Stars who died younger

“Glee” star Cory Monteith died from a poisonous combination of heroin and alcohol on July 13, 2013, on the age of 31. The actor, who spoke bluntly about scuffling with substance abuse since he was an adolescent, sought remedy in rehab in April 2013.

Heath Ledger

Heath Ledger died in January 2008 at age 28, and the reason for his demise has been linked to varied prescription medicines, together with sleeping capsules. In a 2007 interview with The New York Occasions, Ledger stated he typically slept for under two hours an evening when work was stressing him out, and on one event he took a number of Ambiens to go to sleep, solely to get up quickly after.

Amy Winehouse

British singer Amy Winehouse poses for pictures after being interviewed by The Related Press at a studio in north London, Feb. 16, 2007. Winehouse was discovered useless of alcohol poisoning at her residence in London on July 23, 2011. The singer was 27 years outdated.

Jimi Hendrix

Gitarist Jimi Hendrix, seen right here at Woodstock in August of 1969, was 27 when he died in a London lodge room in 1970. He choked on his personal vomit after taking sleeping capsules and purple wine.

Kurt Cobain

Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was simply 27 when he killed himself with a shotgun in his Seattle residence in April 1994. Simply weeks earlier than, he was handled for a drug overdoes in Italy.

James Dean

“Insurgent With no Trigger” actor James Dean was 24 years outdated.when he died Sept. 30, 1955, in a head-on collision.

Janis Joplin

Janis Joplin was discovered useless in her room on the Landmark Resort in Hollywood, Calif., on Oct. 4, 1970. She was 27. The official trigger was an unintended heroin overdose.

John Belushi

Actor and “Saturday Evening Dwell” comic John Belushi was 33 when he was discovered useless in his bungalow at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles on March 5, 1982. Explanation for demise was a mixed injection of cocaine an d heroin.

Dana Plato

“Diff’hire Strokes” actress Dana Plato was 34 when she died of a drug overdose in an RV at her mom’s Oklahoma residence in 1999. Her demise was later dominated a suicide.

Jim Morrison

Doorways frontman Jim Morrison was 27 when he was discovered useless in the tub of his Paris residence in 1971. He demise was believed to be brought on by a coronary heart assault introduced on by alcoholism and drug abuse.

Marilyn Monroe

Actress Marilyn Monroe, seen posing in a 1953 picture, was 36 when she died of barbiturate overdose in 1962.

Brian Jones

Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, whose issues with medication and alcohol had been broadly recognized, drowned within the swimming pool of his English property in 1969. He was 27.

Bruce Lee

Martial arts actor Bruce Lee was 33 when he died of attainable allergic response in 1973.

Cass Ellliot

“Mama Cass” Elliot, left, of the Mamas and the Papas was 32 when she died of a coronary heart assault introduced on by weight problems in 1974.

Keith Moon

The Who drummer Keith Moon, proper, was 32 when he died in 1978 of an overdose of remedy.

Aaliyah

Singer Aaliyah was simply 22 years outdated when she died in a airplane crash on Aug. 25, 2001, within the Bahamas.

Chris Farley

Chris Farley was discovered useless on Dec. 18, 1997, on the age of 33. An post-mortem later revealed that he had died of an overdose of cocaine and morphine. A big contributing issue, the health worker stated, was a narrowing of the arteries supplying the center muscle.

Jayne Mansfield

Actress Jayne Mansfield, a intercourse image of the Nineteen Sixties, is seen right here in Paris. The mom of actress Mariska Hargitay, Mansfield was 34 when she was killed in a 1967 automotive accident.

Buddy Holly

Rock pioneer Buddy Holly. was 22 when he was killed in a airplane crash in 1959. Additionally on board that deadly flight had been had been singers Ritchie Valens, 17, and the Massive Bopper, 28.

River Phoenix

Actor River Phoenix died on Oct. 31, 1993, after collapsing outdoors the Viper Room nightclub in Hollywood. He was 23. An post-mortem reportedly confirmed deadly ranges of cocaine, morphine, Valium, marijuana and ephedrine in his physique. The official reason behind demise was drug-induced coronary heart failure.

Freddie Prinze

Actor Freddie Prinze was 22 when he shot himself in 1977. His demise was initially dominated a suicide, however in a civil case, a jury later determined the demise was unintended since Prinze had a historical past of taking part in with weapons. He’s the daddy of actor Freddie Prinze Jr.

Patsy Cline

Nation singer Patsy Cline was 30 when she died in a airplane crash in March 1963, close to Camden, Tenn.

Andy Gibb

Bee Gees singer Andy Gibb died in March of 1988, simply 5 days after his thirtieth birthday. The trigger was coronary heart failure which has alternately been attributed to drug abuse or a viral an infection.

Hank Williams

Nation singer Hank Williams as 29 when he died of a coronary heart assault in 1953. He was discovered useless in his Cadillac convertible outdoors a West Virgina gasoline station.