Gone Before 40

Careers cut short before their 40th year.

127 people · kept current automatically

Arthur Cave
June 23, 2000 – July 14, 2015 · age 15
Linda Batista
June 4, 1972 – April 18, 1988 · age 15
Leigh Jason
February 5, 1962 – February 19, 1979 · age 17
Pal
June 4, 1940 – June 18, 1958 · age 18
Lillian Cook
May 16, 1898 – March 14, 1918 · age 19
Tink Robinson
March 22, 1995 – October 31, 2015 · age 20
Stuart Sutcliffe
June 23, 1940 – April 10, 1962 · age 21
Aaliyah
January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001 · age 22
Freddie Prinze
June 22, 1954 – January 29, 1977 · age 22
Gabby Petito
March 19, 1999 – August 27, 2021 · age 22
Buddy Holly
June 23, 1936 – February 3, 1959 · age 22
Kristian Almgren
June 3, 1971 – September 17, 1994 · age 23
River Phoenix
August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993 · age 23
Geli Raubal
June 4, 1908 – September 18, 1931 · age 23
Pierre Batcheff
June 23, 1907 – April 15, 1932 · age 24
Arabella Arbenz
October 18, 1939 – October 5, 1965 · age 25
Charles Whitman
June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966 · age 25
Christopher Ross
April 3, 1945 – May 5, 1970 · age 25
Andre Noble
February 21, 1979 – July 30, 2004 · age 25
Dorothy Seastrom
June 23, 1903 – January 31, 1930 · age 26
Jimmy McCulloch
June 4, 1953 – September 27, 1979 · age 26
Eric Underwood
June 3, 1968 – August 10, 1995 · age 27
Pablo Grant
January 1, 1997 – February 6, 2024 · age 27
Sarah Elizabeth Gomes
September 22, 1986 – February 20, 2014 · age 27
Justin Teitell
December 16, 1982 – February 1, 2010 · age 27
Michelle Sander
June 4, 1994 – June 19, 2022 · age 28
Jennifer Syme
December 7, 1972 – April 2, 2001 · age 28
Viktor Tsoy
June 21, 1962 – August 15, 1990 · age 28
Joe Wachowski
October 27, 1979 – November 16, 2007 · age 28
Beebo Russell
September 19, 1989 – August 10, 2018 · age 28
Rosine Chouinard-Chauveau
June 20, 1992 – February 18, 2021 · age 28
Timo K. Mukka
December 17, 1944 – March 27, 1973 · age 28
Jason Raize
July 20, 1975 – February 3, 2004 · age 28
Jing Bai
June 4, 1983 – February 28, 2012 · age 28
Merdelle Jordine
June 3, 1947 – August 5, 1976 · age 29
Anna Cardwell
August 28, 1994 – December 9, 2023 · age 29
Valentin Kadochnikov
December 3, 1912 – March 9, 1942 · age 29
Bob Amsberry
June 2, 1928 – November 21, 1957 · age 29
Lubomír Vidlák
July 8, 1928 – June 24, 1958 · age 29
David Crowley
July 7, 1985 – December 25, 2014 · age 29
Dai Lin
December 26, 1934 – July 17, 1964 · age 29
Renee Williams
June 4, 1977 – March 4, 2007 · age 29
Bill Black
September 17, 1936 – October 21, 1965 · age 29
Stanislaw Latallo
March 30, 1945 – December 17, 1974 · age 29
Krista Nell
January 21, 1946 – June 19, 1975 · age 29
Tara De Rogatis
June 4, 1979 – March 23, 2010 · age 30
Parker Bagley
August 30, 1989 – June 17, 2020 · age 30
Sara Lee
June 7, 1992 – October 5, 2022 · age 30
Jonathan Peck
July 20, 1944 – June 26, 1975 · age 30
David Fetzer
December 17, 1982 – December 20, 2012 · age 30
Otakar Petrina
January 29, 1985 – July 11, 2015 · age 30
Johnny Kidd
June 23, 1935 – October 7, 1966 · age 31
Melek Diehl
December 13, 1976 – December 10, 2008 · age 31
John Dillinger
June 22, 1903 – July 22, 1934 · age 31
Rudolph Valentino
May 5, 1895 – August 23, 1926 · age 31
Harold Lockwood
April 12, 1887 – October 19, 1918 · age 31
Andy Houts
June 23, 1965 – February 26, 1997 · age 31
Kim Walker
June 19, 1968 – March 6, 2001 · age 32
Toshiyuki Manabe
December 24, 1991 – September 2, 2024 · age 32
Patrick Aurignac
January 13, 1965 – May 17, 1997 · age 32
Robert Earl Hughes
June 4, 1926 – July 10, 1958 · age 32
Erford Gage
April 5, 1912 – March 17, 1945 · age 32
Christopher Dorner
June 4, 1979 – February 12, 2013 · age 33
Marcel Cerdan
July 22, 1916 – October 28, 1949 · age 33
Dominique Laffin
June 3, 1952 – June 11, 1985 · age 33
Monty Oum
June 22, 1981 – February 1, 2015 · age 33
Karen Jønsson
January 17, 1909 – December 2, 1942 · age 33
Erland van Lidth
June 3, 1953 – September 23, 1987 · age 34
Cliff Bowes
November 14, 1894 – July 6, 1929 · age 34
Grant Berkland
May 19, 1986 – May 31, 2020 · age 34
Nikolai Snegiryov
June 4, 1985 – October 17, 2019 · age 34
Ion Gabella
June 4, 1968 – July 22, 2002 · age 34
Mark Frankel
June 13, 1962 – September 24, 1996 · age 34
Vladimir Skuybin
June 3, 1929 – November 15, 1963 · age 34
Jayne Mansfield
June 23, 1933 – June 29, 1967 · age 34
Shelly Hull
June 17, 1884 – January 14, 1919 · age 34
John Sex
April 8, 1956 – October 24, 1990 · age 34
Anne Caudry
May 28, 1957 – August 23, 1991 · age 34
Martin Emond
June 4, 1969 – March 19, 2004 · age 34
Daveigh Chase
July 24, 1990 – June 16, 2026 · age 35
Freddy Soto
June 22, 1970 – July 10, 2005 · age 35
Olga Belyayeva
June 22, 1964 – May 21, 2000 · age 35
Lillian Hall-Davis
June 23, 1898 – October 25, 1933 · age 35
Ol' Dirty Bastard
November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004 · age 35
Paul Teal
July 18, 1989 – November 15, 2024 · age 35
Elena Esovolova
June 2, 1981 – December 20, 2017 · age 36
Rene Requiestas
January 22, 1957 – July 24, 1993 · age 36
John Bauer
June 4, 1882 – November 20, 1918 · age 36
Lauri Rautala
January 1, 1890 – March 17, 1926 · age 36
Debbie Linden
February 22, 1961 – October 5, 1997 · age 36
Lloyd Avery II
June 21, 1969 – September 4, 2005 · age 36
Lupe Velez
July 18, 1908 – December 13, 1944 · age 36
Gennady Shpalikov
September 6, 1937 – November 1, 1974 · age 37
Abismo Negro
July 1, 1971 – March 22, 2009 · age 37
Dan Vickerman
June 4, 1979 – February 18, 2017 · age 37
Federigo Tozzi
January 1, 1883 – March 21, 1920 · age 37
Fengxia Wang
December 5, 1955 – November 5, 1993 · age 37
Dorrie Kavanaugh
July 12, 1945 – December 31, 1983 · age 38
Pawel Czajor
June 3, 1982 – April 8, 2021 · age 38
Helga Anders
January 11, 1948 – March 31, 1986 · age 38
Ettore Chimeri
June 4, 1921 – February 27, 1960 · age 38
Faust Lopatinsky
May 29, 1899 – October 31, 1937 · age 38
Shikha Joshi
June 4, 1976 – May 16, 2015 · age 38
Michael Tamburro
September 5, 1957 – August 20, 1996 · age 38
Minako Honda
July 31, 1967 – November 6, 2005 · age 38
Hans Meyer-Hanno
June 3, 1906 – April 20, 1945 · age 38
Aydogan Oflu
May 20, 1972 – March 6, 2011 · age 38
Peter Coffield
July 17, 1945 – November 19, 1983 · age 38
Larry Riley
June 20, 1952 – June 6, 1992 · age 39
Rudi Dutschke
March 7, 1940 – December 24, 1979 · age 39
Feri Cansel
June 7, 1944 – September 2, 1983 · age 39
Xavier Saint-Macary
June 7, 1948 – March 13, 1988 · age 39
Mitsunobu Kaneko
September 25, 1957 – June 11, 1997 · age 39
Katherine S. Reed
July 1, 1881 – January 1, 1921 · age 39
Isabelle Ho
November 12, 1951 – June 26, 1991 · age 39
Rikidôzan
November 14, 1924 – December 15, 1963 · age 39
Carol Haney
June 23, 1924 – May 10, 1964 · age 39
Pier Angeli
June 19, 1932 – September 10, 1971 · age 39
Dan Cracchiolo
January 31, 1965 – June 14, 2004 · age 39
Tado
March 24, 1974 – February 7, 2014 · age 39
Francisco San Martin
August 27, 1985 – January 16, 2025 · age 39
Anthony Lee
July 17, 1961 – October 28, 2000 · age 39
Daniel Ciobanu
December 11, 1975 – November 7, 2015 · age 39
Neil Burstyn
July 17, 1939 – November 1, 1978 · age 39
Michelle Trachtenberg
October 11, 1985 – February 26, 2025 · age 39
Stéphane Sirkis
June 22, 1959 – February 27, 1999 · age 39
Cuca Navarro
July 16, 1959 – November 26, 1998 · age 39