By Wonderwall.com Editors
9:51am PDT, Apr 5, 2024
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Be a part of Wonderwall.com as we have a look again at a few of the stars we have misplaced too quickly… beginning with this music icon who died 30 years in the past…
Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain helped usher in a brand new period of different rock within the ’90s with hits like “Smells Like Teen Spirit.” He’d struggled with melancholy and substance abuse all through his time within the highlight. When Nirvana was on the peak of their fame, a 27-year-old Kurt took his personal life in his residence in Seattle, Washington, on April 5, 1994, days after he left a drug detox heart early. His physique was discovered three days in a while April 8 by an electrician. He left behind spouse Courtney Love and their 1-year-old daughter, Frances Bean Cobain.
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Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died on Feb. 2, 2014, at 46, after a non-public battle with drug habit. He was found deceased within the rest room of his New York Metropolis condominium with a needle in his arm. Authorities decided his demise was an accident attributable to “acute blended drug intoxication” after discovering heroin, cocaine, benzodiazepines and amphetamines in his system. He’d sought remedy for his habit points the yr earlier than he handed, leaving companion Mimi O’Donnell and their three youngsters behind.
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Famed “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “Riverdale” actor Luke Perry captured the hearts of many again within the ’90s. On March 4, 2019, 5 days after struggling an enormous stroke, he handed away at 52.
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On Jan. 26, 2020, the world was shocked when information broke revealing retired NBA star Kobe Bryant — who additionally notably gained an Oscar for his animated brief movie “Expensive Basketball” in 2018 — had died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, along with his daughter, Gianna, and 7 different individuals.
The history-making basketball star was 41 and Gianna was 13.
Followers of the NBA legend, many in Hollywood, mourned the daddy of 4 and his little woman, who have been on their approach to Kobe’s Mamba Academy for her basketball event. Kobe and Gianna are survived by spouse and mom Vanessa Bryant and daughters and sisters Natalia, Bianka and Capri.
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On Dec. 9, 2023, Anna “Chickadee” Cardwell — the sister of “Right here Comes Honey Boo Boo” star Alana Thompson and the daughter of “Mama June” Shannon whom viewers received to know on the household’s actuality reveals — misplaced her battle with a uncommon most cancers lower than a yr after she was identified. The mom of two was simply 29.
“With the breaking coronary heart, we’re asserting that @annamarie35 is now not with us. She handed away in my residence final night time peacefully at 11:12 PM,” June wrote on Instagram on Dec. 10. “She gave one hell of a struggle for 10 months she handed away together with her household round her like she [wanted].”
Anna discovered she had stage 4 adrenal carcinoma at 28 in January 2023, TMZ reported in March. A household supply informed the webloid Anna’s signs included abdomen aches, which led medical doctors to do testing that found the most cancers in her liver, kidney and lung.
Based on Yale Medication, the kind of most cancers Anna had is so uncommon, it accounts for between 0.02 and 0.2% of all most cancers diagnoses amongst adults.
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The oldest of 5 youngsters raised within the suburbs of Los Angeles, Paul Walker received his begin in Hollywood with small components as a toddler actor. Quickly after, he garnered greater roles in teen-focused movies together with “Varsity Blues,” “She’s All That” and “The Skulls” earlier than his profession actually took off because of the “Quick and the Livid” franchise. Paul was additionally a loyal father to daughter Meadow Rain.
His life got here to an abrupt finish in Santa Clarita, California, on Nov. 30, 2013: The actor was co-hosting a charity automotive present via his non-profit group, Attain Out Worldwide, to lift cash for victims of a Philippines hurricane. Paul climbed into the passenger seat of a Porsche as shut pal Roger Rodas received behind the wheel — and inside minutes of taking the automotive out for a spin, they have been tragically killed when it burst into flames after crashing only a few blocks away.
Paul was 40.
On Nov. 30, 2023 — the 10-year anniversary of his tragic demise — Paul’s solely youngster, Meadow Walker, took to social media to share a video of herself and her dad goofing round, captioning it, “10 years with out you… I like you perpetually.”
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Aaron Carter — the previous youngster pop star and youthful brother of Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter — was discovered useless in a bath at his residence in Lancaster, California, on Nov. 5, 2022.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner decided that the singer died after taking alprazolam, which is generic Xanax, and inhaling compressed difluoroethane, which is a propellant utilized in cans of compressed air, which prompted him to be “incapacitated whereas within the bathtub as a result of results” of the medication and huffing, main him to slide beneath the water and drown.
An post-mortem concluded that his demise was unintentional. Aaron, who was mourned by a lot of his music friends and different celebrities, was simply 34 and a brand new father on the time of his passing.
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Acclaimed actor River Phoenix — who first gained over audiences along with his efficiency in “Stand By Me” — died on the sidewalk outdoors the Viper Room, a West Hollywood nightclub, on Oct. 31, 1993.
The Oscar-nominated “Operating on Empty” actor was solely 23 when he overdosed within the presence of his brother, Joaquin Phoenix, and his girlfriend, actress Samantha Mathis.
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Mac Miller, who spoke overtly about his drug issues up to now, died from an unintentional overdose of alcohol, cocaine and fentanyl at 26 on Sept. 7, 2018.
The beloved rapper was discovered at his residence in Los Angeles’s San Fernando Valley by a good friend who referred to as the police, but it surely was too late: He was pronounced useless on the scene.
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On June 19, 2013, James Gandolfini died of a coronary heart assault in a lodge in Rome whereas vacationing along with his then-13-year-old son, Michael Gandolfini, who’s now an actor like his father. James — a universally beloved star who gained three Emmys for his unbelievable work as mob boss Tony Soprano on HBO’s hit collection “The Sopranos” — was simply 51.
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“Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman handed away at residence surrounded by his spouse and household on Aug. 28, 2020 at 43, leaving followers shocked and bereft, together with many fellow Hollywood stars. It was quickly revealed that the Oscar-nominated “Ma Rainey’s Black Backside” and “42” actor had quietly been battling colon most cancers since 2016 however had chosen to not publicly reveal his analysis.
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On July 12, 2020, Kelly Preston — who got here to fame in movies together with “SpaceCamp” and “Twins” and charmed audiences in “Jerry Maguire” and “For Love of the Recreation” — died at 57 after a secret two-year battle with breast most cancers, forsaking a son and a daughter. Husband John Travolta praised his spouse of 28 years for her “brave struggle” in opposition to her sickness as he introduced her demise to a surprised world.
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Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins died in a Bogota, Colombia, lodge on March 25, 2022, whereas touring South America tour along with his band. The Rock and Roll Corridor of Famer was 50.
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On April 16, 2021, Helen McCrory’s husband, actor Damian Lewis, revealed stunning information: The “Peaky Blinders” star was useless after a battle with most cancers that she’d chosen to maintain non-public. The English actress, who additionally notably portrayed Narcissa Malfoy within the “Harry Potter” movies, was 52. She was mourned by co-stars together with Cillian Murphy, Kate Beckinsale and Helen Mirren.
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Benjamin Keough — the one son of Lisa Marie Presley and the grandson of Elvis Presley and Priscilla Presley — died by suicide in Calabasas, California, on July 12, 2020. He was 27. In Might 2022, only a few months earlier than the second anniversary of Ben’s heartbreaking demise, Lisa Marie took to social media to inform followers why she hadn’t been sharing a lot. “I have never posted in fairly a while as a result of there actually is not a lot to say, as I’m and can perpetually be mourning the lack of my son. Navigating via this hideous grief that completely destroyed and shattered my coronary heart and my soul into virtually nothing has swallowed me entire,” she wrote. In July 2022 on the second anniversary of Ben’s demise, Lisa Marie posted a photograph of the matching tattoos she and her son shared. “A number of years in the past, on Mom’s Day, my son and I received these matching tattoos on our ft. It is a Celtic eternity knot. Symbolizing that we are going to be related eternally. We fastidiously picked it to characterize our everlasting love and our everlasting bond,” she defined.
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Naya Rivera was finest recognized for her portrayal of Santana Lopez on “Glee.” On the afternoon of July 8, 2020, the actress-singer went lacking after taking Josey, her then-4-year-old son together with her ex-husband, actor Ryan Dorsey, out on Lake Piru in California’s Los Padres Nationwide Forest about an hour north of Hollywood.
She had rented a pontoon boat for the 2 of them to benefit from the water, however three hours later, it was seen adrift with solely Josey on board.
A search was launched for Naya, who grew up close by, however the subsequent day authorities tragically declared it a restoration mission. Her physique was recovered on July 13. She was 33.
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Celebrity Whitney Houston died at 48 on the Beverly Hills lodge on Feb. 11, 2012, on the eve of the Grammy Awards. The “I Will At all times Love You” singer was found submerged in water within the bathtub in her room and was pronounced useless on the scene after CPR did not revive her. Whereas the reason for demise was initially unclear, the next month, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Workplace confirmed her demise was the results of drowning and the results of “atherosclerotic coronary heart illness and cocaine use,” which she had used shortly earlier than her demise. Her memorial service was held in her New Jersey homeland with Stevie Surprise and R. Kelly among the many performers.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown’s tragic demise at 22 eerily paralleled mom Whitney Houston’s passing simply three years earlier. The late singer’s solely youngster with R&B star Bobby Brown was positioned in a medically induced coma on Jan. 31, 2015, after she was discovered facedown in a bath at her residence within the Atlanta space. After being admitted to North Fulton Hospital in Roswell, Georgia, she was moved to Emory College Hospital to obtain the highest neurological care obtainable within the space, but it surely later was decided that she must be withdrawn from life assist and moved to hospice care. She handed away on July 26, 2015. The coroner decided that there had been marijuana, alcohol, morphine, a cocaine metabolite and medicines used for sedation or to deal with nervousness in her physique and decided the underlying explanation for demise as “immersion related to drug intoxication.” Her boyfriend, Nick Gordon, was sued by her property for allegedly giving Bobbi Kristina a “poisonous cocktail” and in 2016 was discovered liable and ordered by a decide to pay the household $36 million for her wrongful demise. In 2020, Nick died from an unintentional drug overdose.
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Willie Garson, whose marvelous portrayal of Stanford Blatch on “Intercourse and the Metropolis” made him an prompt fan favourite, died on Sept. 21, 2021, at 57 after a devastating battle with pancreatic most cancers, a analysis he had not shared publicly. Son Nathen Garson introduced the unhappy information. “I like you a lot papa. Relaxation In Peace and I am so glad you bought to share all of your adventures with me and have been capable of accomplish a lot. I am so happy with you. I’ll all the time love you, however I believe it is time so that you can go on an journey of your personal,” wrote Nathen alongside a collection of pictures of his father on Instagram. “You will all the time be with me. Love you greater than you’ll ever know and I am glad you will be at peace now. You all the time have been the hardest and funniest and smartest individual I’ve recognized. I am glad you shared your love with me. I am going to always remember it or lose it.”
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Actor Cory Monteith achieved heartthrob standing along with his function as Finn on FOX’s hit musical “Glee,” the place he additionally met his girlfriend, co-star Lea Michele. In 2011, the Canadian actor stated he had been scuffling with substance abuse since he was 13, and in April 2013, he introduced that he was returning to rehab. On the time, Lea launched a press release saying, “I like and assist Cory and can stand by him via this.” Sadly, simply three months after leaving remedy, the actor was discovered useless in a Vancouver lodge room on July 13, 2013. The reason for demise was an unintentional heroin and alcohol overdose. He was 31.
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Australian actor Heath Ledger was 28 when he died of an unintentional drug overdose in his New York Metropolis condominium on Jan. 22, 2008 — simply months after splitting from actress Michelle Williams, with whom he shared toddler daughter Matilda. The yr after his demise, Heath posthumously gained an Academy Award for his unbelievable efficiency because the Joker in “The Darkish Knight.”
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Angus Cloud, the actor who performed drug vendor Fezco “Fez” O’Neill on HBO’s “Euphoria,” was discovered useless in his household’s residence in Oakland, California, on July 31. He was 25.
Almost two months in a while Sept. 21, 2023, his explanation for demise was revealed: A report from the Alameda County Coroner, as reported by TMZ, revealed that the younger star died from an unintentional overdose — he suffered acute intoxication from a mix of medicine that included fentanyl, cocaine, methamphetamine and benzodiazepine.
Within the speedy aftermath of Angus’s demise, his household issued a heartbreaking assertion that learn partially, “Final week he buried his father and intensely struggled with this loss. The one consolation we’ve is realizing Angus is now reunited along with his dad, who was his finest good friend. Angus was open about his battle with psychological well being and we hope that his passing generally is a reminder to others that they aren’t alone and mustn’t struggle this on their very own in silence. We hope the world remembers him for his humor, laughter and love for everybody.
4 days after confirming Angus had died, his mom, Lisa Cloud Mclaughlin, wrote on Fb that regardless that “social media posts have urged his demise was intentional. I would like you to know that isn’t the case.” She defined that amid all of the hypothesis, she wished mates “to know that though my son was in deep grief about his father’s premature demise from mesothelioma, his final day was a joyful one.” She particulars Angus’s final day, sharing that “he was reorganizing his room and putting gadgets round the home with intent to remain some time within the residence he cherished. He spoke of his intent to assist present for his sisters in school, and in addition assist his mother emotionally and financially. He didn’t intend to finish his life.”
Lisa added that when she and Angus “hugged goodnight we stated how a lot we cherished one another and he stated he would see me within the morning. I do not know if or what he might have put in his physique after that. I solely know that he put his head on the desk the place he was engaged on artwork tasks, fell asleep and did not get up.” She continued, “We might discover out that he overdosed by chance and tragically, but it surely’s abundantly clear that he didn’t intend to take a look at of this world.” She concluded by telling mates, “To honor his reminiscence, please make random acts of kindness a part of your each day life.”
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Legendary singer Prince — one of the vital ingenious music stars of his era — was discovered useless contained in the elevator of his residence close to Minneapolis on April 21, 2016. Authorities decided the “Purple Rain” hitmaker died from an unintentional fentanyl overdose. He was 57. Simply days earlier on April 15, the star had a medical emergency on his non-public aircraft, which made an emergency touchdown in Illinois the place paramedics ready on the bottom, it was later confirmed, administered Narcan, a medication used to deal with opioid overdoses, earlier than taking him to an area hospital. The subsequent day, he appeared in live performance and informed followers he was affected by the flu.
The seven-time Grammy winner, who was born Prince Rogers Nelson, broke onto the music scene within the late ’70s with the songs together with “Why You Wanna Deal with Me So Unhealthy?” and “I Wanna Be Your Lover.” His star soared within the ’80s with stellar albums that included “1999” and “Purple Rain,” which gained an Academy Award in 1985 for finest authentic tune rating. Throughout his profession, Prince bought greater than 100 thousands and thousands information.
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Migos rapper Takeoff (actual title: Kirsnik Khari Ball) died within the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 2022, in a capturing outdoors a bowling alley in Houston. He was simply 28. The Georgia-born artist began rapping with members of his household — uncle Quavo and cousin Offset — when he was barely a youngster. They finally shaped the trio Migos and went on to attain two Grammy nominations in 2018.
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On July 5, 2020, Tony Award-nominated actor Nick Cordero died in a Los Angeles hospital after a prolonged battle with COVID-19. He was 41. “God has one other angel in heaven now. My darling husband handed away this morning. He was surrounded in love by his household, singing and praying as he gently left this earth,” spouse Amanda Kloots — who chronicled Nick’s devastating journey with the virus and its many problems together with a leg amputation and a number of infections — wrote on Instagram. “I’m in disbelief and hurting in all places. My coronary heart is damaged as I can not think about our lives with out him. Nick was such a brilliant mild. He was everybody’s good friend, cherished to hear, assist and particularly speak. He was an unbelievable actor and musician. He cherished his household and cherished being a father and husband. [Our 1-year-old son] Elvis and I’ll miss him in every part we do, on a regular basis.”
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Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce, who had epilepsy, handed away in his sleep at his residence in North Hollywood on July 6, 2019, after struggling a seizure. He was simply 20. The coroner later confirmed what his household had already suspected: The star of “The Descendants” died from “sudden sudden demise in epilepsy.”
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British singer Amy Winehouse famously led a British soul revival, however — marred by substance abuse issues — she died earlier than she might document a 3rd album. The singer was 27 when she handed away in London on July 23, 2011, from alcohol poisoning.
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Brittany Murphy, who demonstrated nice vary as an actress together with her performances in every part from “Clueless” and “8 Mile” to TV’s “King of the Hill,” was pronounced useless on arrival after affected by pneumonia and drug-related coronary heart failure in her Los Angeles residence on Dec. 20, 2009. Lower than six months later, the actress’s widower, Simon Monjack, died of pneumonia-related coronary heart failure in the identical residence. Brittany was 32 on the time of her passing.
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Swedish DJ Avicii (actual title: Tim Bergling) died on April 20, 2018, at 28 whereas in Muscat, Oman. The 2-time Grammy nominee, who shot into the highlight with hit dance tracks “Wake Me Up” and “Hey Brother,” had retired from touring in 2016 amid psychological well being and alcohol struggles. It was later revealed he died by suicide. “Our beloved Tim was a seeker, a fragile creative soul trying to find solutions to existential questions. An overachieving perfectionist who travelled and labored arduous at a tempo that led to excessive stress. When he stopped touring, he wished to discover a steadiness in life to have the ability to be joyful and to do what he cherished most — music,” his household later shared in a press release. “He actually struggled with ideas about That means, Life, Happiness. He might not go on any longer. He wished to seek out peace. Tim was not made for the enterprise machine he discovered himself in; he was a delicate man who cherished his followers however shunned the highlight. Tim, you’ll perpetually be cherished and sadly missed. The individual you have been and your music will maintain your reminiscence alive. We love you.”
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The Spanish-language music star, who launched her first album at 12, was fatally shot by Yolanda Saldivar, the president of her fan membership, after Selena tried to fireplace her for embezzling funds. The singer was solely 23 when she died on March 31, 1995.
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The recognition of rapper Tupac Shakur, whose album “All Eyez On Me” is likely one of the highest promoting rap albums of all time, has endured regardless of his demise in a hospital six days after he was shot a number of instances by nonetheless unidentified assailants in Las Vegas on Sept. 13, 1996. Tupac was solely 25 on the time of his demise.
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Echoing the capturing demise of his peer and West Coast hip-hop rival Tupac Shakur, rapper The Infamous B.I.G. (actual title: Christopher Wallace) was additionally fatally shot in his automotive — not even a yr later — on March 9, 1997. Like Tupac, the recognition of his music has additionally continued to today. Biggie was 24 on the time of his passing.
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Simply over a yr after he narrowly escaped demise in a aircraft crash that killed 4 different passengers — that solely he and drummer Travis Barker survived — DJ AM was discovered useless in his New York condominium on Aug. 28, 2009, having suffered from a drug relapse. DJ AM (actual title: Adam Goldstein), who’d made headlines when he dated stars like Nicole Richie and Mandy Moore, was recognized for his knack for creatively mixing basic pop songs with hip-hop and heavy steel tracks. He was 36.
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R&B singer Aaliyah, whose hit “Strive Once more” made historical past as the primary tune to prime the Billboard Scorching 100 solely primarily based on airplay, died when her aircraft crashed en route again to the States from a video shoot within the Bahamas on Aug. 25, 2001. An investigation of the crash later indicated that the aircraft had been carrying an excessive amount of weight. Aaliyah was solely 22.
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John Singleton made historical past as the primary African American and youngest individual to ever be nominated for an Academy Award for finest director. The “Boyz n the Hood,” “Poetic Justice” and “Larger Studying” filmmaker handed away on April 29, 2019, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Middle in Los Angeles at 51 following his household’s choice to take away him from life assist almost two weeks after he suffered a stroke.
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On April 9, 2021 — one week after he suffered a reported drug overdose that resulted in a coronary heart assault that left him unresponsive and on life assist — music star DMX (actual title: Earl Simmons) handed away at 50. After his organs started to fail, the rapper’s household made the heartbreaking choice to take away him from life assist.
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Dustin Diamond rose to fame because of his breakout function as Samuel “Screech” Powers on “Saved by the Bell” within the early ’90s. The actor died on Feb. 1, 2021, at 44 only a few weeks after he was hospitalized and identified with stage 4 small cell carcinoma, or lung most cancers.
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Guitar nice Jimi Hendrix died of an overdose of sleeping tablets on Sept. 18, 1970. He was 27.
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It is troublesome not to attract parallels between the lives of Janis Joplin and Amy Winehouse, as each had large, soulful voices and robust personalities — and each died at 27. Janis, finest recognized for hits like “Me and Bobby McGee” and “Piece of My Coronary heart,” died on Oct. 4, 1970 — the results of a heroin overdose — simply 16 days after the demise of peer Jimi Hendrix.
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On Nov. 28, 2021, pioneering designer Virgil Abloh — the creative director of Louis Vuitton menswear and founding father of the celebrity-beloved model Off-White — died in Chicago after a two-year battle with cardiac angiosarcoma, a uncommon most cancers. He was 41. The information of his passing sparked an outpouring of tributes from many Hollywood stars who wore and cherished his work.
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After an extended line of drug and alcohol-related arrests, actor Brad Renfro — broadly hailed for his work in his 1994 debut, “The Consumer” — died of a heroin overdose at 25 in his Los Angeles residence on Jan. 15, 2008.
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On March 31, 2019, Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle (actual title: Ermias Davidson Asghedom) was shot and killed outdoors his retailer, Marathon Clothes, in Los Angeles. The rising star, who was beloved for not solely his music however his sturdy dedication to his neighborhood and native philanthropic efforts, was 33.
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On June 25, 2009, King of Pop Michael Jackson died at 50 from a cardiac arrest induced by a deadly overdose of propofol and benzodiazepine. The singer fell unconscious at his Los Angeles residence and was rushed to the hospital after his private doctor, Conrad Murray, was unable to revive him. The “Thriller” singer, who days earlier than his demise had been rehearsing for his comeback tour, was pronounced useless a little bit over an hour later, sparking a worldwide outpouring of grief. Two years later, his physician was convicted of involuntary manslaughter for administering Michael the highly effective sleep-inducing drug — propofol — that ended up killing him. He was sentenced to 4 years in jail, however as a consequence of overcrowding and good conduct, he was launched after serving simply two years.