Celebrities who Sadly Died at Age 27
by emleml | created - 02 Aug 2018 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicThese celebrities (listed alphabetically) weirdly died when they were only 27 years old.
1. Antoine Ashley
Actor | 15 Films About Madonna
Antoine Ashley was born on December 17, 1984 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for 15 Films About Madonna (2006), Manila Luzon: Hot Couture (2012) and RuPaul's Drag Race (2009). He died on October 1, 2012 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Died by heart failure.
2. Jean Michel Basquiat
Soundtrack | Downtown 81
Jean Michel Basquiat began painting graffiti in New York in 1977. He always signed his works with SAMO, which means "Same Old Shit". His works came to the attention of the American painter Keith Haring, who drew inspiration for his own work from New York graffiti paintings. Basquiat also made ...
Died of drug overdose.
3. Chris Bell
Soundtrack | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist
Chris Bell was born January 12, 1951 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was always a talented artist but began displaying his ability as a writer and guitarist at about 12 years old. After high school Bell became a founding member of possibly the greatest post-Beatles-style rock band that the USA has yet ...
Died by road accident.
4. D. Boon
Soundtrack | Mirage
D. Boon created the legendary punk rock band, Minutemen, with George Hurley and Mike Watt in 1980. The trio went on to release 11 albums in less than six years and toured maniacally until Boon's tragic death in late December of 1985 caused the group's abrupt demise.
Died by auto accident.
5. Jonathan Brandis
Actor | The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter
Born in Danbury, Connecticut, USA, to Greg and Mary, Jonathan Brandis began his career at age 5, acting in several television commercials. He also appeared in small parts in several films and TV shows before his first starring role in the 1990 film The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter (1990). ...
Died by suicide.
6. Kurt Cobain
Soundtrack | The Batman
Kurt Cobain was born on February 20 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington. Kurt and his family lived in Hoquiam for the first few months of his life then later moved back to Aberdeen, where he had a happy childhood until his parents divorced. The divorce left Kurt's outlook on the world forever scarred. He...
Died by suicide by gunshot.
7. Pete DeFreitas
Soundtrack | Donnie Darko
Pete DeFreitas was born on August 2, 1961 in Port of Spain, Trinidad, British West Indies [now Trinidad and Tobago]. He was an actor and composer, known for Donnie Darko (2001), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017). He died on June 14, 1989 in London, ...
Died by road accident.
8. Richey Edwards
Soundtrack | Dirty Weekend
Richey Edwards was an actor and composer, known for Dirty Weekend (1993), Twin Town (1997) and House of America (1997). He died on February 1, 1995 in London, England, UK.
Disappeared; officially presumed dead.
9. Thomas Fekete
Soundtrack | Paranoia
Thomas Fekete was born on July 1, 1988 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. He was an actor, known for Paranoia (2013), Daredevil (2015) and Test Drive Unlimited 2 (2011). He was married to Jessica Bianchi. He died on May 30, 2016 in Florida, USA.
Died by cancer.
10. Pete Ham
Soundtrack | Boss Level
Pete Ham was born on April 27, 1947 in Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was a composer, known for Boss Level (2020), The Departed (2006) and Casino (1995). He died on April 23, 1975 in London, England, UK.
Died by suicide by hanging.
11. Jimi Hendrix
Soundtrack | Woodstock
Widely regarded as the greatest and most influential guitarist in rock history, Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, Washington, to African-American parents Lucille (Jeter) and James Allen Hendrix. His mother named him John Allen Hendrix and raised him alone while his father, Al ...
Died of barbiturate overdose.
12. Brian Jones
Soundtrack | Mord und Totschlag
Jones was born on 28 February, 1942, to Lewis and Louise Jones. He had two sisters, Pamela and Barbara. Pamela died when Brian was still a child. He fathered his first of several children in high school and was subsequently made to leave. In the early 1960s, Brian formed the legendary group, The ...
Died by drowning.
13. Kim Jonghyun
Actor | Jonghyun feat. Zion.T: Deja-Boo
Kim Jonghyun was born on April 8, 1990 in Seoul, South Korea. He was an actor and writer, known for Jonghyun feat. Zion.T: Deja-Boo (2015), City Hunter (2011) and Oh My Venus (2015). He died on December 18, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea.
Died by carbon monoxide poisoning.
14. Robert Johnson
Soundtrack | The Skeleton Key
Robert Johnson was born on May 8, 1911 in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, USA. He was a writer, known for The Skeleton Key (2005), Chocolat (2000) and Holes (2003). He was married to Calleta "Callie" Craft and Virginia Travis. He died on August 13, 1938 in Greenwood, Mississippi, USA.
Died by homicide by strychnine poisoning.
15. Janis Joplin
Soundtrack | Watchmen
Janis Lyn Joplin was born at St. Mary's Hospital in the oil-refining town of Port Arthur, Texas, near the border with Louisiana. Her father was a cannery worker and her mother was a registrar for a business college. As an overweight teenager, she was a folk-music devotee (especially Odetta, ...
Died of heroin overdose.
16. Ron McKernan
Soundtrack | The Dreamers
Ron McKernan was born on September 8, 1945 in San Bruno, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Dreamers (2003), The Music Never Stopped (2011) and On Any Saturday (2006). He died on March 8, 1973 in Corte Madera, California, USA.
Died by massive gastrointestinal hemorrhage.
17. Jim Morrison
Soundtrack | Army of the Dead
James Douglas "Jim" Morrison was an American poet, singer, and songwriter from Florida. He was the lead vocalist of the rock band "The Doors" (1965-1973), and has been cited as "one of the most influential frontmen in rock history". Morrison recorded a total of six studio albums with the Doors, all...
Died of heart failure
18. Kristen Pfaff
Actress | Hole: Miss World
Kristen Marie Pfaff was born on May 26, 1967 on Buffalo, New York, USA. Kristen is the only child of her mother's first marriage, which ended in divorce when Kristen was very young. Her mother Janet later married Norman Pfaff, and Kristen took his stepfather's surname. She had a younger brother, ...
Died of heroin overdose.
19. Fredo Santana
Producer | Fredo Mafia
Fredo Santana was born on July 4, 1990 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Fredo Mafia, Fredo Santana feat. Gino Marley & SD: Want a Nigga Dead (2014) and Drake Feat. Majid Jordan: Hold on, We're Going Home (2013). He died on January 19, 2018 in Los Angeles, ...
Died by seizure.
20. Amy Winehouse
Soundtrack | Amy
Amy Jade Winehouse was born on September 14, 1983 in Enfield, London, England and raised in Southgate, London, England to Janis Holly Collins (née Seaton), a pharmacist & Mitchell "Mitch" Winehouse, a window panel installer and taxi driver. Her family shared her love of theater and music. Amy was ...
Died of alcohol poisoning.
21. Anton Yelchin
Actor | Star Trek
Anton Yelchin was an American actor, known for playing Bobby in Hearts in Atlantis (2001), Chekov in the Star Trek (2009) reboot, Charlie Brewster in the Fright Night (2011) remake, and Jacob in Like Crazy (2011).
He was born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Russia, USSR, to a Jewish family. His ...
Died of blunt traumatic asphyxia.
22. Mia Zapata
Soundtrack | The Gits
Mia Zapata grew up listening to Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Jimmy Reed, Ray Charles and Hank Williams. She was also a gifted poet and artist. In the fall of 1986, she formed a rock band called The Gits with three classmates at Antioch College in Ohio. In 1989, they relocated to Seattle, where ...
Died by homicide.
23. Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Actress | The Abyss
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was born in Lombard, Illinois, to Mary D. (Pagone) and Frank A. Mastrantonio, who ran a bronze foundry. Her parents were of Italian descent. She was raised in Oak Park, IL, and began her career in school plays as a teenager. Mary attended the University of Illinois and ...
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