian chemist investigator of the Chernobyl disaster: hanging 

Meriwether Lewis: age 35: 1809: Explorer: self-inflicted gunshot

Rudy Lewis: age 27: 1964: singer: drug overdose 

Harold Lloyd Jr. Age 40: 1971: alcoholic stroke 

Jeanette Loff: age 35: 1942: actress: ingested ammonia

Donyale Luna: age 33: 1979: model: herion overdose 

Gianni Lunadei: age 60: 1998: actor: gunshot 

Paul Lynde: age 55: 1982: Actor: alcohol induced heart attack

M:

Herman J. Mankiewicz: age 55: 1953: screenwriter: kidney failure from alcoholism 

Michael Mantenuto: age 35: 2017: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Vanessa Marquez: age 49: 2018: actress: shot (assisted suicide by police) 

Virginia Maskell: age 31: 1968: actress: barbiturate overdose 

Alfred Henry Maurer: age 64: 1932: American artist 

Brittany Maynard: age 29: 2014: advocate for euthanasia: legal suicide by drug overdose (terminal brain tumor)

Ray McCarey: age 44: 1948: director: prescription drug overdose

Joseph McCarthy: age 48: 1957: U.S. Senator know for "McCarthyism": Hep C/ liver failure from alcoholism

Charles "Kid" McCoy: age 67: 1940: Boxer: pill overdose 

Mindy McCready: age 37: 2013: Country Singer: self-inflicted gunshot

Marc McDermott: age 57: 1929: actor: cirrhosis due to alcoholism

Marie McDonald: age 42: 1965: actress: pill overdose

Maggie McNamara: age 49: 1978: actress: barbiturate overdose

Michelle McNamara: age 46: 2016: writer: accidental overdose of xanax, adderall and fentanyl

Alexander McQueen: age 40: 2010: Fashion Designer: hanging

Blanche Mehaffey: age 59: 1968: actress: drug overdose

John Meillon: age 55: 1989: Actor: alcoholism

Bob Merrill: age 76: 1998: lyricist/composer: self-inflicted gunshot

Mayo Methot: age 47: 1951: Actress: alcoholism

Harry Meyen: age 54: 1979: Actor: hanging 

Billy Miller: age 43: 2023: actor: suicide 

Eve Miller: age 50: 1973: actress: suicide

Mac Miller: age 26: 2018: Rapper: drug overdose of fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol

Miroslava: age 30: 1955: actress: sleeping pill overdose 

Dave Mirra: age 41: 2016: Athlete: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Marilyn Monroe: age 36: 1962: Actress: prescription drug overdose

Cory Monteith: age 31: 2013: Actor: lethal overdose of heroin and alcohol

Keith Moon: age 32: 1978: Musician: prescription drug overdose

Owen Moore: 52: 1939: actor: heart failure from alcoholism

Helen Morgan: age 41: 1941: singer: alcoholism

Jan Moriarty: age 24: 1964: actress: prescription drug overdose

Jim Morrison: age 27: 1971: Musician for "The Doors": alcohol and drug overdose

Bert Moorhouse: age 59: 1954: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Al Mulock: age 41: 1968: actor: jumped from his hotel room while on location for "Once Upon a Time in the West".

Ona Munson: age 51: 1955: actress: barbiturate overdose

N:

Nero: age 30: 68 AD: Romanian Empire: self-stabbing

Scott Newman: age 28: 1978: Actor: drug mixture overdose

Robert Newton: age: 50: 1956: actor: alcoholism 

Bradley Nowell: age 28: 1996: Musician for "Sublime": heroin overdose

O:

Hugh O'Connor: age 32: 1995: Actor: gunshot wound to the head

Phil Ochs: age 35: 1976: singer: hanging 

Ol' Dirty Bastard: age 35: 2004: Rapper: cocaine and prescription drug overdose

P:

Charlie Parker: age 34: 1955: Jazz Musician: alcohol induced heart attack

Stephanie Parker: age 22: 2009: actress: hanging 

James Parrott: age 41: 1939: actor: alcoholism

Jules Pascin: age 45: 1930: artist: hanging 

Robert Pastorelli: age 49: 2004: Actor: heroin overdose

Cesare Pavese: age 41: Italian screenwriter: sleeping pill overdose 

Barbara Payton: age 39: 1967: actress: liver failure from alcoholism

Harvey Pekar: age 70: 2010: cartoonist: accidental pill overdose.

Elizabeth Pena: age 55: 2014: Actress: alcohol induced heart attack

Jeret Peterson: age 29: 2011: Olympian skier: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Christopher Pettiet: age 24: 2000: Actor: drug overdose

Antonio Pettigrew: age 42: 2010: Olympian: sleeping pill overdose

Tom Petty: age 66: 2017: musician: overdose of fentanyl and oxycodone 

Kristen Pfaff: age 27: 1994: musician: herion overdose

Helena Pickard: age 58: 1959: actress: sleeping pill overdose

Jack Pickford: age 36: 1933: polyneuropathy brought on by alcoholism

Lottie Pickford: age 43: 1936: actress: alcohol induced heart attack

Justin Pierce: age 25: 2000: actor: hanging

River Phoenix: age 23: 1993: Actor: heroin and cocaine overdose

Dana Plato: age 34: 1999: Actress: drug overdose

Edward Platt: age 58: 1974: actor: suicide

Daniel Pollock: age 23: 1992: actor: hit by train 

Jeff Porcaro: age 38: 1992: musician: cocaine overdose

Melvin Purvis Jr.: age 56: 1960: FBI agent who shot John Dillinger: self-inflicted gunshot

Kristen Pfaff: age 27: 1994: musician: opiate overdose 

Elvis Presley: age 42: 1977: Singer: heart attack brought on by drug overdose

Marie Prevost: age 40: 1937: actress: acute alcohol overdose

Prince: age 57: 2016: Muscian: fentanyl overdose

Freddie Prinze: age 22: 1977: Comedian and actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Q:

Richard Quine: age 68: 1989: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Glenn Quinn: age 32: 2002: Actor: heroin overdose

R:

Dee Dee Ramone: age 50: 2002: Musician for "The Ramones": heroin overdose

David Rappaport: age 38: 1990: actor: gunshot

Barbara Read: age 45: 1963: actress: carbon monoxide poisoning

Oliver Reed: age 61: 1999: Actor: heart attack brought on by alcohol overdose. Died in a bar after drinking three bottles of rum, eight bottles of beer, and shots of whiskey and cognac.

George Reeves: age 45: 1959: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Richard Reeves: age 54: 1967: actor: liver failure from alcoholism

Wallace Reid: age 31: 1923: actor: morphine addiction and flu 

Brad Renfro: age 25: 2008: Actor: heroin and morphine overdose

Lynn Reynolds: age 35: 1927: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Zachary Smith Reynolds: age 20: 1932: heir to tobacco company: self-inflicted gunshot (possible murder) 

Adam Rich: age 54: 2023: actor: opioids?

Adele Ritchie: age 55: 1930: vaudeville actress: shot herself after shooting a friend

Peter Robbins: age 65: 2022: original voice of "Charlie Brown": suicide 

Rachel Roberts: age 53: 1980: Actress: barbiturate, alcohol and lye overdose

Edward G. Robinson Jr. : age 40: 1974: actor: alcohol induced heart attack

Charles Rocket: age 56: 2005: Actor: slit his throat

Mark Rothko: age 66: 1970: Artist: slit wrists and anti-depressant overdose

Amschel Rothschild: age 41: Banker: hanging 

Gail Russell: age 36: 1961: actress: alcohol overdose

S:

Johanna Sallstrom: age 32: 2007: actress: pill overdose 

Albert Salmi: age 62: 1990: actor: murder-suicide

Ramon Sampedro: age 55: 1998: writer: assisted suicide (quadriplegic)

George Sanders: age 65: 1972: Actor: barbiturate overdose

Gia Scala: age 38: 1972: Actress: alcohol and barbiturate overdose

Romy Schneider: age 43: 1982: Actress: alcohol induced heart attack 

Bon Scott: age 33: 1980: Musician: alcohol/heroin overdose

Debralee Scott: age 52: 2005: Actress: cirrhosis due to alcoholism

L'Wren Scott: age 49: 2014: Fashion designer: hanging

Tony Scott: age 68: 2012: Director: jumped off a bridge

Angela Scoular: age 65: 2011: actress: drank drain cleaner and set herself on fire 

Junior Seau: age 43: 2012: NFL player: self-inflicted gunshot wound to chest

Jean Seberg: age 40: 1979: Actress: barbiturate overdose

Edie Sedgwick: age 28: 1972: Model: drug overdose

Robert Seymour: age 38: 1836: illustrator for Dickens: self-inflicted gunshot

Ernest Shackleton: age 47: 1922: explorer: heart attack from alcohol overdose

Del Shannon: age 55: 1990: Musician: self-inflicted gunshot

Peggy Shannon: age 34: 1941: actress: heart attack/liver failure brought on by alcohol overdose

Elizabeth Siddal: age 32: 1862: artist: overdose of the drug Laudanum 

Don Simpson: age 52: 1996: Producer: drug overdose

Walter Slezak: age 80: 1983: actor: gunshot 

Everett Sloane: age 55: 1965: actor: barbiturate overdose

Hillel Slovak: age 26: 1988: Musician for "The Red Hot Chili Peppers": heroin overdose

June Smaney: age 71: 1993: Actress: suicide 

Anna Nicole Smith: age 39: 2007: Playboy model: prescription drug overdose

Bubba Smith: age 66: 2011: actor: overdose of phentermine

Cheryl Smith: age 47: 2002: actress: liver failure from hepatitis C and heroine overdose

Elliott Smith: age 34: 2003: Musician: stabbed himself

Kate Spade: age 55: 2018: Designer: hanging

Layne Staley: age 34: 2002: Musician for "Alice in Chains": cocaine overdose

Mike Starr: age 44: 2011: Musician for "Alice in Chains": prescription drug overdose

David Steinberg: age 45: 2010: actor: hanging 

Jon Paul Steuer: age 33: 2018: actor: gunshot 

Carl Steven: age 36: 2011: Actor: heroin overdose

Brodt Stevens: age 48: 2019: Comedian: hanging

Inger Stevens: age 35: 1970: actress: barbiturate overdose

Jay Stewart: age 71: 1989: game show announcer: self-inflicted gunshot

Robin Stille: age 34: 1996: actress: suicide 

Rose Stradner: age 45: 1958: actress: pill overdose

Mel Street: age 43: 1978: singer: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Margaret Sullavan: age 50: 1960: Actress: barbiturate overdose

Sawyer Sweeten: age 19: 2015: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Harold Switzer: age 42: 1967: Actor: committed suicide after murdering a man.

T:

Joan Tabor: age 36: 1968: actress: accidental drug overdose

Lou Tellegen: age 52: 1934: Actor: self stabbing

Carlos Thompson: age 67: 1990: actor: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Thelma Todd: age 29: 1935: Actress: carbon monoxide poisoning

Sammee Tong: age 63: 1964: actor: barbiturate overdose

Verne Troyer: age 49: 2018: actor: alcohol overdose

Butch Trucks: age 69: 2017: musician: self-inflicted gunshot wound

Alan Turing: age 41: 1954: mathematician and WWII code breaker: cyanide poisoning

Helen Twelvetrees: age 49: 1958: actress: sedative overdose

U:

Mary Ure: age 42: 1975: Actress: barbiturate overdose

V:

Dan Vadis: age 49: 1987: Actor: heroin-morphine overdose

W.S. Van Dyke: age 53: 1943: director: suicide

Vincent Van Gogh: age 37: 1890: Artist: self-inflicted gunshot

Philip Van Zant: age 53: 1958: actor: sleeping pill overdose

George Washington Vanderbilt III: age 47: 1961: jumped to his death 

Reginald Claypoole Vanderbilt: age 45: 1925: cirrhosis of the liver from alcoholism

Lupe Velez: age 36: 1944: Actress: sleeping pill overdose

Sid Vicious: age 21: 1979: Musician for "The Sex Pistols": heroin overdose

Herve Villechaize: age 50: 1993: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Gary Vinson: age 47: 1984: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Christopher Von Erich: age 21: 1991: wrestler: self-inflicted gunshot

Kerry Von Erich: age 33: 1993: wrestler: self-inflicted gunshot

Michael Von Erich: age 23: 1987: wrestler: pill overdose 

W:

Robert Walker: age 32: 1951: actor: accidental mixture of alcohol and barbiturate

Larry Walters: age 44: 1993: inspiration for film "Danny Deckchair": self-inflicted gunshot

Luana Walters: age 50: 1963: actress: alcoholism 

Dinah Washington: age 39: 1963: singer: accidental prescription drug overdose

Doodles Weaver: age 71: 1983: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Richard Webb: age 77: 1993: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Scott Weiland: age 48: 1967: musician: cocaine and alcohol overdose

George Westmore: age 52: 1931: hair/make-up artist: ingested mercury

James Whale: age 67: 1957: Director: drown himself in swimming pool

Pearl White: age 49: 1938: actress: liver failure from alcoholism

Hank Williams: age 29: 1953: Musician: heart attack from alcohol and drug overdose

Michael K. Williams: age 54: Actor: herion overdose 

Robin Williams: age 63: 2014: Actor: hanging

Alan Wilson: age 27: 1970: musician: barbiturate overdose 

Don Wilson: age 29: 1975: Baseball player: carbon monoxide poisoning

Amy Winehouse: age 27: 2011: Singer: alcohol overdose

Kim Winona: age 47: 1978: actor: gunshot 

Grant Withers: age 55: 1959: Actor: barbiturate overdose.

Harris Wittels: age 30: 2015: writer/producer: heroin overdose

Ann Woodward: age 59: 1975: socialite: cyanide poisoning 

Allen Woody: age 44: 2000: musician: heroin overdose

Frank Wolff: age 43: 1971: actor: slit his throat

Edna Woolworth-Hutton: Age 33: 1917: Woolworth heir: poison

Y:

Ralph Yearsley: age 32: 1928: actor: suicide

Duke York: age 43: 1952: actor: self-inflicted gunshot

Gig Young: age 64: 1978: Actor: shot his wife then himself

Lee Thompson Young: age 29: 1984: Actor: self-inflicted gunshot wound