how many famous people have died before 50 and list ther age if you know when they

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died? i know john lennon and MICHAEL JACKSON but whom else

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This is a list of 59 famous people who died before 40

Source: HowStuffWorks "59 Famous People Who Died Before Age 40"

Jessica Dubroff (7)

Pilot -- Plane crash -- 1996

Heather O'Rourke (12)

Child actor -- Bowel obstruction -- 1988

Anne Frank (15)

Dutch-Jewish author -- Typhus in concentration camp -- 1945

Ritchie Valens (17)

Rock 'n' roll singer -- Plane crash -- 1959

Eddie Cochran (21)

Rockabilly musician -- Auto accident -- 1960

Aaliyah (22)

R&B singer -- Plane crash -- 2001

Buddy Holly (22)

Rock 'n' roll singer -- Plane crash -- 1959

Freddie Prinze (22)

Comedian/actor -- Suicide -- 1977

River Phoenix (23)

Actor -- Drug overdose -- 1993

Selena (23)

Mexican-American singer -- Homicide -- 1995

James Dean (24)

Actor -- Auto accident -- 1955

Otis Redding (26)

Soul singer -- Plane crash -- 1967

Brian Jones (27)

British rock guitarist -- Drug-related drowning, possibly homicide -- 1969

Janis Joplin (27)

Rock/soul singer -- Heroin overdose -- 1970

Jim Morrison (27)

Rock singer -- Heart attack, possibly due to drug overdose -- 1971

Jimi Hendrix (27)

Rock guitarist/singer -- Asphyxiation from sleeping pill overdose -- 1970

Kurt Cobain (27)

Grunge rock singer/guitarist -- Gunshot and lethal dose of heroin, presumed suicide -- 1994

Reggie Lewis (27)

Basketball player -- Heart attack -- 1993

Brandon Lee (28)

Actor -- Accidental shooting on the set of The Crow -- 1993

Shannon Hoon (28)

Rock singer -- Drug overdose -- 1995

Hank Williams (29)

Country musician -- Heart attack, possibly due to an accidental overdose of morphine and alcohol -- 1953

Andy Gibb (30)

Singer -- Heart failure due to cocaine abuse -- 1988

Jim Croce (30)

Singer/songwriter -- Plane crash -- 1973

Patsy Cline (30)

Country music singer -- Plane crash -- 1963

Sylvia Plath (30)

Poet and author -- Suicide -- 1963

Brian Epstein (32)

Beatles manager -- Drug overdose -- 1967

Bruce Lee (32)

Martial arts actor -- Possible allergic reaction -- 1973

Cass Elliot (32)

Singer -- Heart attack brought on by obesity -- 1974

Karen Carpenter (32)

Singer and musician -- Cardiac arrest from anorexia nervosa -- 1983

Keith Moon (32)

Rock drummer -- Overdose of medication -- 1978

Carole Lombard (33)

Actor -- Plane crash -- 1942

Chris Farley (33)

Comedian/actor -- Overdose of cocaine and heroin -- 1997

Darryl Kile (33)

Major League Baseball pitcher -- Coronary heart disease -- 2002

Jesus Christ (33)

Founder of Christianity -- Crucifixion -- A.D. 30

John Belushi (33)

Comedian/actor -- Overdose of cocaine and heroin -- 1982

Sam Cooke (33)

Soul musician -- Homicide -- 1964

Charlie Parker (34)

Jazz saxophonist -- Pneumonia and ulcer, brought on by drug abuse -- 1955

Dana Plato (34)

Actor -- Prescription drug overdose -- 1999

Jayne Mansfield (34)

Actor -- Auto accident -- 1967

Andy Kaufman (35)

Comedian/actor -- Lung cancer -- 1984

Josh Gibson (35)

Negro League baseball player -- Stroke -- 1947

Stevie Ray Vaughan (35)

Blues guitarist -- Helicopter crash -- 1990

Bob Marley (36)

Reggae musician -- Melanoma that metastasized into lung and brain cancer -- 1981

Diana, Princess of Wales (36)

British royal -- Auto accident -- 1997

Marilyn Monroe (36)

Actor -- Barbiturate overdose -- 1962

Bobby Darin (37)

Singer/actor -- Complications during heart surgery -- 1973

Lou Gehrig (37)

Major League Baseball player -- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) -- 1941

Michael Hutchence (37)

Rock singer -- Hanged, possibly suicide -- 1997

Sal Mineo (37)

Actor -- Homicide -- 1976

Florence Griffith Joyner (38)

Olympian/sprinter -- Possible asphyxiation during epileptic seizure -- 1998

George Gershwin (38)

Composer -- Brain tumor -- 1937

Harry Chapin (38)

Singer/songwriter -- Auto accident -- 1981

John F. Kennedy, Jr. (38)

Journalist/publisher -- Plane crash -- 1999

Roberto Clemente (38)

Major League Baseball player -- Plane crash -- 1972

Sam Kinison (38)

Comedian -- Auto accident caused by drunk driver -- 1992

Anna Nicole Smith (39)

Model/actor -- Accidental prescription drug overdose -- 2007

Dennis Wilson (39)

Rock 'n' roll drummer -- Drowning due to intoxication -- 1983

Malcolm X (39)

Militant civil rights leader -- Assassination -- 1965

Martin Luther King, Jr. (39)

Civil rights activist/minister -- Assassination -- 1968

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How could anyone forget Marvin Gaye (44)
1984 - Homicide - Shot to death by his father the day before his 45th birthday.

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Ben Orr, Bass player and lead singer on the great hit "Drive" realeased on 7/24/84 that reached #3 on the billboard charts, who passed in the year 200 to pancreatic cancer. RIP Brother!!! In PEACE and LOVE!!!! Sonny!!!

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Correction: the year 2000 which Ben Orr died. Sorry!

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Actually, Michael Jackson should not be included in the list because he was a month away from turning 51, and the topic is those whom died before 50. Close, but ....