There are countless stars and public figures who we wish were still with us. Some died tragically young, others lived until a ripe, old age that still wasn't enough for their fans. It's anyone's guess what else these celebrities could have achieved if they had lived to see this year, but we do know what age they would be. So read on to learn how old these 100 iconic, late stars would be in 2021.
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1 | Robin Williams, 70
Featureflash Photo Agency/ShutterstockBorn: July 21, 1951
Died: Aug. 11, 2014
2 | Jim Morrison, 78
Andrew Maclear/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesBorn: Dec. 8, 1943
Died: July 3, 1971
3 | Mary Tyler Moore, 85
PictureLux / The Hollywood Archive/Alamy Stock PhotoBorn: Dec. 29, 1936
Died: Jan. 25, 2017
4 | Whitney Houston, 58
Kathy Hutchins/ShutterstockBorn: Aug. 9, 1963
Died: Feb. 11, 2012
5 | John Candy, 71
Vicki L. Miller/ShutterstockBorn: Oct. 31, 1950
Died: Mar. 4, 1994
6 | Carrie Fisher, 65
Joe Seer/ShutterstockBorn: Oct. 21, 1956
Died: Dec. 27, 2016
7 | Chadwick Boseman, 45
DFree/ShutterstockBorn: Nov. 29, 1976
Died: Aug. 28, 2020
8 | Sylvia Plath, 89
Bettman/Contributor/Getty ImagesBorn: Oct. 27, 1932
Died: Feb. 11, 1963
9 | River Phoenix, 51
George Rose/Getty ImagesBorn: Aug. 23, 1970
Died: Oct. 31, 1993
10 | Bernie Mac, 64
Tinseltown/ShutterstockBorn: Oct. 5, 1957
Died: Aug. 9, 2008
11 | Princess Diana, 60
Princess Diana Archive/Getty ImagesBorn: July 1, 1961
Died: Aug. 31, 1997
12 | James Dean, 90
Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesBorn: Feb. 1, 1931
Died: Sep. 30, 1955
13 | Elvis, 86
Wikimedia Commons/Ollie AtkinsBorn: Jan. 8, 1935
Died: Aug. 16, 1977
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14 | Anna Nicole Smith, 54
Tinseltown/ShutterstockBorn: Nov. 28, 1967
Died: Feb. 8, 2007
15 | Kurt Cobain, 54
Fabio Diena/ShutterstockBorn: Feb. 20. 1967
Died: Apr. 5, 1994
16 | Freddie Mercury, 75
Steve Wood/Express/Getty ImagesBorn: Sept. 5, 1946
Died: Nov. 24, 1991
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17 | Martin Luther King, Jr., 92
Dick DeMarsico/Library of CongressBorn: Jan. 15, 1929
Died: Apr. 4 1968
18 | Heath Ledger, 42
carrie-nelson/ShutterstockBorn: Apr. 4, 1979
Died: Jan. 22, 2008
19 | John Lennon, 81
Central Press/Getty ImagesBorn: Oct. 9, 1940
Died: Dec. 8, 1980
20 | Jimi Hendrix, 79
Evening Standard/Getty ImagesBorn: Nov. 27, 1942
Died: Sept. 18, 1970
21 | Amy Winehouse, 38
Featureflash Photo Agency/ShutterstockBorn: Sept. 14, 1983
Died: July 23, 2011
22 | Anton Yelchin, 32
Matteo Chinellato/ShutterstockBorn: Mar. 11, 1989
Died: June 19, 2016
23 | Sid Vicious, 64
VirginBorn: May 10, 1957
Died: Feb. 2, 1979
24 | Keith Moon, 75
Jack Kay/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesBorn: Aug. 23, 1946
Died: Sept. 7, 1978
25 | Aaliyah, 42
Everett Collection/ShutterstockBorn: Jan. 16, 1979
Died: Aug. 25, 2001
26 | Paul Walker, 48
miguelca/ShutterstockBorn: Sept. 12, 1973
Died: Nov. 30, 2013
27 | Janis Joplin, 78
Archive PL/Alamy Stock PhotoBorn: Jan. 19, 1943
Died: Oct. 4, 1970
28 | Patrick Swayze, 69
ShutterstockBorn: Aug. 18, 1952
Died: Sept. 14, 2009
29 | Tupac Shakur, 50
PictureLux/The Hollywood Archive /Alamy Stock PhotoBorn: June 16, 1971
Died: Sept. 13, 1996
30 | Biggie Smalls, 49
The Notorious B.I.G./YouTubeBorn: May 21, 1972
Died: Mar. 9, 1997
31 | Bob Marley, 76
Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock PhotoBorn: Feb. 6, 1945
Died: May 11, 1981
32 | Chris Farley, 57
Paramount PicturesBorn: Feb. 15, 1964
Died: Dec. 18, 1997
33 | Marilyn Monroe, 95
Pictorial Press Ltd./Alamy Stock PhotoBorn: June 1, 1926
Died: Aug. 4, 1962
34 | Buddy Holly, 85
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesBorn: Sept. 7, 1936
Died: Feb. 3, 1959
35 | John Belushi, 72
Universal PicturesBorn: Jan. 24, 1949
Died: Mar. 5, 1982
36 | Brittany Murphy, 44
s_bukley/ShutterstockBorn: Nov. 10, 1977
Died: Dec. 20, 2009
37 | Steve Irwin, 59
Featureflash Photo Agency/ShutterstockBorn: Feb. 22, 1962
Died: Sept. 4, 2006
38 | Steve McQueen, 90
United ArtistsBorn: Mar. 24, 1930
Died: Nov. 7, 1980
39 | Marvin Gaye, 82
TamiaBorn: Apr. 2, 1939
Died: Apr. 1, 1984
40 | Cory Monteith, 39
DFree/ShutterstockBorn: May 11, 1982
Died: July 13, 2013
41 | Bruce Lee, 81
GOLDEN HARVEST GROUP/Album/AlamyBorn: Nov. 27, 1940
Died: July 20, 1973
42 | Brandon Lee, 56
Barry King/WireImageBorn: Feb. 1, 1965
Died: Mar. 31, 1993
43 | Alex Trebek, 81
s_bukley/ShutterstockBorn: July 22, 1940
Died: Nov. 8, 2020
44 | Bran Renfro, 39
Everett Collection/ShutterstockBorn: July 25, 1982
Died: Jan. 15, 2008
45 | Stevie Ray Vaughan, 67
Sony LegacyBorn: Oct. 3, 1954
Died: Aug. 27, 1990
46 | Sharon Tate, 78
Keystone/Getty ImagesBorn: Jan. 24, 1943
Died: Aug. 9, 1969
47 | Philip Seymour Hoffman, 54
Andrea Raffin/ShutterstockBorn: July 23, 1967
Died: Feb. 2, 2014
48 | Mitch Hedberg, 53
Team Coco/YouTubeBorn: Feb. 24, 1968
Died: Mar. 29, 2005
49 | Michael Jackson, 63
Vicki L. Miller/ShutterstockBorn: Aug. 29, 1958
Died: June 25, 2009
50 | Otis Redding, 80
Rhino/Wea UKBorn: Sept. 9, 1941
Died: Dec. 10, 1967
51 | Marlon Brando, 97
Warner Bros/Getty Images
52 | John F. Kennedy, Jr., 61
Manna Ceneta/AFP/Getty ImagesBorn: Apr. 3, 1924
Died: July 1, 2004
53 | Andy Kaufman, 72
NBCBorn: Jan. 17, 1949
Died: May 16, 1984
54 | Anne Frank, 92
Bantam DellBorn: June 12, 1929
Died: Feb. or Mar. 1945
55 | Sam Cooke, 90
AlamyBorn: Jan. 22, 1931
Died: Dec. 11, 1964
56 | Jeff Buckley, 55
Jeff Buckley Music/YouTubeBorn: Nov. 17, 1966
Died: May 29, 1997
57 | Ritchie Valens, 80
One Day MusicBorn: May 13, 1941
Died: Feb. 3, 1959
58 | Corey Haim, 50
s_bukley/ShutterstockBorn: Dec. 23, 1971
Died: Mar. 10, 2010
59 | Rita Hayworth, 103
Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesBorn: Oct. 17, 1918
Died: May 14, 1987
60 | Hank Williams, 98
Mercury NashvilleBorn: Sept. 17, 1923
Died: Jan. 1, 1953
61 | Jim Croce, 78
ABC RecordsBorn: Jan. 10, 1943
Died: Sept. 20, 1973
62 | John Coltrane, 95
Blue NoteBorn: Sept. 23, 1926
Died: July 17, 1967
63 | Michael Hutchence, 61
Frans Schellekens/RedfernsBorn: Jan. 22, 1960
Died: Nov. 22, 1997
64 | John Singleton, 53
Kathy Hutchins/ShutterstockBorn: Jan. 6, 1968
Died: Apr. 28, 2019
65 | Luke Perry, 55
Kathy Hutchins/ShutterstockBorn: Oct. 11, 1966
Died: Mar. 4, 2019
66 | Tom Petty, 71
Jack Fordyce/ShutterstockBorn: Oct. 20, 1950
Died: Oct. 2, 2017
67 | Jam Master Jay, 56
Eros Combo Box/YouTubeBorn: Jan. 21, 1965
Died: Oct. 30, 2002
68 | Jayne Mansfield, 88
Album/Alamy Stock PhotoBorn: Apr. 19, 1933
Died: June 29, 1967
69 | Mac Miller, 29
Jack Fordyce/ShutterstockBorn: Jan. 19, 1992
Died: Sept. 7, 2018
70 | Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, 50
Everett Collection/ShutterstockBorn: May 27, 1971
Died: Apr. 25, 2002
71 | Bea Arthur, 99
Everett Collection/ShutterstockBorn: May 13, 1922
Died: Apr. 25, 2009
72 | Lenny Bruce, 96
Hulton Archive/Getty ImagesBorn: Apr. 13, 1925
Died: Aug. 3, 1966
73 | Selena, 49
EMI LatinBorn: April 16, 1971
Died: Mar. 31, 1995
74 | Patsy Cline, 89
MCA NashvilleBorn: Sept. 8, 1932
Died: Mar. 5, 1963
75 | Prince, 63
AlamyBorn: June 7, 1958
Died: Apr. 21, 2016
76 | Gary Coleman, 53
Featureflash Photo Agency/ShutterstockBorn: Feb. 8, 1968
Died: May 28, 2010
77 | Natalie Wood, 83
Warner Bros. PicturesBorn: July 20, 1938
Died: Nov. 29, 1981
78 | Cass Elliot, 80
Steve Bronson/YouTubeBorn: Sept. 19, 1941
Died: July 29, 1974
79 | Karen Carpenter, 71
Carpenters/YouTubeBorn: Mar. 2, 1950
Died: Feb. 4, 1983
80 | Farrah Fawcett, 74
Allstar Picture Library Ltd./Alamy Stock PhotoBorn: Feb. 2, 1947
Died: June 25, 2009
81 | Roberto Clemente, 87
Focus on Sport/Getty ImagesBorn: Aug. 18, 1934
Died: Dec. 31, 1972
82 | Malcolm X, 96
World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of CongressBorn: May 19, 1925
Died: Feb. 21, 1965
83 | James Gandolfini, 61
Warner Bros. Television DistributionBorn: Sept. 18, 1961
Died: June 19, 2013
84 | Andy Gibb, 63
RhinoBorn: Mar. 5, 1958
Died: Mar. 10, 1988
85 | Phil Hartman, 73
Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesBorn: Sept. 24, 1948
Died: May 28, 1998
86 | David Bowie, 73
Everett Collection/ShutterstockBorn: Jan. 8, 1947
Died: Jan. 10, 2016
87 | Natalie Cole, 71
Barry King/Alamy Stock PhotoBorn: Feb. 6, 1950
Died: Dec. 31, 2015
88 | Audrey Hepburn, 92
Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamy Stock PhotoBorn: May 4, 1929
Died: Jan. 20, 1993
89 | George Michael, 58
Sodel Vladyslav/ShutterstockBorn: June 25, 1963
Died: Dec. 25, 2016
90 | Gregory Peck, 105
AlamyBorn: Apr. 5, 1916
Died: June 12, 2003
91 | Judy Garland, 99
AlamyBorn: June 10, 1922
Died: June 22, 1969
92 | Alan Rickman, 75
Matteo Chinellato/ShutterstockBorn: Feb. 21, 1946
Died: Jan. 14, 2016
93 | Sammy Davis. Jr, 96
PolydorBorn: Dec. 8, 1925
Died: May 16, 1990
94 | Grace Kelly, 92
Allstar Picture Library Ltd./Alamy Stock PhotoBorn: Nov. 12, 1929
Died: Sep. 14, 1982
95 | Freddie Prinze, 67
Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty ImagesBorn: June 22, 1954
Died: Jan. 29, 1977
96 | Elizabeth Taylor, 89
Hollywood Photo Archive/MediaPunch Inc./Alamy Stock PhotoBorn: Feb. 27, 1932
Died: Mar. 23, 2011
97 | Maya Angelou, 93
Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesBorn: Apr. 4, 1928
Died: May 28, 2014
98 | Adam Yauch, 57
Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty ImagesBorn: Aug. 5, 1964
Died: May 4, 2012
99 | David Foster Wallace, 59
PBSBorn: Feb. 21, 1962
Died: Sept. 12, 2008
100 | Dorothy Dandridge, 99
colaimages/Alamy Stock PhotoBorn: Nov. 9, 1922
Died: Sept. 8, 1965
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