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Shocking Celebrity Deaths
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Celebrities have their life and death chronicled by the media. It's only natural to find a few shocking expirations among the lot. Here are the top surprising celeb deaths. Know of any other?
| | PRINCESS DIANA: Fairytale princess, devoted mum, fashion plate or humanitarian
DIED on Aug. 31, 1997 at age 36. CAUSE of death: car accident. |
| | JOHN LENNON: indispensable Beatle and outspoken activist
DIED on Dec. 8, 1980 at age 40. CAUSE of death: Murdered outside his New York apartment by Mark David Chapman after he first signed an autograph for him. |
| | MARILYN MONROE: Gold standard of Hollywood sex symbols
DIED on Aug. 5, 1962 at age 36. CAUSE of death: presumed drug overdose. |
| | ELVIS PRESLEY: Mega- rock 'n' roll idol and B-movie star
DIED Aug. 16, 1977 at age 42. CAUSE of death: cardiac arrhythmia. |
| | JOHN F. KENNEDY, JR.: Glamorous scion of America's most famous political family and founder of George magazine
DIED on July 16, 1999 at age 38. CAUSE of death: plane crash. |
| | JOHN BELUSHI: Loud, brash, original SNL cast member and Blues Brother
DIED on March 5, 1982 at age 33. CAUSE of death: drug overdose. |
| | SHARON TATE: Up-and-coming sex symbol
DIED on Aug. 9, 1969 at age 26. CAUSE of death: multiple stab wounds during brutal break-in and attack by Manson family members. |
| | JAMES DEAN: Evocative, brooding actor made just three feature films
DIED at age 24 on Sept. 30, 1955. CAUSE of death: high-speed car accident. |
| | ANNA NICOLE SMITH: Famous for being famous
DIED at age 39 on Feb. 8, 2007. CAUSE of death: still undetermined causes. |
| | PHIL HARMAN: The Saturday Night Live mainstay
DIED at age 39 on May 28, 1998. CAUSE of death: shot three times by his wife, Brynn Hartman, who then killed herself. |
| | HEATH LEDGER: Actor, found dead in his NYC apartment on Jan. 22, 2008, at age 28 |
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Comment by: buccicone.2 Heath Ledger for sure...and most recently Tim Russell and George Carlin.
Comment by: scott
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