Unexpected Celebrity Deaths

Over the last sixty years almost every person who watches movies, television shows or follows professional sports has had their favorite celebrities. It’s so easy to follow what our favorite celebrities are doing these days thanks to the Internet and the hundreds of gossip websites that are online but it’s always shocking when celebrities that we love pass away unexpectedly.

Heath Ledger

On January 22nd 2008 Heath Ledger passed away due to a drug overdose. He was 28 years old. At the time his acting career was at its peak after his Oscar nominated performance as Ennis in Brokeback Mountain and his soon to be released performance as the Joker in The Dark Night, the second installment in the very popular series of Batman movies starring Christian Bale.

Anna Nicole Smith

She had been a famous model, Playboy playmate, actress, television personality and spokeswoman. It was shocking to turn the television on February 8th 2007 to find out that she had died in Florida due to an overdose of prescription drugs. She was 39 years old.

Kurt Cobain

Regardless if you listened to alternative music in the early 1990’s or not almost every celebrity follower knew of Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love because of their successful music careers that help shape the face of music in the early 90’s and also their rocky marriage. Kurt Cobain’s rise to fame ended on April 5th 1994 when he committed suicide at the age of 27 at his home in Seattle, Washington.

Princess Diana

During the 1980’s and 1990’s it was almost impossible to not know of Princess Diana. She was everywhere and had the ability to draw admirers from all over the world and people who followed her throughout her marriage to Prince Charles and afterwards were shocked to learn of her death on August 31st 1997. She was 36 years old and left behind two young sons plus millions of grieving fans around the world. The mark that she left on the world is still felt to this day.

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