10 Celebs Who Didn't Make It to Age 44

Live fast, die young?
By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff
Posted Mar 16, 2014 9:27 AM CDT
Updated Mar 16, 2014 1:48 PM CDT
10 Celebs Who Didn't Make it to Age 44
In this 1971 photo from The Second City archives is John Belushi.   (AP Photo/Courtesy The Second City)

These 39 celebrities rounded up by Radar will be forever young—they all died before reaching age 44. A sampling:

  • John Belushi: Died of a drug overdose at 33.
  • John Candy: Died of a heart attack at 43.
  • Chris Farley: Died of a heart attack combined with a drug overdose at 33.
  • Aaliyah: Died in a plane crash at 22.
  • Janis Joplin: Died of a heroin overdose at 27.

  • Selena: Was murdered at age 23.
  • Bob Marley: Died of cancer at 36.
  • Jayne Mansfield: Died in a car accident at 34.
  • Otis Redding: Died in a plane crash at 26.
  • Florence Griffith Joyner: "Flo-Jo" died from an epileptic seizure at 38.
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