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As our life spans extend I decided to add a blog of celebrity deaths in their 60s. Dying in your sixties is still pretty tragic.
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Christopher Allport: 1947: actor: avalanche
John Barrymore Sr. 1942: actor: cirrhosis of liver
Amanda Blake: 1929-1989: actress: AIDS
Clara Bow: 1905-1965: actress: heart attack
Calvin Coolidge: 1872-1933: 30th President: blood clot in the heart
Gary Cooper: 1901-1961: actor: prostate cancer
Jim Carroll: 1949-2009: writer: heart attack
Carrie Fisher: 1956-2016: actress/writer: heart attack
Peter Finch: 1916-1977: actor: heart attack
Bob Fosse: 1927-1987: director/choreographer: heart attack
Sergio Leone: 1929-1989: director: heart attack
Larry Linville: 1939-2000: actor: pneumonia
Kevin Meaney: 1956-2016: comedian: heart failure ?
George S. Patton: 1885-1945: U.S. general: car crash
Theodore Roosevelt: 1858-1919: 26th President: pulmonary embolism
Vera-Ellen: 1921-1981: actress: cancer
August Wilson: 1945-2005: play writer: lung cancer
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Ted Bisell: 1935-1996: actor: aortic aneurysm
V.C. Andrews: 1923-1986: writer: breast cancer
Royce D. Applegate: 1939-2003: actor: house fire
James Baldwin: 1924-1987: writer: throat cancer
Wilt Chamberlain: 1936-1999: basketball player: cardiac arrest
Ulysses S. Grant: 1822-1885: 18th President: throat cancer
Audrey Hepburn: 1929-1993: actress: appendiceal cancer
William Holden: 1918-1981: actor: injuries from a fall
Charles Laughton: 1899-1962: actor: gall bladder cancer
Allen Ludden: 1917-1981: gameshow host: stomach cancer
Lee Marvin: 1924-1987: actor: heart attack
Bill Nunn: 1953-2016: actor: leukemia
Tony Richardson: 1928-1991: director: AIDS
Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1882-1945: 32nd President: stroke
Robert Ryan: 1909-1973: actor: lung cancer
David O. Selznick: 1902-1965: director: heart attack
Robin Williams: 1951-2014: actor: hanging
Dick York: 1928-1992: actor: emphysema
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Lee Van Cleef: 1925-1989: actor: heart attack
Lee J. Cobb: 1911-1976: actor: heart attack
Marion Davies: 1897-1961: actress: stomach cancer
Sammy Davis Jr.: 1925-1990: actor: lung cancer
Andrew Duggan: 1923-1998: actor: throat cancer
Moses Gunn: 1929-1993: actor: asthma attack
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson: 1887-1951: baseball player: heart attack
Amanda Blake: 1929-1989: actress: AIDS
Clara Bow: 1905-1965: actress: heart attack
Calvin Coolidge: 1872-1933: 30th President: blood clot in the heart
Gary Cooper: 1901-1961: actor: prostate cancer
Jim Carroll: 1949-2009: writer: heart attack
Carrie Fisher: 1956-2016: actress/writer: heart attack
Peter Finch: 1916-1977: actor: heart attack
Bob Fosse: 1927-1987: director/choreographer: heart attack
Sergio Leone: 1929-1989: director: heart attack
Larry Linville: 1939-2000: actor: pneumonia
Kevin Meaney: 1956-2016: comedian: heart failure ?
George S. Patton: 1885-1945: U.S. general: car crash
Theodore Roosevelt: 1858-1919: 26th President: pulmonary embolism
Vera-Ellen: 1921-1981: actress: cancer
August Wilson: 1945-2005: play writer: lung cancer
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Ted Bisell: 1935-1996: actor: aortic aneurysm
Maury Chaykin: 1949-2010: actor: kidney failure
Nicholas Colasanto: 1924-1985: actor: heart failure
Ernest Hemingway: 1899-1961: writer: suicide
James Horner: 1953-2015: composer: plane crash
Nicholas Colasanto: 1924-1985: actor: heart failure
Ernest Hemingway: 1899-1961: writer: suicide
James Horner: 1953-2015: composer: plane crash
Jeanette MacDonald: 1903-1965: actress: heart failure
Norm Macdonald: 1959-2021: comedian: leukemia
John McGiver: 1913-1975: actor: heart attack
Bill Paxton: 1955-2017: actor: stroke after heart surgery
Oliver Reed: 1938-1999: actor: heart attack
Sally Ride: 1951-2012: astronaut: pancreatic cancer
Theresa Saldana: 1954-2016: actress: pneumonia
Jack Soo: 1917-1979: actor: throat cancer
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L. Frank Baum: 1856-1919: writer: stroke
Anne Baxter: 1923-1985: actress: stroke
Sonny Bono: 1935-1998: actor: skiing accident
Sandra Dee: 1942-2005: actress: kidney failure
Albert Dekker: 1905-1968: actor: strangulation
Rick Ducommun: 1952-2015: actor: diabetes complications
Herb Edelman: 1933-1996: actor: emphysema
Farrah Fawcett: 1947-2009: actress: anal cancer
Robin Gibb: 1949-2012: musician: colon cancer
Phoebe Gilman: 1940-2002: author: leukemia
Spalding Gray: 1941-2004: actor: suicide
Glenne Headly: 1955-2017: actress: pulmonary embolism
Ted Knight: 1923-1986: actor: colon cancer
Jason Miller: 1939-2001: actor: heart attack
Elizabeth Montgomery: 1933-1995: actress: colorectal cancer
Zero Mostel: 1915-1977: actor: heart attack
John McGiver: 1913-1975: actor: heart attack
Bill Paxton: 1955-2017: actor: stroke after heart surgery
Oliver Reed: 1938-1999: actor: heart attack
Sally Ride: 1951-2012: astronaut: pancreatic cancer
Theresa Saldana: 1954-2016: actress: pneumonia
Jack Soo: 1917-1979: actor: throat cancer
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L. Frank Baum: 1856-1919: writer: stroke
Anne Baxter: 1923-1985: actress: stroke
Sonny Bono: 1935-1998: actor: skiing accident
Sandra Dee: 1942-2005: actress: kidney failure
Albert Dekker: 1905-1968: actor: strangulation
Rick Ducommun: 1952-2015: actor: diabetes complications
Herb Edelman: 1933-1996: actor: emphysema
Farrah Fawcett: 1947-2009: actress: anal cancer
Robin Gibb: 1949-2012: musician: colon cancer
Phoebe Gilman: 1940-2002: author: leukemia
Spalding Gray: 1941-2004: actor: suicide
Glenne Headly: 1955-2017: actress: pulmonary embolism
Ted Knight: 1923-1986: actor: colon cancer
Jason Miller: 1939-2001: actor: heart attack
Elizabeth Montgomery: 1933-1995: actress: colorectal cancer
Zero Mostel: 1915-1977: actor: heart attack
Edna Purviance: 1895-1958: actress: throat cancer
Carl Sagan: 1934-1996: writer: bone cancer
Frank G. Wells: 1932-1994: President of "The Walt Disney Company": helicopter crash
Sam Winston: 1946-2008: special effect creator: multiple myeloma
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Carl Sagan: 1934-1996: writer: bone cancer
Frank G. Wells: 1932-1994: President of "The Walt Disney Company": helicopter crash
Sam Winston: 1946-2008: special effect creator: multiple myeloma
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V.C. Andrews: 1923-1986: writer: breast cancer
Royce D. Applegate: 1939-2003: actor: house fire
James Baldwin: 1924-1987: writer: throat cancer
Wilt Chamberlain: 1936-1999: basketball player: cardiac arrest
Ulysses S. Grant: 1822-1885: 18th President: throat cancer
Audrey Hepburn: 1929-1993: actress: appendiceal cancer
William Holden: 1918-1981: actor: injuries from a fall
Charles Laughton: 1899-1962: actor: gall bladder cancer
Allen Ludden: 1917-1981: gameshow host: stomach cancer
Lee Marvin: 1924-1987: actor: heart attack
Bill Nunn: 1953-2016: actor: leukemia
Tony Richardson: 1928-1991: director: AIDS
Franklin D. Roosevelt: 1882-1945: 32nd President: stroke
Robert Ryan: 1909-1973: actor: lung cancer
David O. Selznick: 1902-1965: director: heart attack
Robin Williams: 1951-2014: actor: hanging
Dick York: 1928-1992: actor: emphysema
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Lee Van Cleef: 1925-1989: actor: heart attack
Lee J. Cobb: 1911-1976: actor: heart attack
Marion Davies: 1897-1961: actress: stomach cancer
Sammy Davis Jr.: 1925-1990: actor: lung cancer
Andrew Duggan: 1923-1998: actor: throat cancer
Moses Gunn: 1929-1993: actor: asthma attack
"Shoeless" Joe Jackson: 1887-1951: baseball player: heart attack
Waylon Jennings: 1937-2002: country singer: diabetes
Lyndon B. Johnson: 1908-1973: 36th President: heart attack
Al Jolson: 1886-1950: actor: heart attack
Jacqueline Kennedy: 1929-1994: former First Lady: non-hodgkin's lymphoma
Gordon MacRae: 1921-1986: actor: oral cancer
Franklin Pierce: 1804-1869: 14th President: cirrhosis of the liver
Pete Postlethwaite: 1946-2011: actor: pancreatic cancer
Donna Reed: 1921-1986: actress: pancreatic cancer
Dick Sargent: 1930-1994: actor: prostate cancer
Tiny Tim: 1932-1996: singer: cardiac arrest
Gig Young: 1913-1978: actor: suicide
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Robert Aldrich: 1918-1983: director: kidney failure
Harry Anderson: 1952-2018: actor: stroke
Yul Brynner: 1920-1985: actor: lung cancer
Lewis Carroll: 1832-1898: writer: influenza
Natalie Cole: 1950-2015: singer: kidney and liver failure (Hep C)
Lyndon B. Johnson: 1908-1973: 36th President: heart attack
Al Jolson: 1886-1950: actor: heart attack
Jacqueline Kennedy: 1929-1994: former First Lady: non-hodgkin's lymphoma
Gordon MacRae: 1921-1986: actor: oral cancer
Franklin Pierce: 1804-1869: 14th President: cirrhosis of the liver
Pete Postlethwaite: 1946-2011: actor: pancreatic cancer
Donna Reed: 1921-1986: actress: pancreatic cancer
Dick Sargent: 1930-1994: actor: prostate cancer
Tiny Tim: 1932-1996: singer: cardiac arrest
Gig Young: 1913-1978: actor: suicide
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Robert Aldrich: 1918-1983: director: kidney failure
Harry Anderson: 1952-2018: actor: stroke
Yul Brynner: 1920-1985: actor: lung cancer
Lewis Carroll: 1832-1898: writer: influenza
Natalie Cole: 1950-2015: singer: kidney and liver failure (Hep C)
Don Davis: 1942-2008: actor: heart attack
Walt Disney: 1901-1966: animator: lung cancer
Walt Disney: 1901-1966: animator: lung cancer
Nelson Eddy: 1901-1967: actor: stroke
Cliff Gorman: 1936-2002: actor: leukemia
Richard Griffiths: 1947-2013: actor: heart disease
Oliver Hardy: 1892-1957: actor: stroke from a blood clot
Isaac Hayes: 1942-2008: musician: stroke
Langston Hughes: 1902-1967: writer: prostate cancer
Stanley Kamel: 1943-2008: actor: heart attack
Shari Lewis: 1933-1998: puppeteer: uterine cancer
Gene Lockhart: 1891-1957: actor: coronary thrombosis
George Peppard: 1928-1994: actor: pneumonia
Cliff Gorman: 1936-2002: actor: leukemia
Richard Griffiths: 1947-2013: actor: heart disease
Oliver Hardy: 1892-1957: actor: stroke from a blood clot
Isaac Hayes: 1942-2008: musician: stroke
Langston Hughes: 1902-1967: writer: prostate cancer
Stanley Kamel: 1943-2008: actor: heart attack
Shari Lewis: 1933-1998: puppeteer: uterine cancer
Gene Lockhart: 1891-1957: actor: coronary thrombosis
George Peppard: 1928-1994: actor: pneumonia
Jon Polito: age 1950-2016: actor: myeloma
Richard Pryor: 1940-2005: comedian: heart failure
James Rebhorn: 1948-2014: actor: skin cancer
Tommy Ramone: 1949-2014: musician: bile duct cancer
James Rebhorn: 1948-2014: actor: skin cancer
Tommy Ramone: 1949-2014: musician: bile duct cancer
Bob Saget: 1956-2022: comedian: brain bleed from a fall
George Sanders: 1906-1972: actor: suicide
Zachary Taylor: 1784-1850: 12th President: cholera?
George Sanders: 1906-1972: actor: suicide
Zachary Taylor: 1784-1850: 12th President: cholera?
Eddie Van Halen: 1955-2020: musician: throat cancer
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Alan Bridge: 1891-1957: actor: heart disease and emphysema
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Alan Bridge: 1891-1957: actor: heart disease and emphysema
Cesar Chavez: 1927-1993: labor activist: died in sleep
Tom Clancy: 1947-2013: writer: heart disease
Jill Clayburgh: 1944-2010: actress: leukemia
Joseph Conrad: 1857-1924: writer: heart attack
Marie Curie: 1867-1934: scientist: anemia
Michael Crichton: 1942-2008: writer: lymphoma
W.C. Fields: 1880-1946: actor: stomach hemorrhage
Juan Gabriel: 1950-2016: singer: heart attack
Indira Gandhi: 1917-1984: 4th Prime Minister of India: murdered
Gordon Jackson: 1923-1990: actor: bone cancer
Andrew Johnson: 1808-1875: 17th President: stroke
Davy Jones: 1945-2012: musician: heart attack
Ken Kesey: 1935-2001: writer: liver cancer
Mabel King: 1932-1999: actress: diabetes
Fernando Lamas: 1916-1982: actor: pancreatic cancer
Joe Lewis: 1914-1981: boxer: cardiac arrest
Barton MacLane: 1902-1969: actor: pneumonia
Barbara Park: 1947-2013: writer: ovarian cancer
Tom Petty: 1950-2017: musician: heart attack
Thelma Ritter: 1902-1969: actress: heart attack
Gary Shandling: 1949-2016: comedian: heart attack
Bubba Smith: 1945-2011: actor: overdose of phentermine
John Steinbeck: 1902-1968: writer: heart disease
Joe Viterelli: 1937-2004: actor: stomach hemorrhage
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Ingrid Bergman: 1915-1982: actress: breast cancer
Dennis Burkley: 1945-2013: actor: heart attack
Lon Chaney Jr.: 1906-1973: actor: liver failure
Bob Clark: 1939-2007: director: car accident
Colleen Dewhurst: 1924-1991: actress: cervical cancer
Joe Frazier: 1944-2011: boxer: liver cancer
Tom Clancy: 1947-2013: writer: heart disease
Jill Clayburgh: 1944-2010: actress: leukemia
Joseph Conrad: 1857-1924: writer: heart attack
Marie Curie: 1867-1934: scientist: anemia
Michael Crichton: 1942-2008: writer: lymphoma
W.C. Fields: 1880-1946: actor: stomach hemorrhage
Juan Gabriel: 1950-2016: singer: heart attack
Indira Gandhi: 1917-1984: 4th Prime Minister of India: murdered
Gordon Jackson: 1923-1990: actor: bone cancer
Andrew Johnson: 1808-1875: 17th President: stroke
Davy Jones: 1945-2012: musician: heart attack
Ken Kesey: 1935-2001: writer: liver cancer
Mabel King: 1932-1999: actress: diabetes
Fernando Lamas: 1916-1982: actor: pancreatic cancer
Joe Lewis: 1914-1981: boxer: cardiac arrest
Barton MacLane: 1902-1969: actor: pneumonia
Barbara Park: 1947-2013: writer: ovarian cancer
Tom Petty: 1950-2017: musician: heart attack
Thelma Ritter: 1902-1969: actress: heart attack
Gary Shandling: 1949-2016: comedian: heart attack
Bubba Smith: 1945-2011: actor: overdose of phentermine
John Steinbeck: 1902-1968: writer: heart disease
Joe Viterelli: 1937-2004: actor: stomach hemorrhage
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Ingrid Bergman: 1915-1982: actress: breast cancer
Dennis Burkley: 1945-2013: actor: heart attack
Lon Chaney Jr.: 1906-1973: actor: liver failure
Bob Clark: 1939-2007: director: car accident
Colleen Dewhurst: 1924-1991: actress: cervical cancer
Joe Frazier: 1944-2011: boxer: liver cancer
Lucio Fulci: 1927-1996: Italian director: diabetes-related death
Ava Gardner: 1922-1990: actress: pneumonia
Paul Gleason: 1939-2006: actor: mesothelioma
Ava Gardner: 1922-1990: actress: pneumonia
Paul Gleason: 1939-2006: actor: mesothelioma
Gilbert Gottfried: 1955-2022: comedian: myotonic dystrophy
Hugh Griffith: 1912-1980: actor: heart attack
Benjamin Harrison: 1833-1901: 23rd President: pneumonia
Peter Jennings: 1938-2005: news anchor: lung cancer
Hugh Griffith: 1912-1980: actor: heart attack
Benjamin Harrison: 1833-1901: 23rd President: pneumonia
Peter Jennings: 1938-2005: news anchor: lung cancer
Leslie Jordan: 1955-2022: comedian and actor: car accident
Ezra Jack Keats: 1916-1983: author: heart attack
Ray Liotta: 1954-2022: actor: heart failure
Richard Mulligan: 1932-2000: actor: colon cancer
Lynn Redgrave: 1943-2010: actress: breast cancer
Spencer Tracy: 1900-1967: actor: heart attack
George Washington: 1732-1799: 1st President: bronchitis?
Woodrow Wilson: 1856-1924: 28th President: stroke
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James Avery: 1945-2013: actor: heart failure
Josephine Baker: 1906-1975: actress: stroke
Redd Foxx: 1922-1991: actor: heart attack
William Henry Harrison: 1773-1841: 9th President: pneumonia
Rita Hayworth: 1918-1987: actress: Alzheimer's disease
Benny Hill: 1924-1992: actor: heart attack
Donald Meek: 1878-1946: actor: leukemia
Tony Scott: 1944-2012: director: suicide
Carol Shields: 1935-2003: writer: breast cancer
Shel Silverstein: 1930-1999: writer: heart attack
McLean Stevenson: 1927-1996: actor: heart attack
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Gregg Allman: 1947-2017: musician: liver cancer
Louis Armstrong: 1901-1971: musician: heart attack
Desi Arnaz: 1917-1986: actor: lung cancer
Ed Begley: 1901-1970: actor: heart attack
Erma Bombeck: 1927-1996: comedian: kidney failure
David Bowie: 1947-2016: musician: liver cancer
Jackie Coogan: 1914-1984: actor: heat attack
Frank Conroy: 1936-2005: writer: colon cancer
Dennis Farina: 1944-2013: actor: pulmonary embolism
Jean Hersholt: 1886-1956: actor: pancreatic cancer
Pablo Neruda: 1904-1973: writer: heart failure
Edmond O'Brien: 1915-1985: actor: Alzheimer's disease
Merlin Olsen: 1940-2010: actor: lung cancer (mesothelioma)
Jerry Orbach: 1935-2004: actor: prostate cancer
Harold Ramis: 1944-2014: director: arteriosclerosis
Alan Reed: 1907-1977: actor: heart attack
Tracy Reed: 1942-2012: actress: liver cancer
Alan Rickman: 1946-2016: actor: pancreatic cancer
Alan Thick: 1947-2016: actor: heart attack
Jay Thomas: 1948-2017: actor: cancer
Richard Mulligan: 1932-2000: actor: colon cancer
Lynn Redgrave: 1943-2010: actress: breast cancer
Spencer Tracy: 1900-1967: actor: heart attack
George Washington: 1732-1799: 1st President: bronchitis?
Woodrow Wilson: 1856-1924: 28th President: stroke
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James Avery: 1945-2013: actor: heart failure
Josephine Baker: 1906-1975: actress: stroke
Redd Foxx: 1922-1991: actor: heart attack
William Henry Harrison: 1773-1841: 9th President: pneumonia
Rita Hayworth: 1918-1987: actress: Alzheimer's disease
Benny Hill: 1924-1992: actor: heart attack
Donald Meek: 1878-1946: actor: leukemia
Tony Scott: 1944-2012: director: suicide
Carol Shields: 1935-2003: writer: breast cancer
Shel Silverstein: 1930-1999: writer: heart attack
McLean Stevenson: 1927-1996: actor: heart attack
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Gregg Allman: 1947-2017: musician: liver cancer
Louis Armstrong: 1901-1971: musician: heart attack
Desi Arnaz: 1917-1986: actor: lung cancer
Ed Begley: 1901-1970: actor: heart attack
Erma Bombeck: 1927-1996: comedian: kidney failure
David Bowie: 1947-2016: musician: liver cancer
Jackie Coogan: 1914-1984: actor: heat attack
Frank Conroy: 1936-2005: writer: colon cancer
Dennis Farina: 1944-2013: actor: pulmonary embolism
Jean Hersholt: 1886-1956: actor: pancreatic cancer
Pablo Neruda: 1904-1973: writer: heart failure
Edmond O'Brien: 1915-1985: actor: Alzheimer's disease
Merlin Olsen: 1940-2010: actor: lung cancer (mesothelioma)
Jerry Orbach: 1935-2004: actor: prostate cancer
Harold Ramis: 1944-2014: director: arteriosclerosis
Alan Reed: 1907-1977: actor: heart attack
Tracy Reed: 1942-2012: actress: liver cancer
Alan Rickman: 1946-2016: actor: pancreatic cancer
Alan Thick: 1947-2016: actor: heart attack
Jay Thomas: 1948-2017: actor: cancer
