Which of the actors died recently. How young they were: Actors who left at a young age

80 year old National artist Russian Alexander Belyavsky died on September 9, 2012. The actor starred in more than 100 films and television series, the most famous of which were Four Tankers and a Dog, Zucchini 13 Chairs, Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath! and "The meeting place cannot be changed." Belyavsky fell out of the window of his house.

The famous opera singer, teacher and theater director Galina Vishnevskaya died on December 11 at the age of 86.

Died on November 11 in St. Petersburg at the age of 65 famous actor and TV presenter Ilya Oleinikov. Doctors said the cause of death was cancer.

Dutch actress and model Sylvia Kristel, who starred in the cult film "Emmanuelle", died on October 18 in hospital at the age of 61.

The singer of the famous song "I Will Always Love You" Whitney Houston was found dead on February 11 in the bathroom of a hotel room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. Death was determined to have been an accident, but the autopsy report also indicated that "exposure to atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use" were contributing factors. Whitney was only 48 years old and is survived by her beloved daughter, Bobbi Kristina, whose father is R&B star Bobby Brown.

On April 8, in St. Petersburg, at the age of 76, the People's Artist of Russia Anatoly Ravikovich, who played Lev Evgenievich Khobotov in the film "Pokrovsky Gates", died.

Michael Clarke Duncan, best known for his role as John Coffey in the 1999 film The Green Mile, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, died on September 3 from a heart attack. He was 54 years old.

On January 18, at the age of 71, the famous Soviet and Russian actor theater and cinema Yevgeny Zharikov

Actress Katherine Joosten, who played Karen McCluskey in the television series Desperate Housewives and Dolores Landingham on the political series The West Wing, died on June 2 after an 11-year battle with lung cancer at the age of 72.

Actress Svetlana Kharitonova died on January 8. The star starred in more than 50 films, including "The Cranes Are Flying", "The Invincibles", "White Bim Black Ear", "It Can't Be", "Quite Seriously".

1970s disco legend Donna Summer, whose classic hits like "Hot Stuff", "I Feel Love", "Love To Love You Baby", "Last Dance" and "Bad Girls" are guaranteed to rock any dance floor, She died May 17 from lung cancer at the age of 63.

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb has died at the age of 62 after a long battle with cancer.

On the night of January 29-30, the actor Anatoly Otradnov, the star of the TV series "Capercaillie" and "Interns" died.

On February 7, at the 79th year of his life, film actor Vladimir Gusev, known to viewers for the films “Soldier Ivan Brovkin”, “Katya-Katyusha”, “Normandie-Neman”, “Hussar Ballad”, died.

The captain of the team "Children of Lieutenant Schmidt" Grigory Malygin died on September 21 at the age of 43

81-year-old actor Larry Hagman died on November 23 from throat cancer. Larry played oil tycoon J. R. Ewing in the 1980s television series Dallas, and recently reprise his role in a remake of the series.

Top Gun director Tony Scott passed away on August 19. He was the younger brother of Ridley Scott and committed suicide by throwing himself off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles.

Singer Etta James, best known for her classic ballad "At Last", died on January 20 at the age of 73 from leukemia.

Leader of the legendary American group The Monkees and young female conqueror Davy Jones died on February 29 of a heart attack at the age of 66. The group was very popular in the 1960s with hits such as "I"m A Believer"and"Daydream Believer".

Television host Dick Clark, best known for his work as the host of popular television shows such as American Bandstand, died on April 18 following a massive heart attack.

Adam Yauch, founder of the hip-hop group Beastie Boys, lost a three-year battle with salivary gland cancer on May 4 this year.

Iconic hairdresser Vidal Sassoon, who styled Twiggy, Mary Quant and Mia Farrow, lost his battle with leukemia on May 9 at the age of 84.

Actor and director Sage Stallone, son famous actor Sylvester Stallone, died of natural causes as a result of heart disease. On July 13, the body of the 36-year-old actor was found in his Hollywood house. Sage co-starred with his father in Rocky 5, the fifth installment of the Rocky movie.

American singer Andy Williams, best known for his version of the classic song "Moon River" and the television series "The Andy Williams Show", died on September 25 of cancer. Bladder at the age of 84.

Actor Johnny Lewis, who starred in The O.C. and Sons Of Anarchy, was found dead on Sept. 26 in the driveway to his rental home. The 81-year-old landlady was also found dead inside the house. The death of the 28-year-old actor was classified as an accident, despite rumors that he committed suicide after killing the owner of the house.

Nathina Reed, a member of the American R&B group Blaque, was hit and killed by a car two days before her 33rd birthday on October 26. Nathina also co-starred with Kirsten Dunst in the 2000 film Bring It On.

Actress Teri Shields (right), mother and manager of Hollywood star Brooke Shields, died on October 31 at the age of 79 from dementia.

Birthplace: Philadelphia, USA
Height: 176 cm
Weight: 53 kg

Gia Carangi (Gia Marie Carangi, January 29, 1960, Philadelphia, USA - November 18, 1986, Philadelphia) - American fashion model of the late 70s - early 80s. Gia Karanji is considered one of the first supermodels (fees reached $ 10,000). She was the forerunner of 1980s supermodels Claudia Schiffer and Cindy Crawford. Due to the striking resemblance to Carangi, the latter was often called Baby Gia. Carangi's images were on the covers of various fashion magazines, for example: American Vogue, April 1979; Parisian Vogue, April 1979; American Vogue, August 1980; Paris Vogue, 1980 August; Italian Vogue, January 1981; and several Cosmopolitan covers from 1979 to 1982.

In 1986, Gia suddenly fell ill, her mother immediately took her to the hospital. Gia had pneumonia when she checked in. Further, after the examination, she was diagnosed with AIDS. When Gia's condition worsened, she was transferred to a Philadelphia hospital. There, for many months, Gia had what she had dreamed of since childhood - the constant attention of her mother, Kathleen. At that time, Kathleen did not allow anyone to enter the room and visit Gia, so many people did not know that Gia was seriously ill. One of the people who was allowed to visit her was Rob Fey: "Kathleen did a great job of making the ward feel like home," he says. “Gia wanted to shoot a story in which she would tell children about drugs. So that they know what drugs can lead to. She wanted to say that this can be fought. But for some reason we never recorded it. The last time I saw Gia, she couldn't speak, I knew she was dying." Then Gia's mother finally broke her silence to speak out about tragic fate his daughter. “I was with her to the end,” Kathleen said. “We sat in the park and talked. We both knew that she had no particular desire to live. Gia then said:“ I overdosed three times - why did God save me then? ”Gia's face was beautiful to the end. her faith in God resumed. A portrait of Jesus was taped to her door." due to illness." Gia turned to me and said her last words: "I think I'll see HIM tonight." I say: "No, no, live here. For Mom. But I knew that she was leaving me." On November 18, 1986, 26-year-old Jia Karanji died. AIDS had so disfigured her body that the funeral director recommended that she be buried in a closed coffin.

The funeral was very quiet, as to say that Gia died of AIDS would be a terrible shame for her entire family.

Karen Karaza remembers that day: “My mother and I went to the funeral, and of course it was closed coffin and I don't remember there being many people there, hardly anyone at all. It's so sad, right? Very sad...".
In 1998, the film "Gia" was filmed with Angelina Jolie in the title role ...

Full name: Kristina Evgenievna Penkhasova
Place of birth: Dzhubga, Tuapse district, Krasnodar region, Russia.
Profession: singer
Genre: Russian chanson

Parents: mother - Tamara Ivanovna, dancer (danced in Virsky's studio), father - Evgeny Semyonovich, musician (worked with the ensemble "Gems"). She graduated from 9 classes of high school, as well as music and choreography schools in Kislovodsk.

At the age of 16 she left for Moscow, began to sing in the genre of pop music. In 1995, Soyuz Production began to prepare a project in the genre of Russian chanson. A competition among performers was announced, Christina won the competition and began performing in the project. Since then, she has performed with songs in this genre (initially under the pseudonym Masha Sha, then Katya Ogonyok), toured extensively, and released several albums. She collaborated with V. Chernyakov and M. Sheleg, and was also a member of M. Tanich's group "Lesopoval".

She was married and divorced at the time of her death. After death, a six-year-old daughter, Valeria, remained.

Katya Ogonyok died on the morning of October 24, 2007 from pulmonary edema and acute heart failure, probably caused by cirrhosis of the liver, in turn provoked by alcohol abuse. She was buried at the Nikolo-Arkhangelsk cemetery in Moscow.

Full name: Diego Corrales
Citizenship: USA
Birthplace: Sacramento, USA
place of death: Las Vegas, USA
Professional record: 40 wins (33 by KO), 5 losses.

A well-known American professional boxer who performed in the featherweight and light weight categories. Former IBF/WBO/WBC world champion. World champion in two weight categories.
In 2005 Ring magazine named his victory over José Luis Castillo "fight of the year".
He died on May 7, 2007 in a car accident. On the night of May 7 at approximately 10 pm, Corrales on his motorcycle collided with a car at high speed. His manager said after this tragedy: "He always lived on the edge, went in for extreme sports, fought desperately in the ring, drove at high speeds. I always had the feeling that he wants to die young ..."

Heath Ledger is an actor. Born in Perth, Australia. Died January 22, 2008. Australian actor who was nominated for an Oscar for his role as a cowboy in Brokeback Mountain. In the colorful film "The Brothers Grimm" he played one of the swindler brothers obsessed with fairy tales, and in the same year the main role in the film-comedy "Casanova". Previously, there was Hollywood's The Patriot (Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Newcomer of the Year), A Knight's Tale (and again MTV Movie Kiss of the Year) and several Australian series. He was found dead in his apartment in New York. The most likely is an accidental overdose of sleeping pills and sedatives. He left a 2-year-old daughter, Matilda, whom he raised after a recent divorce from his wife and actress Michelle Williams. His last work was the role in the movie "Batman" where he brilliantly played the villain Joker.

Tupac Amaru Shakur

Date of birth: June 16, 1971
Place of birth: New York
Date of death: September 13, 1996
Profession: rapper, actor, producer
Genres: rap, hip hop
Aliases 2Pac,
Makaveli
Labels: Interscope, Out Da Gutta, Death Row, Makaveli, Amaru, Tommygun

Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16, 1971 - September 13, 1996) - performing under the pseudonyms MC New York, 2Pac and Makaveli - is a famous American rap musician, film actor and public figure. He entered the Guinness Book of Records as the most successful hip-hop artist, having sold a total of more than 75 million copies of his albums (50 of them in the US). The first rapper to have a monument erected. The vast majority of Tupac's songs talk about the hard life in the ghetto, violence, poverty, racism, the problems of modern society and conflicts with other rap artists. Social activity Tupac was aimed at protecting political, economic, social and racial equality, and his early recordings were about violence, drug and alcohol problems, and conflicts with the law.

Tupac Amaru Shakur was born in New York on June 16, 1971.
In Las Vegas, September 7, 1996, Tupac and Suge Knight traveled to Las Vegas for a boxing match between Mike Tyson and Bruce Seldon. An unremarkable fight in which Tyson knocked out an opponent without any problems. But the real knockout took place after the fight - Suge Knight's BMW 750, where 2Pac was sitting in the passenger seat, was fired upon at a traffic light from another car. The rapper got four bullets. Knight, who was driving, was scratched by broken glass. Six days later, on September 13 (it was a Friday), 1996, he died in intensive care without regaining consciousness. The ashes of the deceased were scattered over the Pacific Ocean. Neither the perpetrators nor the customers of the crime were found.

Full name: Alia Dana Houghton
Place of birth: New York
Country: USA
Professions: singer, actress, dancer
Genre: R&B, neo-soul
Collaborations: R. Kelly, Timbaland, Missy Elliot, DMX
Labels: Blackground

Aaliyah (Aaliyah, real name Aaliyah Dana Houghton, Aaliyah Dana Haughton, born January 16, 1979, New York - d. August 25, 2001, Bahamas) is an American R&B singer, dancer, model and actress. Grammy nominee. For the first time, the singer was introduced to the public by R&B singer R. Kelly, with whom she was secretly married for some time. Aaliyah became popular in the mid-1990s with hit songs written and produced by Timbaland. In addition to music, Alia has also been a model and acted in films. She worked on two films shortly before tragic death. In 2001, she died in a plane crash.

Ruslana Korshunova, fashion model, died June 28, 2008.
On June 28, Ruslana Korshunova, a famous fashion model, fell from the 9th floor of a building in Manhattan. She was only 20 years old. The medical examination determined that it was suicide. A resident of Kazakhstan, Korshunova often appeared on the covers of the best fashion magazines.

Jean Harlow was called the "Blond Bombshell". She was the incarnation of Marilyn Monroe before the advent of Marilyn Monroe herself. Harlow has played many roles in films, such as Howard Hughes' Hells Angels, as well as in several films with Clark Gable. Jean Harlow literally hypnotized the audience with her incredible sex appeal. The actress died at the age of 26 from kidney failure. It is believed that the health of the star, who was married three times, was undermined by a severe flu, which she had had in the year of her death. Curiously, Marilyn Monroe was going to play Harlow shortly before her death.

Selena was called the "Mexican Madonna", she was the main singer in the Latin American scene. Selena became famous at a fairly young age and during her short but vibrant life she managed to release about a dozen albums.

Selena was killed by the president of her fan club, Yolanda Saldivar. In addition to working at the fan club, Saldivar was the manager of Selena's stores in Texas, but she was fired for theft. In March 1995, Selena and Saldívar met at a hotel in the Texas city of Corpus Christi to settle their final financial issues. When the meeting ended and Selena was about to leave the hotel, Yolanda Saldívar shot her in the back. The singer was able to get to the reception, but later died in the hospital from blood loss.

American actress, socialite and the muse of Andy Warhol. Sedgwick became famous thanks to the filming of Warhol's underground films and participation in his Factory project.

Sedgwick has struggled with drug addiction for most of her life. adulthood. In 1971, she was no longer using drugs, but her doctor prescribed barbiturates to stop her physical pain. On the night of November 15, 1971, Sedgwick drank the prescribed amount of medicine and went to bed, in the morning Edie never woke up.

Sharon Tate, a Golden Globe nominee and director Roman Polanski's wife, was a universal favorite due to her kindness and cheerful disposition. The actress, who was eight months pregnant, and her four friends were killed by members of Charles Manson's gang. Despite the fact that Tate begged for the life of her unborn child, the killers stabbed Sharon 16 times.

05/15/1978 - 07/02/1995 USA

Chrissy Taylor got a pass to model business thanks to his supermodel sister Niki Taylor. From the age of 11, she began to participate in filming with her sister, and soon her career went up.

Chrissy was found dead in her parents' apartment by her sister. As it turned out later, the cause of death of the model was an asthma attack complicated by sudden cardiac arrhythmia. It is curious that Chrissy had no heart problems before.

Patrick Daniel Tillman(Patrick Daniel Tillman)
November 6, 1976 - April 22, 2004

American football player who left professional sports and joined the US Army in 2002. He died under "friendly fire" in the mountains in eastern Afghanistan. His death was widely reported in the media and became the subject of a military investigation, during which even former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld testified.

Brittany Murphy(Brittany Murphy)
November 10, 1977, Atlanta, USA - December 20, 2009, Los Angeles, USA

American actress and singer. Most famous movies with her participation - "Girl, Interrupted", "Eight Mile", "Sin City". In addition, the actress participated as a vocalist in the composition of the famous electronic musician Paul Oakenfold "Faster Kill Pussycat". Winner of the Young Hollywood Award in 2002. For my acting career Brittany has played more than 50 roles in films and television series, almost all the roles are the main ones.

The actress died on December 20, 2009 at the age of 32 at her home in Los Angeles from a heart attack.

The mother of the actress found her unconscious in the bathroom. Arriving on a call, the ambulance doctors stated cardiac arrest. All attempts to resuscitate Murphy on the spot and on the way to the clinic were unsuccessful. Brittany Murphy was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where it was concluded that she died of heart failure.

Upon learning of Brittany's death, Ashton Kutcher wrote on his blog: "The world has lost a ray of light today. My deepest condolences to Brittany's family, her husband and her amazing mother Sharon... See you on the other side, baby." People magazine quotes actress Jessica Simpson as saying, "Brittany Murphy was like a sunbeam and her smile was infectious."

Forensic experts who carried out all the necessary procedures reported that pneumonia, complicated by an overdose of drugs against the background of iron deficiency anemia, became the cause of the actress's cardiac arrest.

The Los Angeles Department of Health suggested that the cause of the actress's death was a fungus that caused pneumonia. This assumption became the main one when doctors found that the actress's husband also died of pneumonia. It was the similar circumstances of the death of the spouses that made the main version of infection with a fungus.

Dorothy Stratten(Dorothy Stratten)
February 28, 1960 Vancouver - August 14, 1980 Los Angeles

Canadian film actress and Playboy magazine model.

Dorothy Stratten was born in Vancouver (Canada), in a poor area on the outskirts of the city. Because of her beauty, Dorothy, after graduating from school, does not go to study further, having interested one of the bosses of Playboy magazine, Paul Snyder, who became the patron of the future movie star. Dorothy flies to Los Angeles, where in 1979 she becomes the centerfold of the famous magazine. After that, Stratten was already noticed in Hollywood, where she starred in four films - "Autumn born" (1979), "Skatetown, USA" (1979), "Galaxina" (1980) and "They all laughed" (1981), as well as in episodic roles in a number of other films.

Dorothy's career was tragically interrupted when, during the filming of "They All Laughed", her blinded by jealousy, by that time already ex-husband(Dorothy lived in the same room with her new chosen one, director Peter Bogdanovich), Paul Snyder, killed her (according to one version, having raped her before that) with a pistol shot. Then he committed suicide.

Peg Entwistle(Peg Entwistle)
(1908-1932)

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Silent film actress. Failed and unemployed (after the advent of the sound film era), actress Peg Entwistle committed suicide in a very theatrical gesture, jumping off the 50-meter "H" that begins the famous "HOLLYWOOD" sign in the Hollywood Hills. The suicide note left by the actress said: "I think I'm just a coward. Sorry for everything."

Elizabeth Short(Black dahlia)
(1924 - 1947)

The murder of Elizabeth Short was and remains one of the most brutal and mysterious crimes committed in America. On January 15, 1947, the mutilated body of Elizabeth Short was found on a no man's land. land plot along South Norton Avenue in Leimert Park, near the city limits of Los Angeles. The body was cut into two parts in the waist area and subjected to mutilation (the external and internal genital organs, as well as the nipples, were removed). The woman's mouth was cut open from ear to ear. The investigation into the murder of the "Black Dahlia" by the Los Angeles police with the involvement of the FBI became the longest and largest in the history of US law enforcement. About 60 people confessed to this murder (among them several women). 22 people in different periods investigations were declared to be the killers of Elizabeth Short. The true killer was never found.

James Dean
(1931 - 1955)

American actor, posthumously won the Golden Globe Award (1956). Before his tragic death, he managed to play only three serious film roles - in "Rebel Without a Cause", in the film "East of Paradise", the last tape with the participation of the actor - "Giant" - was released after his death.

On September 30, 1955, James Dean, along with mechanic Weiterich, drove a sports Porsche to Salinas. On the way, they were stopped by a policeman who advised them to slow down. However, Jimmy did not follow his advice. A few kilometers later, a black Plymouth crashed into his Porsche. Weiterich was seriously injured. James Dean died without regaining consciousness on the way to the hospital.

(Bruce Lee)
November 27, 1940 San Francisco - July 20, 1973 Hong Kong

Great master martial arts, American and Hong Kong film actor, as well as film director, director of action scenes, producer and screenwriter.

Bruce Lee died in Hong Kong, while working on the next film "The Game of Death": he took a headache pill containing aspirin and meprobamate, and washed down the medicine with alcohol, which led to cerebral edema. An autopsy showed that the cerebral edema was caused by a hypersensitive reaction to the components of the drug. His death was a shock to the whole of Hong Kong - no one could imagine that this man, who improved his body day and night, could die. After his death, rumors began to circulate that he died in the bed of his mistress or another master killed him, but they were not confirmed. The funeral of Bruce Lee turned into a citywide, and then all-Asian mourning. Friends and thousands of fans came to pay their last respects to him. Then the body of Bruce Lee was transported to Seattle, where his family said goodbye and where he was buried. Bruce Lee's grave is still visited by martial arts enthusiasts who arrive in Seattle. And his last film was finished 5 years later with the help of understudies, was a huge success and caused new wave interest in kung fu and martial arts.

Amy Winehouse (1983 - 2011)

The British soul singer, dubbed "the new Billie Holiday" by journalists, was found dead in her lonely bed at her home on July 23, 2011. Death, according to the conclusion of forensic experts, occurred for a complex reason: from an overdose of alcohol and drugs, as well as due to emphysema, which the artist was diagnosed with three years earlier. Amy, as if competing with someone in the scale of drug use and drinking, got into the sinister "club-27", where her idols Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin were already staying. Farewell to her was held in the oldest London synagogue: the place of the funeral ceremony was literally blocked by hundreds of reporters, and the plea of ​​the relatives of the deceased to spare their feelings had no effect. The tabloid press pursued Amy from the very beginning of her career: a reckless and self-pitying tragic Jewish girl became an ideal heroine for the “yellow” publications and at the same time a victim. The paparazzi were on duty 24/7 near her house in Camden, and videos of the singer staggering, barely alive from crack and whiskey appeared on the websites of leading English tabloids with lightning speed. Amy's death turned her into a lost treasure: the same Daily Mirror and Daily Mail, which for several years painted the image of a downgraded drug addict, published tearful obituaries. Which once again confirmed the thought of the philosopher Baudrillard: the celebrity cult in modern society is a form of necrophilia.

The death of those who are still too early to die is always sad and unfair. The actors and singers who are waiting for you to continue the article were the favorites of millions and breakers of women's and men's hearts, but fate decreed that they passed away too soon.
Some died in a car accident, others under completely ridiculous circumstances, and others were killed by drugs and illness.

Zhanna Friske

Michael Jackson

Gennady Bachinsky

Whitney Houston

Roman Trachtenberg

Paul Walker

Mikhail Gorshenev

Heath Ledger

Murat Nasyrov

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Vladimir Turchinsky

Robin Williams

Sergei Bodrov Jr.

Amy Winehouse

Vladislav Galkin

Brittany Murphy

Andrei Panin

Batyrkhan Shukenov

Actors, although they seem to be celestials to fans, are the same people as we are. And like all of us, we are mortal. Sometimes it happens that in the midst of filming, one of the stars of a particular project passes away, dooming filmmakers to take emergency measures so that the whole film does not sink into oblivion after the artist ...

1. Bruce Lee

On May 10, 1973, while filming The Game of Death in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee was found dead after taking a headache pill. An autopsy determined that the cause of death was cerebral edema.

2. George Camilleri

By coincidence, Brad Pitt injured his Achilles tendon while filming Troy. Actor George Camilleri broke his leg while filming a scene. He was sent to the hospital, where a few days later he had a heart attack due to a blood clot that had come off in his leg. The second heart attack, which soon occurred, led to the death of the actor.

3. Harry L. O'Conner

Harry L. O'Conner, Vin Diesel's understudy, died during the filming of an episode of the film "XXX", in which Diesel's hero had to jump off the bridge cable onto a submarine. O'Conner jumped off the cable too quickly and crashed on the bridge. His death was caught on camera, and director Rob Cohen decided to include the first footage from the filmed sequence in the final cut of the film.

4. Paul Mantz

On the set of Denis Quaid's remake of Phoenix's Paulette, the cameraman broke his leg, but during the filming of the original in 1965, real aircraft were used. During the performance of one of the air maneuvers, actor Paul Mantz tragically died.

5. Roy Kinnear

On September 20, 1988 in Madrid, actor Roy Kinnear fell off his horse while filming The Return of the Musketeers, broke his pelvis and bled to death.

6. Brandon Lee

On March 31, 1993, Brandon Lee died in Wilmington, eight days before filming ended for The Crow. The tragedy occurred during an episode in which Lee's character, Eric Draven, walks into the house and finds his girlfriend raped. One of the rapists, played by Michael Massia, is scripted to shoot Lee. But instead of blank cartridges, the pistol contained a live cartridge. The bullet hit the actor in the stomach, and he died. Finished shooting already stunt double Brandon Lee.

7. Vic Morrow and two child actors Mika Ding Lee (7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (6)

During the filming of one of the episodes of the film "The Twilight Zone" on July 23, 1982, actors Vic Morrow and two juvenile actors Mika Ding Lee (7 years old) and Rene Shin-Yi Chen (6 years old) died in a helicopter crash that was used in filming. The helicopter is supposed to fly at a height of eight meters, too low to dodge pyrotechnic explosions. One of the explosions damaged the tail rotor blades, ripping the rotor to pieces, which killed Morrow and Lee. Chen died in a helicopter crash. Everyone who was at this time in the helicopter itself survived, having received only minor injuries.

8. Oliver Reed

Twelve years after The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, Oliver Reed returned to the screen in interesting role in Ridley Scott's Gladiator. The role came to be short, as the actor died during filming of a heart attack in a bar after drinking three bottles of Jamaican Captain Morgan rum, eight bottles of German beer and many shots of Famous Grouse whiskey, after which he armwrestled five well over young sailors of the Navy.

9. Marilyn Monroe

Filming for George Cukor's comedy didn't go well from the start. On the one hand, Marilyn was fired, and on the other hand, George refused to shoot someone else in this role, so the famous beauty was reinstated at work. One way or another, before Monroe could get acquainted with her new role, she was found dead in her house, the reason was an overdose of barbiturates. Filming was subsequently discontinued, and the filmed excerpts were included in documentary about Monroe in 2001.

10. John Candy

The creative path of a promising actor suddenly ended on March 4, 1994 in Mexico, where the filming of the film "Caravan to the East" took place. John Candy died in his sleep of a heart attack at the age of 43. He was buried in Culver City, California at Holy Cross Cemetery. Candy was married to Rosemary Hober and they have two children, Jennifer and Christopher.

11. Heath Ledger

On January 22, 2008, Heath Ledger was found dead in his New York apartment in Manhattan. An autopsy was unable to establish the exact cause of death, so an additional toxicological examination was required, as a result of which the official cause of Ledger's death was announced - acute intoxication caused by the combined action of painkillers (including narcotic analgesics), sleeping pills and tranquilizers (oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine).

12. John Ritter

On September 11, 2003, John felt unwell. On the set of the series "8 simple rules for a friend of my teenage daughter" Ritter complained of pain in his heart, he later fainted and fell into a coma. Ritter was taken to St. Joseph's Providence Medical Center, where he died that evening at the age of 55 from an aortic dissection caused by congenital heart disease.

13. Natalie Wood

On the night of November 29-30, 1981, Golden Globe winner Natalie Wood drowned after falling drunk from a yacht into the sea. The official version says that it was an accident, although there were rumors that her husband pushed the star overboard - for the sake of insurance of $ 13 million.

Be that as it may, Wood did not have time to finish a few scenes in the fantasy drama Brainstorm (1983). Studio officials, sensing that the project would not pay off, wanted to close it and compensate for the losses with the help of the same insurance. But director Douglas Trumbull bucked and insisted on finishing the tape with unused footage of Natalie and scenes with a stunt double filmed from the back.

14. Chris Farley

Funny fat Farley is now forgotten, but in 1997, when he passed away from a drug overdose, the actor from "Tommy Buddy" (1995) and "Beverly Hills Ninja" (1997) was considered a rising comedy star. And he demanded $ 6 million for the role.

The death of a 33-year-old actor made the creators of the cartoon "Shrek" (2001) think. It was Chris who voiced the green ogre and, in general, managed to record all the lines provided for by the script long before the animators sat down to work. But the producers were already thinking about a sequel, and they didn't want one voice to sound in the first part, and another in the next. Therefore, they hired Mike Myers to re-voice the role, and Farley's work was sent to the archive for eternal storage.

15. Paul Walker

Filming for Fast & Furious 7 was in full swing when, on November 30, 2013, Paul and his friend Roger Rodas got into a car accident in a red Porsche Carrera GT. The driver (Rodas) lost control and high speed crashed into a lamp post, and then another into a tree. Roger died immediately, and Paul was alive for a few more seconds: he was finished off by a fire that engulfed the car.

Universal Studios had to take a six-month timeout to redo the script. After brainstorming decided not to cut the deceased actor from the film, but to change the plot in such a way that the hero had to retire. The missing scenes are now being filmed with Walker's stunt doubles, his own brothers Caleb and Cody, whose faces will be computer-generated to closely resemble that of their deceased relative.

Today we have a rather sad rating. We decided to remember the talented artists who passed away young. Their films and songs are a bright trace that they left flying through life like comets through the sky: they flared up and faded away. Let's remember their names together.

Actor Heath Ledger, 28

A talented Australian actor who conquered the whole world with his charm. His unexpected death was a real shock. On January 22, 2008, the young actor was found dead in his own apartment. The cause of death was not disclosed for a long time, but there were rumors that Ledger suffered from drug addiction. The examination confirmed the suspicions and announced the official reason: acute intoxication caused by painkillers and narcotic analgesics.

Rapper Tupac Shakur, 25

At the zenith of his career, while still very young, the legendary rapper also passed away. The musician has sold over 75 albums worldwide and is still the idol of many influential rappers. According to rumors, Tupac had a premonition of his death and was hard at work recording his last album. He died in a shootout on September 13, 1996. After lying in the hospital for six days, the rapper died from his injuries. The reason why Shakur was shot has not yet been established.

Actor Paul Walker, 40

American actor, loved by the public after the famous motion picture "Fast and Furious", died in a car accident on November 30, 2013, returning from a charity event in support of typhoon victims haiyan on the Philippines. A friend of the actor was driving the car. Losing control, he crashed into a pole and standing next to wood. The car immediately caught fire.

Musician Bob Marley, 36

To this day, he remains the most famous musician in the reggae style. He was a supporter of the Rastaman direction, and many of his followers consider the performer a prophet. While playing football, Marley injured his toe, as a result of which he began to develop a malignant tumor. To cure Marley, it was necessary to amputate the finger. However, he refused the operation due to religious beliefs: the body of a rastaman must remain intact. The disease struck the brain, and in May 1981 the legendary musician died.

Musician Kurt Cobain, 27

Another outstanding musician, songwriter and lead singer of the famous band Nirvana. Cobain's life from childhood was not easy. The divorce of his parents played a fatal role, which Kurt endured very hard. Frequent mood swings, health problems, bouts of deep depression and addiction to alcohol and drugs only exacerbated the emotional state of the musician. April 5, 1994 injected himself with a lethal dose of heroin, and then shot in the head with a gun.

Singer Aliya, 22 years old

This dark-skinned beauty was predicted to be an incredible success. Her first album sold two million copies and went double platinum in USA. On August 25, 2001, the aircraft in which she was returning from the filming of the music video crashed after takeoff at a distance of 60 meters from the runway. The reason for the crash was the excess of the cargo on board.

Actor Sergei Bodrov Jr., 30 years old

During the meltdown of the glacier Kolka in the Karmadon Gorge (North Ossetia) On September 20, 2002, hundreds of people died, including the talented actor, director and screenwriter Sergei Bodrov Jr. with his film crew. To this day, nothing is known about the fate of Bodrov, his body has never been found. Sergei went to the mountains to shoot a film "Connected".

Musician Viktor Tsoi, 28 years old

great musician, leader legendary band "Movie", on the songs of which more than one generation of Soviet and Russian people grew up. On the fences of our country, you can still see the inscriptions "Tsoi is alive", fans did not come to terms with his departure. Victor died on August 15, 1990 in a car accident. According to the official version, Tsoi fell asleep at the wheel, after which the car flew into the oncoming lane at high speed and collided with a bus. Death was instant.

Musician Mikhey, 31

To this day "Bitch love", "There","Along the Waves" and other compositions of a talented musician remain hits and are considered a sign of good taste. Sergey Evgenievich Krutikov, better known by his pseudonym, was remembered for his unusual voice and performance of reggae songs. In September 2002, Sergei was struck by a stroke from which he never recovered. On October 27, 2002, the musician died of heart failure.

Singer Amy Winehouse, 27

She conquered the world with her unique voice and unique style of performance. The singer instantly won a whole army of fans. Amy was included in the Guinness Book of Records as the first British singer to win in five categories "Grammy". Despite her popularity, the singer often appeared in public in drunk after taking drugs and alcohol. This way of life could not but affect her health. On July 23, 2011, Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London apartment. The cause of death was a heart attack caused by severe alcohol poisoning.