People Who Died Young Who Could Have Given so Much More
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This is a list of some relatively well-known people who died young for various reasons, but who could have done so much more if they had lived longer lives.
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1.
Michael Jackson
232 points - added 15 years ago by guest -
2.
Jim Morrison
170 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
3.
Jimi Hendrix
142 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
4.
John Belushi
124 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
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Amadeus Mozart
He wrote such beautiful music and died at such an early age. What music could he have written when he further perfected his art. Another great tragedy.
112 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
6.
Steve McQueen
107 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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John Candy
96 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
8.
James Dean
88 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
9.
Gilda Radner
Such a lovely lady with such talent at bringing humor into peoples' lives. We sorely miss the contributions she would have made to comic movies and TV.
80 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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John Lennon
50 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
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Chris Farley
50 points - added 15 years ago by guest -
12.
Marilyn Monroe
40 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
13.
Lord Byron
He was a great poet and died so young. What wonderful poetry he could have made had he lived longer to provide it to the world.
36 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
14.
Judy Garland
30 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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Brian Jones
21 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
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Robert Burns
20 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
17.
Thurman Munson
19 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
18.
Bob Marley
18 points - added 15 years ago by guest -
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Kurt Cobain
17 points - added 15 years ago by guest -
20.
Natalie Wood
14 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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Tommy Bolin
13 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
22.
Chopin
10 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
23.
Franz Schubert
8 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
24.
Hank Gathers
7 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
25.
Peter Tchaikovsky
6 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
26.
Martin Luther KIng, Jr.
He gave so much and made so much of a difference, but I can't help but think that if he hadn't been assassinated, he could have helped ease race relations along further and so much discord could have been avoided, but we'll never know.
6 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
27.
Jean Harlow
4 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
28.
Mendelssohn
4 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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Janis Joplin
2 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
30.
Keats
1 point - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
31.
Lowell George
0 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
32.
Rebecca Schaeffer
0 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
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Len Bias
0 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
34.
Joe Delaney
0 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
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Freddie Prinze
0 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
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Johann Christian Bach
0 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
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Bronte
0 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
38.
Robert Kennedy
Another assassinated individual. He inspired much hope in so many people, yet never really had the chance to put forth effort of his own to prove himself.
0 points - added 15 years ago by OfficeMaster -
39.
Amy Winehouse
-6 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
40.
SALIM BERRADA
20 YEARS OLD KILD FOR REASON AND HE COULD BE A BETTE MEN IN HIS LIFE AND FOR HIS FAMILY.
-33 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
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