The Directory (The Famous List)

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
1958 – 1976
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

 

D Top ⇑
Dale Earnhardt 1951 – 2001
Dan & Linda Broderick
Dan Blocker 1928 – 1972
Danny Lockin 1943 – 1977
Darby Crash 1958 – 1980
Darrell “Dimebag” Abbott 1966 – 2004
Darrell Winfield 1929 – 2015
Darren McGavin 1922 – 2006
Darren Shahlavi 1972 – 2015
David Cassidy 1950 – 2017
David Janssen 1931 – 1980
David Rappaport 1951 – 1990
David Strickland 1969 – 1999
Davy Jones 1945 – 2012
Dean Martin 1917 – 1995
Debralee Scott 1953 – 2005
Dee Dee Ramone 1951 – 2002
DeForest Kelley 1920 – 1999
Del Rubio Triplets, The
Del Shannon 1934 – 1990
Dennis C. Stewart 1947 – 1994
Dennis Wilson 1944 – 1983
DeShaun “Proof” Holton 1973 – 2006
Desi Arnaz 1917 – 1986
Diana Dors 1931 – 1984
Diane Linkletter 1948 – 1969
Dick Clark 1929 – 2012
Dick Sargent 1930 – 1994
Dick York 1928 – 1992
Dinah Shore 1916 – 1994
Dirk Bogarde 1921 – 1999
Divine 1945 – 1988
Dodo Denney 1927 – 2005
Doll Family Midgets, The
Dominique Dunne 1959 – 1982
Don Adams 1923 – 2005
Don Cornelius 1936 – 2012
Don Knotts 1924 – 2006
Don Simpson 1943 – 1996
Donald Turnupseed 1932 – 1995
Donna Douglas 1932 – 2015
Donna Reed 1921 – 1986
Dorothy Dandridge 1922 – 1965
Dorothy Parker 1893 – 1967
Dorothy Stratten 1960 – 1980
Dottie West 1932 – 1991
Dr. Ralph Greenson 1911 – 1979
Dudley Moore 1935 – 2002
Dusty Springfield 1939 – 1999

 

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

 

J Top ⇑
J.P. Richardson 1930 – 1959
Jack Albertson 1907 – 1981
Jack Cassidy 1927 – 1976
Jack Lemmon 1925 – 2001
Jack Nance 1943 – 1996
Jack Wild 1952 – 2006
Jack Webb 1920 – 1982
Jackie Coogan 1914 – 1984
Jackie Gleason 1916 – 1987
James Brown 1933 – 2006
James Coburn 1928 – 2002
James Dean 1931 – 1955
James Garner 1928 – 2014
James Whale 1889 – 1957
Jane Russell 1921 – 2011
Janet Leigh 1927 – 2004
Janis Joplin 1943 – 1970
Jay Stewart 1918 – 1989
Jayne Mansfield 1933 – 1967
Jeanine “The Singing Nun” Deckers 1933 – 1985
Jeffrey Dahmer 1960 – 1994
Jennifer Paterson 1928 – 1999
Jennifer Syme 1972 – 2001
Jerome Curly Howard 1903 – 1952
Jeron Charles Criswell King 1907 – 1982
Jessica Savitch 1947 – 1983
Jill Dando 1961 – 1999
Jim Backus 1913 – 1989
Jim Morrison 1943 – 1971
Jimi Hendrix 1942 – 1970
Jimmy Durante 1893 – 1980
Jimmy Stewart 1908 – 1997
Joan Crawford 1904 – 1977
Joe DiMaggio 1914 – 1999
Joe Orton 1933 – 1967
John Belushi 1949 – 1982
John Candy 1950 – 1994
John Cazale 1935 – 1978
John DeLorean 1929 – 2005
John Denver 1943 – 1997
John Holmes 1944 – 1998
John Kennedy Jr. 1960 – 1999
John Lennon 1940 – 1980
John “The Elephant Man” Merrick 1862 – 1890
John Phillips 1935 – 2001
John Ritter 1948 – 2003
John Wayne 1907 – 1979
Johnny Arthur 1883 – 1951
Johnny Carson 1925 – 2005
Johnny Grant 1923 – 2008
Johnny Ramone 1948 – 2004
Johnny Stompanato 1925 – 1958
Jon-Erik Hexum 1957 – 1984
Jonathan Brandis 1976 – 2003
Jose & Kitty Menendez 1989
Judith Barsi 1978 – 1988
Judy Garland 1922 – 1969
Judy Mallet 1971 – 1999
Judy Tyler 1932 – 1957
Jules Roth 1900 – 1998
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

 

 

R Top ⇑
Ramon Novarro 1899 – 1968
Ray Bolger 1904 – 1987
Ray Combs Jr. 1956 – 1996
Ray Charles 1930 – 2004
Rebecca Schaeffer 1967 – 1989
Redd Foxx 1922 – 1991
Reta Shaw 1912 – 1982
Reverend C. L. Franklin 1915 – 1984
Ricardo Montalban 1920 – 2009
Richard Blackwell 1922 – 2008
Richard Deacon 1921 – 1984
Richard Jeni 1957 – 2007
Richard Long 1927 – 1974
Richard Pryor 1940 – 2005
Rick James 1948 – 2004
Ricky Nelson 1940 – 1985
Rita Bell 1945 – 2003
Ritchie Valens 1941 – 1959
River Phoenix 1970 – 1993
Robert F. Kennedy 1925 – 1968
Robert Lees 1912 – 2004
Robert Pastorelli 1954 – 2012
Robert Reed 1932 – 1992
Robert Stack 1919 – 2003
Robert Young 1907 – 1998
Robin Williams 1951 – 2014
Rock Hudson 1925 – 1985
Rod Taylor 1930 – 2015
Roddy McDowall 1928 – 1998
Rodney Dangerfield 1921 – 2004
Roger C. Carmel 1932 – 1986
Roger Sinclair 1931 – 2014
Ronald Reagan 1911 – 2004
Rondo Hatton 1894 – 1946
Ronnie Chasen 1946 – 2010
Ronnie Howard 1936 – 1979
Roseann Quinn 1944 – 1973
Rosemary Clooney 1928 – 2002
Roy Scheider 1932 – 2008
Rudolph Valentino 1895 – 1926
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

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