Celebrities who died too soon

Celebrities

Celebrities who died too soon

Notable celebrities who died young, in the midst of star studded careers and unprecedented fame.

JIMI HENDRIX, 27, drug and alcohol overdose (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

AALIYAH, 22, plane crash (Photo by Chris Weeks/Liaison)

ANNA NICOLE SMITH, 39, drug overdose (Photo by Simon Cobb/Getty Images)

BUDDY HOLLY, 22, plane crash (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

MICHAEL JACKSON, 50, drug overdose (Photo by Gary Merrin/Getty Images)

NOTORIOUS B.I.G. aka CHRIS WALLACE aka BIGGIE SMALLS, 24, shot to death (Photo by Scott Gries/Getty Images)

AMY WINEHOUSE, 27, substance abuse (Photo by Rick Smee/Redferns)

BRUCE LEE, 32, cerebral edema. (Photo by MN Chan/Getty Images)

CHRIS FARLEY, 33, heroin and cocaine overdose (Photo by Getty Images)

CHRISTOPHER REEVE, 52, spinal injuries (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

COREY MONTEITH, 31, heroin overdose (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

ELVIS PRESLEY, 42, heart attack (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

HEATH LEDGER, 28, drug overdose (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

JAMES DEAN, 24, car accident (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

JANIS JOPLIN, 27, drug overdose (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

JIM MORRISON (pictured second from the right), 27, heroin overdose (Photo by Express/Express/Getty Images)

JOHN BELUSHI, 33, heroin and alcohol overdose (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)

JOHN F KENNEDY JR., 38, plane crash (Photo By Anne Sherwood/Getty Images)

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., 39, shot to death (Photo by William H. Alden/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

JOHN F KENNEDY, 46, shot to death (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

JOHN LENNON, 40, shot to death (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

JOHN RITTER, 54, undetected heart problem (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)

JUDY GARLAND, 47, drug overdose (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

KURT COBAIN, 27, self-inflicted gunshot wound (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

MARILYN MONROE, 36, drug overdose (Photo by L. J. Willinger/Keystone Features/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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JIMI HENDRIX, 27, drug and alcohol overdose (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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