With the tragic death of actress Brittany Murphy just yesterday, we put together a gallery of celebrities who died before the age of 40. Young death seems to be an all too often fate among young celebrities, the following were some of the most memorable.
Weird and fun stuff from all over:
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Kinda depressing it's so sad when somebody dies specially when they're so young but it's part of life
Farley was a native of Madison, WI, though he did live (and die) in Chicago.
Prescription as in "prescribe"...not perscription. As many times as one had to unfortunately read that in a cause of death description it took on a quality of Chinese water torture.
Cool idea for an article but some of those people are lesser known than others. I wish there was more information for each person. Plus, you would think the giant banner behind JFK Jr's head would give some kind of hint on how to spell the mans last name...
Rebecca Schaeffer did not die in 1969...
...just pointing out the typos...
Good catch. I only caught it because People magazine did not exist in 1969.
Did I miss Karen Carpenter? Deja vu?
How about Duane Allman and Berry Oakley?
Karen Carpenter, 32, February 4, 1983 of Cardiac Arrest due to the effects of Anorexia Nervosa.
child actress Heather O'Rourke was 12 years old when she died. The child had just turned 12 when she died on Feb 1st 1988, birthday was on 27th December.
27th Dec 1975 - 1st Feb 1988
rest in peace child. Favorite child star.
Actually far too many young people die...but let's just talk aobu the rich ones.