Musicians / Actors who died too early

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#1 Toriko42
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Who are some of your favorites who died too early. I got a few off the top of my head, I'll post them as I go.

Not in any order.

1. Big L

If anyone got taken way too soon it's Big L, he discovered Jay-Z and it was said that he was going to be signed to Rocafella records. He died a week before that happened. No doubt a talent like him would have gone far with Jay-Z who is one of the biggest names in Hip Hop today.

Put It On
Danger Zone

2. Proof

Proof was always thought to be the most talented of D12 along with Eminem and in fact many fans of the group today still consider him the best. He released a major album only a year before he died and I'm sure he would have been huge since he was with Eminem who commands the biggest fanbase in Hip Hop at the moment (arguably).

Kurt Kobain: Pretty creepy to listen to since he died
Forgive Me

3. Ol' Dirty Bastard

Often called one of the most unique MC's, it's such a shame that he died before releasing his first solo album on Rocafella records (Damn they have bad luck). ODB is sorely missed that's all I can say...

Shimmy Shimmy Ya
Got Your Money

4. J Dilla

J Dilla is one of the best producers to be in the game, in fact years after his death music still comes out that he produced. J Dilla's death was huge to hip hop and chances are that even if you don't know who he is, you've heard a song he made. Then again, if you listen to Hip Hop you better know who he is.

Mos Def ft. Talib Kweli - History (Prod. J Dilla)
Common - The Light (Prod. J Dilla)
Raekwon ft. Inspectah Deck, Ghostface Killah, Method Man - House of Flying Daggers

I'll put on some actors when I think of them

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#2 Espada12
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Bernie Mac :(

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#3 MrPraline
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Chuck Schuldiner Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka
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#4 AxeStrangler
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Chuck Shuldiner

John Coltrane

Jeff Buckley

Jimi Hendrix

Frank Zappa

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#5 WhiteSnake5000
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Heath Ledger and Chris Penn come to my mind. As for musicians. Didn't really want Chuck Schuldiner or Jon Nodtveidt dead (dissection).. But Jon made his choice by killing himself.

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#6 Proobie44
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John Lennon and George Harrison :(.

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#7 megagene
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-Shannon Hoon -Cobain -Jeff Buckley -Bruce Lee -Brandon Lee -Heath Ledger
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#8 TecmoGirl
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Ms more then a woman Aaliyah--

We will always love and miss our little D-town chica and her music so much here.

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#9 needled24-7
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Randy Rhoads

Cliff Burton

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#10 BumFluff122
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Jim Morisson

John Lennon

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#11 phillo99
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Sid Vicious. In my avatar and sig.

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#12 Saturos3091
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[QUOTE="MrPraline"]Chuck Schuldiner Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka

RIP. And...Terje "Valfar" Bakken. Cliff Burton as well, although I never cared for his sty1e. He still died far too early.
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#13 black_cat19
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Mozart. If I remember correctly, he was only 35 when he died; he could have done so much more... :(

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#14 super_mario_128
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Jeff Buckley and John Lennon for musicians. Heath Ledger for actors.
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#16 BumFluff122
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River Pheonix

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#17 WhiteSnake5000
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[QUOTE="Saturos3091"][QUOTE="MrPraline"]Chuck Schuldiner Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka

RIP. And...Terje "Valfar" Bakken. Cliff Burton as well, although I never cared for his sty1e. He still died far too early.

Yeah, Valfar for sure. Windir is one of my favorite Black Metal bands period.
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#18 wildjango64
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Kurt Cobain comes to mind

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Layne Stanley

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#20 Diablo112688
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I don't believe anyone dies too early. They died when they had to die. BUT for the sake of this topic I will say Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Buckley.

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#21 dissonantblack
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Heath Ledger, Billy Mays, Frank Tovey.

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Billy Mays
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John Cazale

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#24 joesh89
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Elliott Smith.

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#25 Makemap
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Michael Jackson :D

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#26 deactivated-5b31d3729c1fa
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john lennon

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#27 foxhound_fox
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Layne Staley

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Yep. Though, its was inevitable given his mental condition and depression... and unfortunately, without that, his music wouldn't have been anywhere near where it actually was. His depression was his muse... and it ended up killing him. Though, Alice in Chains would have been nothing without Sean Kinney, Jerry Cantrell and Mike Starr.

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#28 Orlando_Magic
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Lee Morgan- shot to death by girlfriend at age 33

Charlie Parker- died at age 34 from drugs and alcohol

Clifford Brown- died in a car accident at age 25

Eric Dolphy- died at age 36 from diabetes complications

Sam Cooke- shot to death at age 33

Otis Redding- died in a place crash at age 26

Minnie Riperton- died at age 31 from cancer

Robert Johnson- died at age 27 for reasons unknown... part of the legend...

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Basically everyone mentioned all the people i was goign to mention minus this guy

R.I.P one of the original fathers of grunge.

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#30 Ring_of_fire
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Franz Schubert

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#31 pvtdonut54
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Heath Ledger and MJ still had one concert in him..

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#32 Darth-Caedus
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[QUOTE="MrPraline"]Chuck Schuldiner Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka

Agreed w/ this.
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#33 Brutal_Elitegs
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Franz Schubert

Ring_of_fire
And Chopin.
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#34 mindstorm
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Chris Farley... :cry:

farley

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#35 Overrated_Hero
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Mozart - Musician
Rudolph Valentino- Actor

Jeff Buckley- Musician
Heath Ledger- Actor

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#36 megagene
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Chris Farley... :cry:

farley

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That guy always amazed me. He was like this 400 pound blob, yet he could move with the grace of a ballerina.

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#37 Kamekazi_69
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[QUOTE="mindstorm"]

Chris Farley... :cry:

farley

I had the sick curiosity to look at his death picture. It so depressing and so sad :cry: I say Biggie, Michael J, Heath, 2pac, Elvis, and so many more. :cry:
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#38 Toriko42
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[QUOTE="mindstorm"]

Chris Farley... :cry:

farley

megagene

That guy always amazed me. He was like this 400 pound blob, yet he could move with the grace of a ballerina.

Didn't he die because of cocaine?

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#39 C-Lee
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The answer is Jim Morisson

Sid Vicious. In my avatar and sig.

phillo99
Sid Vicious is a TERRIBLE musician...
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#40 rockguy92
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Hendrix Morrison
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#41 shoot-first
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-Bruce Lee -Brandon Lee -Heath Ledgermegagene

also

Jimi Hendrix

Freddie Mercury

Cliff Burton

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#42 ariz3260
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James Dean, only 24 when he passed away

James

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#43 Allicrombie
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Mozart., he died at 35 =P
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#44 zeorshadow19
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Aaliyah. She was a great actress and singer. :cry:

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#45 nofriekinlemons
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HEATH LEDGER

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#46 GabuEx
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Layne Staley, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Duane Allman, all of Lynyrd Skynyrd who died in the plane crash, Jimi Hendrix... the list for musicians just goes on and on.

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#47 ps3wizard45
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Jeff Buckley

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#48 rockguy92
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John Bonham
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John Lennon, John Coltrane, Robert Johnson, Freddie Mercury.

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#50 nimatoad2000
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in way after chuck shuldiner