Find a Death Directory
Welcome to the Find a Death Directory, a sprawling and alphabetized archive of celebrity deaths that’s equal parts fascinating and macabre. From Hollywood legends to pop culture icons, this list dives into the lives and final moments of the famous and infamous and it’s not just about how they died, but how they lived, what they left behind, and the strange, sometimes scandalous stories that followed them to the grave. If you’ve ever wondered where the stars stopped shining then this is your rabbit hole.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I |
J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R |
S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
A | |
Aaron Spelling | 1923 – 2006 |
Adriana Caselotti | 1916 – 1997 |
Adrienne Shelly | 1966 – 2006 |
Agatha Christie | 1890 – 1976 |
Agnes Moorehead | 1900 – 1974 |
Alan Hale Jr. | 1921 – 1990 |
Alan Sues | 1926 – 2011 |
Albert Dekker | 1905 – 1968 |
Alexander Godunov | 1949 – 1995 |
Alexander McQueen | 1969 – 2010 |
Alfred Hitchcock | 1899 – 1980 |
Alice Ghostley | 1926 – 2007 |
Alice Nunn | 1927 – 1988 |
Alice Pearce | 1917 – 1966 |
Allan Melvin | 1923 – 2008 |
Amy Winehouse | 1983 – 2011 |
Andre The Giant | 1946 – 1993 |
Andrews Sisters, The | |
Andy Gibb | 1958 – 1988 |
Andy Kaufman | 1949 – 1984 |
Andy Warhol | 1928 – 1987 |
Anita Ekberg | 1931 – 2015 |
Ann Miller | 1923 – 2004 |
Ann Savage | 1921 – 2008 |
Ann Sheridan | 1915 – 1967 |
Anna Lee | 1913 – 2004 |
Anna Nicole Smith | 1967 – 2007 |
Anne Kirkbride | 1954 – 2015 |
Annette Funicello | 1942 – 2013 |
Anissa Jones | |
Anthony Dwain Lee | 1961 – 2000 |
Anthony Perkins | 1926 – 1999 |
Anton Yelchin | 1989 – 2016 |
Ava Gardner | 1922 – 1990 |
B | Top ⇑ |
Barbara Cartland | 1901 – 2000 |
Barbara Colby | 1939 – 1975 |
Barbara Stanwyck | 1907 – 1990 |
Bea Arthur | 1922 – 2009 |
Bea Benaderet | 1906 – 1968 |
Bela Lugosi | 1882 – 1956 |
Ben Franklin | 1706 – 1790 |
Ben Woolf | 1980 – 2015 |
Benny Hill | 1924 – 1992 |
Bernard Fox | 1927 – 2016 |
Bernie Mac | 1957 – 2008 |
Bert Convy | 1933 – 1991 |
Bette Davis | 1908 – 1989 |
Bettie Page | 1923 – 2008 |
Bill Bixby | 1934 – 1993 |
Billy Barty | 1924 – 2000 |
Bing Crosby | 1903 – 1977 |
Blossom Rock | 1895 – 1978 |
Bob Crane | 1928 – 1978 |
Bob Denver | 1935 – 2005 |
Bob Hope | 1903 – 2003 |
Bobby Driscoll | 1937 – 1968 |
Bobby Fuller | 1942 – 1966 |
Bobby Hatfield | 1940 – 2003 |
Bonnie Lee Bakley | 1956 – 2001 |
Brad Barron Renfro | 1982 – 2008 |
Brandon Lee | 1965 – 1993 |
Brian Jones | 1942 – 1969 |
Brian Keith | 1921 – 1997 |
Brittany Murphy | 1977 – 2009 |
Bruce Lee | 1940 – 1973 |
Buddy Ebsen | 1908 – 2003 |
Buddy Hackett | 1924 – 2003 |
Buddy Holly | 1936 – 1959 |
Buddy Rich | 1917 – 1987 |
Bugsy Siegel | 1906 – 1947 |
Buster Keaton | 1895 – 1966 |
C | Top ⇑ |
Carol Channing | 1921 – 2019 |
Carol Wayne | 1942 – 1985 |
Carolyn Jones | 1930 – 1983 |
Cary Grant | 1904 – 1986 |
Caryll Ann Ekelund | 1935 – 1939 |
Cass Elliot, “Mama” | 1941 – 1974 |
Charles Laughton | 1899 – 1962 |
Charles Nelson Reilly | 1931 – 2007 |
Charles Pierce | 1926 – 1999 |
Chris Farley | 1964 – 1997 |
Chris Penn | 1965 – 2006 |
Chyna | 1969 – 2016 |
Clara Bow | 1905 – 1965 |
Clara Peller | 1902 – 1987 |
Clark Gable | 1901 – 1960 |
Claude Francois | 1939 – 1978 |
Cleavon Little | 1939 – 1992 |
Corey Haim | 1971 – 2010 |
Curtis Lee | 1939 – 2015 |
E | Top ⇑ |
Ed Wood | 1924 – 1978 |
Eddie Albert | 1906 – 2005 |
Eddie Cochran | 1938 – 1960 |
Elizabeth Montgomery & Cast | 1933 – 1995 |
Elizabeth Taylor | 1932 – 2011 |
Ella Fitzgerald | 1917 – 1996 |
Elliott Smith | 1969 – 2003 |
Elvis Presley | 1935 – 1977 |
Ennis Cosby | 1969 – 1997 |
Errol Flynn | 1909 – 1959 |
Eugene Patton | 1932 – 2015 |
Eva Gabor | 1919 – 1995 |
Eve Arden | 1908 – 1990 |
F | Top ⇑ |
F. Scott Fitzgerald | 1896 – 1940 |
Farrah Fawcett | 1947 – 2009 |
Florence Ballard | 1943 – 1976 |
Florence Henderson | 1934 – 2016 |
Frances Bavier | 1902 – 1989 |
Frances Farmer | 1913 – 1970 |
Francesca Hilton | 1947 – 2015 |
Frank De Vol | 1911 – 1999 |
Frank Gorshin | 1933 – 2005 |
Frank Sinatra | 1915 – 1998 |
Fred Astaire | 1899 – 1987 |
Fred “ReRun” Berry | 1951 – 2003 |
Fred Gwynn & The Munsters | 1926 – 2003 |
Fred MacMurray | 1908 – 1991 |
Freddie Mercury | 1946 – 1991 |
Freddie Prinze | 1954 – 1977 |
G | Top ⇑ |
GG Allin | 1956 – 1993 |
Gail Russell | 1924 – 1961 |
Gale Gordon | 1906 – 1995 |
Gary Coleman | 1968 – 2010 |
Gary Cooper | 1901 – 1961 |
Garry Marshall | 1934 – 2016 |
Gene Kelly | 1912 – 1996 |
George Burns | 1896 – 1996 |
George Harrison | 1943 – 2001 |
George Michael | 1963 – 2015 |
George Reeves | 1914 – 1959 |
George Spahn | 1889 – 1974 |
Gianni Versace | 1946 – 1997 |
Gilda Radner | 1946 – 1989 |
Ginger Rogers | 1911 – 1995 |
Glenn Quinn | 1970 – 2002 |
Gloria Swanson | 1899 – 1983 |
Grace Kelly | 1929 – 1982 |
Grady “Lobster Boy” Stiles | 1937 – 1992 |
Greg Plitt | 1977 – 2015 |
Gregory Peck | 1916 – 2003 |
Groucho Marx | 1890 – 1977 |
H | Top ⇑ |
Harry Houdini | 1874 – 1926 |
Heather O’Rourke | 1975 – 1988 |
Heaven’s Gate | 1997 |
Henry Fonda | 1905 – 1982 |
Herve Villechaize | 1943 – 1993 |
Hilton Sisters | 1908 – 1969 |
Hubert Eaton | 1881 – 1966 |
Humphrey Bogart | 1899 – 1957 |
I | Top ⇑ |
Ike Turner | 1931 – 2007 |
Ingrid Bergman | 1915 – 1982 |
Irene Gibbons | 1900 – 1962 |
Irene Ryan | 1902 – 1973 |
Isabel Sanford | 1917 – 2004 |
K | Top ⇑ |
Karen Carpenter | 1950 – 1983 |
Karen Silkwood | 1946 – 1974 |
Karyn “Cookie” Kupcinet | 1941 – 1963 |
Kathleen Freeman | 1919 – 2001 |
Kay Kent | 1963 – 1989 |
Keith Moon | 1946 – 1978 |
Ken Atison Seiuli | 1976 – 1998 |
Kenneth Handler | 1944 – 1994 |
Kenneth Williams | 1926 – 1988 |
Kent Warner | 1943 – 1984 |
Kim Walker | 1968 – 2001 |
Kurt Cobain | 1967 – 1994 |
L | Top ⇑ |
LaBiancas, The | 1969 |
Lana Clarkson | 1962 – 2003 |
Lana Turner | 1921 – 1995 |
Lance Loud | 1951 – 2001 |
Lani O’Grady | 1954 – 2001 |
Larry “Laer” Barrett | 1957 – 2004 |
LaWanda Page | 1920 – 2002 |
Lawson J. Deming | 1913 – 2007 |
Laurence Austin | 1922 – 1997 |
Lawrence Welk | 1903 – 1992 |
Lee Remick | 1935 – 1991 |
Lenny Bruce | 1925 – 1966 |
Leroy Scholtz aka Santa Claus | 1927 – 1985 |
Liberace | 1919 – 1987 |
Lili St. Cyr | 1918 – 1999 |
Linda Darnell | 1923 – 1965 |
Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes | 1971 – 2002 |
Lizzie Borden | 1860 – 1927 |
Lou Rawls | 1933 – 2006 |
Lucille Ball | 1911 – 1989 |
M | Top ⇑ |
Mabel King | 1932 – 1999 |
Madeline Kahn | 1942 – 1999 |
Madge Blake | 1899 – 1969 |
Mae Murray | 1885 – 1965 |
Mae West | 1893 – 1980 |
Maila Nurmi | 1922 – 2008 |
Mama Cass Elliot | 1941 – 1974 |
Marc Bolan | 1947 – 1977 |
Margaret Mitchell | 1900 – 1949 |
Margaux Hemingway | 1954 – 1996 |
Margot Kidder | 1948 – 2018 |
Marie McDonald | 1923 – 1965 |
Marie Prevost | 1898 – 1937 |
Marilyn Monroe | 1926 – 1962 |
Marlene Dietrich | 1901 – 1992 |
Marlon Brando | 1924 – 2004 |
Martha Raye | 1916 – 1994 |
Martin Luther King Jr. | 1929 – 1968 |
Marvin Gaye | 1939 – 1984 |
Mary Jackson | 1910 – 2005 |
Mary Kay Bergman | 1961 – 1999 |
Mary Wickes | 1910 – 1995 |
Meredith MacRae | 1944 – 2000 |
Merritt Butrick | 1959 – 1989 |
Michael Hutchence | 1960 – 1997 |
Michael Jackson | 1958 – 2009 |
Michael Landon | 1936 – 1991 |
Mickey Rooney | 1920 – 2014 |
Milton Berle | 1908 – 2002 |
Montgomery Clift | 1920 – 1966 |
Mother Teresa | 1910 – 1997 |
Myrna Loy | 1905 – 1993 |
N | Top ⇑ |
Nancy Kulp | 1921 – 1991 |
Nancy Walker | 1922 – 1992 |
Nat King Cole | 1919 – 1965 |
Natalie Schafer | 1900 – 1991 |
Nell Carter | 1948 – 2003 |
Nerine Shatner | 1959 – 1999 |
Nick Adams | 1931 – 1968 |
Nicole Brown Simpson & Ron Goldman | 1959 – 1994 |
Notorious B.I.G. | 1972 – 1997 |
O | Top ⇑ |
Oliver Hardy | 1892 – 1957 |
Orson Welles | 1915 – 1985 |
Oscar Wilde | 1854 – 1900 |
Ossie Davis | 1917 – 2005 |
P | Top ⇑ |
Patsy Cline | 1932 – 1963 |
Paul Lynde | 1926 – 1982 |
Paul Reubens | 1952 – 2023 |
Paul Snider | 1951 – 1980 |
Paul Walker | 1973 – 2013 |
Paula Yates | 1959 – 2000 |
Pee-Wee Herman | |
Peg Entwistle | 1908 – 1932 |
Penny Marshall | 1943 – 2018 |
Perry Como | 1912 – 2001 |
Peter Davies | 1897 – 1960 |
Peter Duel | 1940 – 1971 |
Peter Lawford | 1923 – 1984 |
Peter Sellers | 1925 – 1980 |
Phil Hartman | 1948 – 1998 |
Phyllis Diller | 1917 – 2012 |
Princess Diana | 1961 – 1997 |
Princess Margaret | 1930 – 2002 |
Q | Top ⇑ |
Queen Elizabeth | 1900 – 2002 |
S | Top ⇑ |
Sadie Corre’ | 1918 – 2009 |
Sal Mineo | 1939 – 1976 |
Sam Cooke | 1931 – 1964 |
Sam Kinison | 1953 – 1992 |
Sammy Davis Jr. | 1925 – 1990 |
Samuel Goldwyn Jr. | 1926 – 2015 |
Sandra Dee | 1942 – 2005 |
Savannah | 1970 – 1994 |
Scott Amedure | 1963 – 1995 |
Sebastian Cabot | 1918 – 1977 |
Selena | 1971 – 1995 |
Sharon Tate – The Tate Murders | 1943 – 1969 |
Shelley Winters | 1920 – 2006 |
Shirley Ardell Mason | 1923 – 1998 |
Shirley Hemphill | 1947 – 1999 |
Shirley Temple | 1928 – 2014 |
Shlitzie The Pinhead | 1901 – 1971 |
Sid Vicious & Nancy Spungen | |
Stan Laurel | 1890 – 1965 |
Stephen Stucker | 1947 – 1986 |
Steve Allen | 1921 – 2000 |
Steve McQueen | 1930 – 1980 |
Steve Reeves | 1926 – 2000 |
Susan Cabot | 1927 – 1986 |
Sylvester James | 1947 – 1988 |
Sylvia Plath | 1932 – 1963 |
T | Top ⇑ |
Tammy Faye | 1942 – 2007 |
Tammy Wynette | 1942 – 1998 |
Taylor Negron | 1957 – 2015 |
Ted Cassidy | 1932 – 1979 |
Telly Savalas | 1922 – 1994 |
Teresa Graves | 1948 – 2002 |
Thelma Todd | 1906 – 1935 |
Three Stooges, The | |
Timothy Leary | 1920 – 1996 |
Timothy McVeigh | 1968 – 2001 |
Tiny Tim | 1932 – 1996 |
Tod Browning | 1880 – 1962 |
Tommy Boyce | 1939 – 1994 |
Tony Curtis | 1925 – 2010 |
Tor Johnson | 1903 – 1971 |
Trent Lehman | 1961 – 1982 |
Troy Donahue | 1936 – 2001 |
Tupac Shakur | 1971 – 1996 |
U | |
No deceased celebrities. |
V | Top ⇑ |
Veronica Lake | 1922 – 1973 |
Vic Morrow | 1929 – 1982 |
Victor Kilian | 1891 – 1979 |
Vincent Price | 1911 – 1993 |
Violet and Daisy Hilton | 1908 – 1969 |
Virginia Rappe | 1891 – 1921 |
Vivian Vance & William Frawley | |
Vivien Leigh | 1913 – 1967 |
W | Top ⇑ |
W. C. Fields | 1880 – 1946 |
Walt Disney | 1901 – 1966 |
Walter Matthau | 1920 – 2000 |
Waltons, The | |
Wayland Flowers & Madame | 1939 – 1988 |
Wendie Jo Sperber | 1958 – 2005 |
Whitney Houston | 1963 – 2012 |
William Holden | 1918 – 1981 |
William Lennon | 1915 – 1969 |
William “Blacula” Marshall | 1924 – 2003 |
Willie Best | 1916 – 1962 |
Wonderland Murders, The |
X |
No deceased celebrities. Maybe someday. Name your kid Xavier. |
Y | Top ⇑ |
Yolanda “Lundy” Schlessinger | 1925 – 2002 |
Yvette Vickers | 1928 – 2011 |
Yvonne DeCarlo | 1922 – 2007 |
Z | Top ⇑ |
Zelda Rubinstein | 1933 – 2010 |
Zsa Zsa Gabor | 1917 – 2016 |