Childhood
age 0–12 · 1963–1975
42 notable deaths
Teenage Years
age 13–19 · 1976–1982
13 notable deaths
Young Adult
age 20–35 · 1983–1998
28 notable deaths
Middle Age
age 36–55 · 1999–2018
43 notable deaths
Senior Years
age 56+ · 2019–2026
12 notable deaths
1963
Sylvia Plath
1932–1963
Literature
The Bell Jar, confessional poetry
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1963
C. S. Lewis
1898–1963
Literature
Author of The Chronicles of Narnia
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1970
Jimi Hendrix
1942–1970
Music
Greatest electric guitarist of all time
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1971
Igor Stravinsky
1882–1971
Music
The Rite of Spring, modern classical
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1971
Coco Chanel
1883–1971
Business & Industry
Fashion icon, Chanel No. 5
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1971
Louis Armstrong
1901–1971
Music
What a Wonderful World, jazz trumpet
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1973
Pablo Picasso
1881–1973
Art
Cubism, Guernica, most prolific artist
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1973
Pablo Neruda
1904–1973
Literature
Chilean poet and Nobel laureate
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1980
Jesse Owens
1913–1980
Sports
4 gold medals at 1936 Berlin Olympics
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1988
Jean-Michel Basquiat
1960–1988
Art
Neo-expressionist street art icon
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1989
Salvador Dalí
1904–1989
Art
The Persistence of Memory, surrealist
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1990
Roald Dahl
1916–1990
Literature
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
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2003
Johnny Cash
1932–2003
Music
The Man in Black, country music legend
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2004
Ray Charles
1930–2004
Music
The Genius of Soul, Georgia On My Mind
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2008
Edmund Hillary
1919–2008
Exploration
First to summit Mount Everest
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2008
Heath Ledger
1979–2008
Film & Entertainment
The Dark Knight's Joker
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2011
Osama bin Laden
1957–2011
Politics & Leadership
Founder of al-Qaeda
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2012
Neil Armstrong
1930–2012
Exploration
First human to walk on the Moon
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2012
Whitney Houston
1963–2012
Music
The Voice, I Will Always Love You
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2014
Maya Angelou
1928–2014
Literature
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
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2016
Prince
1958–2016
Music
Purple Rain, multi-instrumentalist genius
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Today — 2026
Michael Jordan is 63 years old