How Old 100 Iconic Stars Would Be If They Were Alive Today
From activists to singers to major movie stars, these celebs are sadly lost to us.
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
Born: July 21, 1951
Died: Aug. 11, 2014
2
Jim Morrison, 78
Born: Dec. 8, 1943
Died: July 3, 1971
3
Mary Tyler Moore, 85
Born: Dec. 29, 1936
Died: Jan. 25, 2017
4
Whitney Houston, 58
Born: Aug. 9, 1963
Died: Feb. 11, 2012
5
John Candy, 71
Born: Oct. 31, 1950
Died: Mar. 4, 1994
6
Carrie Fisher, 65
Born: Oct. 21, 1956
Died: Dec. 27, 2016
7
Chadwick Boseman, 45
Born: Nov. 29, 1976
Died: Aug. 28, 2020
8
Sylvia Plath, 89
Born: Oct. 27, 1932
Died: Feb. 11, 1963
9
River Phoenix, 51
Born: Aug. 23, 1970
Died: Oct. 31, 1993
10
Bernie Mac, 64
Born: Oct. 5, 1957
Died: Aug. 9, 2008
11
Princess Diana, 60
Born: July 1, 1961
Died: Aug. 31, 1997
12
James Dean, 90
Born: Feb. 1, 1931
Died: Sep. 30, 1955
13
Elvis, 86
Born: Jan. 8, 1935
Died: Aug. 16, 1977
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14
Anna Nicole Smith, 54
Born: Nov. 28, 1967
Died: Feb. 8, 2007
15
Kurt Cobain, 54
Born: Feb. 20. 1967
Died: Apr. 5, 1994
16
Freddie Mercury, 75
Born: Sept. 5, 1946
Died: Nov. 24, 1991
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17
Martin Luther King, Jr., 92
Born: Jan. 15, 1929
Died: Apr. 4 1968
18
Heath Ledger, 42
Born: Apr. 4, 1979
Died: Jan. 22, 2008
19
John Lennon, 81
Born: Oct. 9, 1940
Died: Dec. 8, 1980
20
Jimi Hendrix, 79
Born: Nov. 27, 1942
Died: Sept. 18, 1970
21
Amy Winehouse, 38
Born: Sept. 14, 1983
Died: July 23, 2011
22
Anton Yelchin, 32
Born: Mar. 11, 1989
Died: June 19, 2016
23
Sid Vicious, 64
Born: May 10, 1957
Died: Feb. 2, 1979
24
Keith Moon, 75
Born: Aug. 23, 1946
Died: Sept. 7, 1978
25
Aaliyah, 42
Born: Jan. 16, 1979
Died: Aug. 25, 2001
26
Paul Walker, 48
Born: Sept. 12, 1973
Died: Nov. 30, 2013
27
Janis Joplin, 78
Born: Jan. 19, 1943
Died: Oct. 4, 1970
28
Patrick Swayze, 69
Born: Aug. 18, 1952
Died: Sept. 14, 2009
29
Tupac Shakur, 50
Born: June 16, 1971
Died: Sept. 13, 1996
30
Biggie Smalls, 49
Born: May 21, 1972
Died: Mar. 9, 1997
31
Bob Marley, 76
Born: Feb. 6, 1945
Died: May 11, 1981
32
Chris Farley, 57
Born: Feb. 15, 1964
Died: Dec. 18, 1997
33
Marilyn Monroe, 95
Born: June 1, 1926
Died: Aug. 4, 1962
34
Buddy Holly, 85
Born: Sept. 7, 1936
Died: Feb. 3, 1959
35
John Belushi, 72
Born: Jan. 24, 1949
Died: Mar. 5, 1982
36
Brittany Murphy, 44
Born: Nov. 10, 1977
Died: Dec. 20, 2009
37
Steve Irwin, 59
Born: Feb. 22, 1962
Died: Sept. 4, 2006
38
Steve McQueen, 90
Born: Mar. 24, 1930
Died: Nov. 7, 1980
39
Marvin Gaye, 82
Born: Apr. 2, 1939
Died: Apr. 1, 1984
40
Cory Monteith, 39
Born: May 11, 1982
Died: July 13, 2013
41
Bruce Lee, 81
Born: Nov. 27, 1940
Died: July 20, 1973
42
Brandon Lee, 56
Born: Feb. 1, 1965
Died: Mar. 31, 1993
43
Alex Trebek, 81
Born: July 22, 1940
Died: Nov. 8, 2020
44
Bran Renfro, 39
Born: July 25, 1982
Died: Jan. 15, 2008
45
Stevie Ray Vaughan, 67
Born: Oct. 3, 1954
Died: Aug. 27, 1990
46
Sharon Tate, 78
Born: Jan. 24, 1943
Died: Aug. 9, 1969
47
Philip Seymour Hoffman, 54
Born: July 23, 1967
Died: Feb. 2, 2014
48
Mitch Hedberg, 53
Born: Feb. 24, 1968
Died: Mar. 29, 2005
49
Michael Jackson, 63
Born: Aug. 29, 1958
Died: June 25, 2009
50
Otis Redding, 80
Born: Sept. 9, 1941
Died: Dec. 10, 1967
51
Marlon Brando, 97
52
John F. Kennedy, Jr., 61
Born: Apr. 3, 1924
Died: July 1, 2004
53
Andy Kaufman, 72
Born: Jan. 17, 1949
Died: May 16, 1984
54
Anne Frank, 92
Born: June 12, 1929
Died: Feb. or Mar. 1945
55
Sam Cooke, 90
Born: Jan. 22, 1931
Died: Dec. 11, 1964
56
Jeff Buckley, 55
Born: Nov. 17, 1966
Died: May 29, 1997
57
Ritchie Valens, 80
Born: May 13, 1941
Died: Feb. 3, 1959
58
Corey Haim, 50
Born: Dec. 23, 1971
Died: Mar. 10, 2010
59
Rita Hayworth, 103
Born: Oct. 17, 1918
Died: May 14, 1987
60
Hank Williams, 98
Born: Sept. 17, 1923
Died: Jan. 1, 1953
61
Jim Croce, 78
Born: Jan. 10, 1943
Died: Sept. 20, 1973
62
John Coltrane, 95
Born: Sept. 23, 1926
Died: July 17, 1967
63
Michael Hutchence, 61
Born: Jan. 22, 1960
Died: Nov. 22, 1997
64
John Singleton, 53
Born: Jan. 6, 1968
Died: Apr. 28, 2019
65
Luke Perry, 55
Born: Oct. 11, 1966
Died: Mar. 4, 2019
66
Tom Petty, 71
Born: Oct. 20, 1950
Died: Oct. 2, 2017
67
Jam Master Jay, 56
Born: Jan. 21, 1965
Died: Oct. 30, 2002
68
Jayne Mansfield, 88
Born: Apr. 19, 1933
Died: June 29, 1967
69
Mac Miller, 29
Born: Jan. 19, 1992
Died: Sept. 7, 2018
70
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, 50
Born: May 27, 1971
Died: Apr. 25, 2002
71
Bea Arthur, 99
Born: May 13, 1922
Died: Apr. 25, 2009
72
Lenny Bruce, 96
Born: Apr. 13, 1925
Died: Aug. 3, 1966
73
Selena, 49
Born: April 16, 1971
Died: Mar. 31, 1995
74
Patsy Cline, 89
Born: Sept. 8, 1932
Died: Mar. 5, 1963
75
Prince, 63
Born: June 7, 1958
Died: Apr. 21, 2016
76
Gary Coleman, 53
Born: Feb. 8, 1968
Died: May 28, 2010
77
Natalie Wood, 83
Born: July 20, 1938
Died: Nov. 29, 1981
78
Cass Elliot, 80
Born: Sept. 19, 1941
Died: July 29, 1974
79
Karen Carpenter, 71
Born: Mar. 2, 1950
Died: Feb. 4, 1983
80
Farrah Fawcett, 74
Born: Feb. 2, 1947
Died: June 25, 2009
81
Roberto Clemente, 87
Born: Aug. 18, 1934
Died: Dec. 31, 1972
82
Malcolm X, 96
Born: May 19, 1925
Died: Feb. 21, 1965
83
James Gandolfini, 61
Born: Sept. 18, 1961
Died: June 19, 2013
84
Andy Gibb, 63
Born: Mar. 5, 1958
Died: Mar. 10, 1988
85
Phil Hartman, 73
Born: Sept. 24, 1948
Died: May 28, 1998
86
David Bowie, 73
Born: Jan. 8, 1947
Died: Jan. 10, 2016
87
Natalie Cole, 71
Born: Feb. 6, 1950
Died: Dec. 31, 2015
88
Audrey Hepburn, 92
Born: May 4, 1929
Died: Jan. 20, 1993
89
George Michael, 58
Born: June 25, 1963
Died: Dec. 25, 2016
90
Gregory Peck, 105
Born: Apr. 5, 1916
Died: June 12, 2003
91
Judy Garland, 99
Born: June 10, 1922
Died: June 22, 1969
92
Alan Rickman, 75
Born: Feb. 21, 1946
Died: Jan. 14, 2016
93
Sammy Davis. Jr, 96
Born: Dec. 8, 1925
Died: May 16, 1990
94
Grace Kelly, 92
Born: Nov. 12, 1929
Died: Sep. 14, 1982
95
Freddie Prinze, 67
Born: June 22, 1954
Died: Jan. 29, 1977
96
Elizabeth Taylor, 89
Born: Feb. 27, 1932
Died: Mar. 23, 2011
97
Maya Angelou, 93
Born: Apr. 4, 1928
Died: May 28, 2014
98
Adam Yauch, 57
Born: Aug. 5, 1964
Died: May 4, 2012
99
David Foster Wallace, 59
Born: Feb. 21, 1962
Died: Sept. 12, 2008
100
Dorothy Dandridge, 99
Born: Nov. 9, 1922
Died: Sept. 8, 1965
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