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125 Famous People Who Died Young

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I often find these kinds of lists floating around the net but they are often not very concise and don't include people from all professions and countries. I have done my best to include everyone I can think of who has had a major impact on our lives and has consequently garnered fame. If you think I have missed out anyone fundamental to a complete list, comment and I will add them. Hopefully I can make this list into a definitive one. I hope you like it. Also please note there is no ranking system. I have merely added them as I think of them, as opposed to ranking them by fame. Also my criteria has only one limitation. That they must have passed on before 50 years old. Their nationality and reason for being "nationally" famous is irrelevant. As long as they are well known they are suitable for adding.
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  1. 1

    Jimi Hendrix

    1942
  2. 2

    Jim Morrison

    1943
  3. 3

    Kurt Cobain

    1967
  4. 4

    James Dean

    1931
  5. 5

    Otis Redding

    1941
  7. 6

    Sam Cooke

    1931
  8. 7

    John Lennon

    1940
  9. 8

    Marvin Gaye

    1939
  10. 9

    Buddy Holly

    1936
  11. 10

    Jeff Buckley

    1966
  12. 11

    River Phoenix

    1970
  13. 12

    Ritchie Valens

    1941
  14. 13

    Eddie Cochran

    1938
  15. 14

    Brian Jones

    1942
  16. 15

    Janis Joplin

    1943
  18. 16

    Andy Gibb

    1958
  19. 17

    Hank Williams

    1923
  20. 18

    Elvis Presley

    1935
  21. 19

    Bob Marley

    1945
  22. 20

    Jim Croce

    1943
  23. 21

    Bruce Lee

    1940
  24. 22

    Keith Moon

    1946
  25. 23

    Charlie Parker

    1920
  26. 24

    John Coltrane

    1926
  27. 25

    Robert Johnson

    1911

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  1. Jackson Daven
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 10/05/2012 2:30 PM
    Merci beaucoup for this. celebrities who died young Not bad info on this here
  2. Sadye Segar
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 8/06/2012 5:30 PM
    Thanks for this. famous people who died young
  3. Loralee Haggar
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 7/05/2012 3:21 PM
    Thanks for this. famous people who died Good info on this here
  4. wanker
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 3/24/2012 8:53 PM
    You're missin Ronnie Van Zant! singer of the wonderful-Lynyrd Skynyrd!!! Yaay XXXX
  5. Richard
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 2/29/2012 4:25 PM
    Though it is sad to die in your 40's, 40 is considered middle age, so perhaps the list should be those dieing under 40?

    Also dont forget the musical genius W.A. Mozart.
  6. Bipstah
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 2/18/2012 5:19 PM
    What about Ricky Nelson or John Denver.
  7. bobby
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 2/14/2012 7:18 AM
    How could you have missed ayrton senna.?His funeral was the largest public mourning in the world!
  8. Seun
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 10/29/2011 6:19 AM
    Didn't mention Lisa Lopez 'left eye' frm TLC
  9. LoveHim
    Jesus Christ at 7/11/2011 10:37 PM
    I also forgot to add under "Profession"- Messiah, Son of God,Savior.
  10. LoveHim
    Jesus Christ at 7/11/2011 10:30 PM
    I really like that you added Jesus. But I would like to also add that while Jesus died on the cross, He also rose again. And He loves you dearly.
  11. wheres freddie
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 7/06/2011 7:33 PM
    Freddie Prinze should be on here He was only 22 when he died
  12. Dusty Demotiv
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 7/05/2011 6:39 AM
    Good to see Jesus on the list?!?!
    1. Brian Gilmore
      125 Famous People Who Died Young at 7/06/2011 1:23 PM
      Well, you can't really argue with that.
  13. Anonymous
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 12/21/2010 6:16 PM
    Very cool list - i don't mean that dying young is cool, I just mean that it's really interesting to see current icons juxtaposed with historical figures. Though I would like to see more historical figures, I guess people tended to die young much earlier in the old days anyhow. One very minor complaint though is that your list is only 79 items :)
    1. James707
      125 Famous People Who Died Young at 12/22/2010 7:29 PM
      As you can see I took your comment into consideration and ave not only added many artist and authors from the 1700s etc but I have also added others to make the list into 140 items. Thanks for the constructive criticism. I hope you like the new list.
      1. James707
        125 Famous People Who Died Young at 1/09/2011 11:21 PM
        I changed it again to 99. I decided some people weren't internationally famous enough.
  14. calistylie
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 12/21/2010 5:20 PM
    some great talent taken from us way too early. It's weird to think of how much more they could have done if they lived longer.
    1. James707
      125 Famous People Who Died Young at 12/23/2010 1:36 AM
      Yeah especially the likes of Jimi, Bob Marley And JFK.
  15. Anonymous
    125 Famous People Who Died Young at 12/14/2010 8:42 PM
    ha this is probably the first web page ever that references both Jam Master Jay and King Tut!
    1. James707
      125 Famous People Who Died Young at 12/16/2010 3:50 PM
      @anonymous Thank you. I will take that as a compliment.

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