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
Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock

Born: July 21, 1951

Died: Aug. 11, 2014

2
Jim Morrison, 78
Andrew Maclear/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Born: Dec. 8, 1943

Died: July 3, 1971

3
Mary Tyler Moore, 85
PictureLux / The Hollywood Archive/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Dec. 29, 1936

Died: Jan. 25, 2017

4
Whitney Houston, 58
Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock

Born: Aug. 9, 1963

Died: Feb. 11, 2012

5
John Candy, 71
Vicki L. Miller/Shutterstock

Born: Oct. 31, 1950

Died: Mar. 4, 1994

6
Carrie Fisher, 65
Joe Seer/Shutterstock

Born: Oct. 21, 1956

Died: Dec. 27, 2016

7
Chadwick Boseman, 45
DFree/Shutterstock

Born: Nov. 29, 1976

Died: Aug. 28, 2020

8
Sylvia Plath, 89
Bettman/Contributor/Getty Images

Born: Oct. 27, 1932

Died: Feb. 11, 1963

9
River Phoenix, 51
George Rose/Getty Images

Born: Aug. 23, 1970

Died: Oct. 31, 1993

10
Bernie Mac, 64
Tinseltown/Shutterstock

Born: Oct. 5, 1957

Died: Aug. 9, 2008

11
Princess Diana, 60
Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images

Born: July 1, 1961

Died: Aug. 31, 1997

12
James Dean, 90
Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Born: Feb. 1, 1931

Died: Sep. 30, 1955

13
Elvis, 86
Wikimedia Commons/Ollie Atkins

Born: Jan. 8, 1935

Died: Aug. 16, 1977

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14
Anna Nicole Smith, 54
Tinseltown/Shutterstock

Born: Nov. 28, 1967

Died: Feb. 8, 2007

15
Kurt Cobain, 54
Fabio Diena/Shutterstock

Born: Feb. 20. 1967

Died: Apr. 5, 1994

16
Freddie Mercury, 75
Steve Wood/Express/Getty Images

Born: Sept. 5, 1946

Died: Nov. 24, 1991

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17
Martin Luther King, Jr., 92
Dick DeMarsico/Library of Congress

Born: Jan. 15, 1929

Died: Apr. 4 1968

18
Heath Ledger, 42
carrie-nelson/Shutterstock

Born: Apr. 4, 1979

Died: Jan. 22, 2008

19
John Lennon, 81
Central Press/Getty Images

Born: Oct. 9, 1940

Died: Dec. 8, 1980

20
Jimi Hendrix, 79
Evening Standard/Getty Images

Born: Nov. 27, 1942

Died: Sept. 18, 1970

21
Amy Winehouse, 38
Featureflash Photo Agency/Shutterstock

Born: Sept. 14, 1983

Died: July 23, 2011

22
Anton Yelchin, 32
Matteo Chinellato/Shutterstock

Born: Mar. 11, 1989

Died: June 19, 2016

23
Sid Vicious, 64
Virgin

Born: May 10, 1957

Died: Feb. 2, 1979

24
Keith Moon, 75
Jack Kay/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Born: Aug. 23, 1946

Died: Sept. 7, 1978

25
Aaliyah, 42
Everett Collection/Shutterstock

Born: Jan. 16, 1979

Died: Aug. 25, 2001

26
Paul Walker, 48
miguelca/Shutterstock

Born: Sept. 12, 1973

Died: Nov. 30, 2013

27
Janis Joplin, 78
Archive PL/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Jan. 19, 1943

Died: Oct. 4, 1970

28
Patrick Swayze, 69
Shutterstock

Born: Aug. 18, 1952

Died: Sept. 14, 2009

29
Tupac Shakur, 50
PictureLux/The Hollywood Archive /Alamy Stock Photo

Born: June 16, 1971

Died: Sept. 13, 1996

30
Biggie Smalls, 49
The Notorious B.I.G./YouTube

Born: May 21, 1972

Died: Mar. 9, 1997

31
Bob Marley, 76
Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Feb. 6, 1945

Died: May 11, 1981

32
Chris Farley, 57
Paramount Pictures

Born: Feb. 15, 1964

Died: Dec. 18, 1997

33
Marilyn Monroe, 95
Pictorial Press Ltd./Alamy Stock Photo

Born: June 1, 1926

Died: Aug. 4, 1962

34
Buddy Holly, 85
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Born: Sept. 7, 1936

Died: Feb. 3, 1959

35
John Belushi, 72
Universal Pictures

Born: Jan. 24, 1949

Died: Mar. 5, 1982

36
Brittany Murphy, 44
s_bukley/Shutterstock

Born: Nov. 10, 1977

Died: Dec. 20, 2009

37
Steve Irwin, 59
Featureflash Photo Agency

Born: Feb. 22, 1962

Died: Sept. 4, 2006

38
Steve McQueen, 90
United Artists

Born: Mar. 24, 1930

Died: Nov. 7, 1980

39
Marvin Gaye, 82
Tamia

Born: Apr. 2, 1939

Died: Apr. 1, 1984

40
Cory Monteith, 39
DFree/Shutterstock

Born: May 11, 1982

Died: July 13, 2013

41
Bruce Lee, 81
GOLDEN HARVEST GROUP/Album/Alamy

Born: Nov. 27, 1940

Died: July 20, 1973

42
Brandon Lee, 56
Barry King/WireImage

Born: Feb. 1, 1965

Died: Mar. 31, 1993

43
Alex Trebek, 81
s_bukley/Shutterstock

Born: July 22, 1940

Died: Nov. 8, 2020

44
Bran Renfro, 39
Everett Collection/Shutterstock

Born: July 25, 1982

Died: Jan. 15, 2008

45
Stevie Ray Vaughan, 67
Sony Legacy

Born: Oct. 3, 1954

Died: Aug. 27, 1990

46
Sharon Tate, 78
Keystone/Getty Images

Born: Jan. 24, 1943

Died: Aug. 9, 1969

47
Philip Seymour Hoffman, 54
Andrea Raffin/Shutterstock

Born: July 23, 1967

Died: Feb. 2, 2014

48
Mitch Hedberg, 53
Team Coco/YouTube

Born: Feb. 24, 1968

Died: Mar. 29, 2005

49
Michael Jackson, 63
Vicki L. Miller/Shutterstock

Born: Aug. 29, 1958

Died: June 25, 2009

50
Otis Redding, 80
Rhino/Wea UK

Born: 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 Images

Born: Apr. 3, 1924

Died: July 1, 2004

53
Andy Kaufman, 72
NBC

Born: Jan. 17, 1949

Died: May 16, 1984

54
Anne Frank, 92
Bantam Dell

Born: June 12, 1929

Died: Feb. or Mar. 1945

55
Sam Cooke, 90
Alamy

Born: Jan. 22, 1931

Died: Dec. 11, 1964

56
Jeff Buckley, 55
Jeff Buckley Music/YouTube

Born: Nov. 17, 1966

Died: May 29, 1997

57
Ritchie Valens, 80
One Day Music

Born: May 13, 1941

Died: Feb. 3, 1959

58
Corey Haim, 50
s_bukley/Shutterstock

Born: Dec. 23, 1971

Died: Mar. 10, 2010

59
Rita Hayworth, 103
Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Born: Oct. 17, 1918

Died: May 14, 1987

60
Hank Williams, 98
Mercury Nashville

Born: Sept. 17, 1923

Died: Jan. 1, 1953

61
Jim Croce, 78
ABC Records

Born: Jan. 10, 1943

Died: Sept. 20, 1973

62
John Coltrane, 95
Blue Note

Born: Sept. 23, 1926

Died: July 17, 1967

63
Michael Hutchence, 61
Frans Schellekens/Redferns

Born: Jan. 22, 1960

Died: Nov. 22, 1997

64
John Singleton, 53
Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock

Born: Jan. 6, 1968

Died: Apr. 28, 2019

65
Luke Perry, 55
Kathy Hutchins/Shutterstock

Born: Oct. 11, 1966

Died: Mar. 4, 2019

66
Tom Petty, 71
Jack Fordyce/Shutterstock

Born: Oct. 20, 1950

Died: Oct. 2, 2017

67
Jam Master Jay, 56
Eros Combo Box/YouTube

Born: Jan. 21, 1965

Died: Oct. 30, 2002

68
Jayne Mansfield, 88
Album/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Apr. 19, 1933

Died: June 29, 1967

69
Mac Miller, 29
Jack Fordyce/Shutterstock

Born: Jan. 19, 1992

Died: Sept. 7, 2018

70
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes, 50
Everett Collection/Shutterstock

Born: May 27, 1971

Died: Apr. 25, 2002

71
Bea Arthur, 99
Everett Collection/Shutterstock

Born: May 13, 1922

Died: Apr. 25, 2009

72
Lenny Bruce, 96
Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Born: Apr. 13, 1925

Died: Aug. 3, 1966

73
Selena, 49
EMI Latin

Born: April 16, 1971

Died: Mar. 31, 1995

74
Patsy Cline, 89
MCA Nashville

Born: Sept. 8, 1932

Died: Mar. 5, 1963

75
Prince, 63
Alamy

Born: June 7, 1958

Died: Apr. 21, 2016

76
Gary Coleman, 53
Featureflash Photo Agency

Born: Feb. 8, 1968

Died: May 28, 2010

77
Natalie Wood, 83
Warner Bros. Pictures

Born: July 20, 1938

Died: Nov. 29, 1981

78
Cass Elliot, 80
Steve Bronson/YouTube

Born: Sept. 19, 1941

Died: July 29, 1974

79
Karen Carpenter, 71
Carpenters/YouTube

Born: Mar. 2, 1950

Died: Feb. 4, 1983

80
Farrah Fawcett, 74
Allstar Picture Library Ltd./Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Feb. 2, 1947

Died: June 25, 2009

81
Roberto Clemente, 87
Focus on Sport/Getty Images

Born: Aug. 18, 1934

Died: Dec. 31, 1972

82
Malcolm X, 96
World Report Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

Born: May 19, 1925

Died: Feb. 21, 1965

83
James Gandolfini, 61
Warner Bros. Television Distribution

Born: Sept. 18, 1961

Died: June 19, 2013

84
Andy Gibb, 63
Rhino

Born: Mar. 5, 1958

Died: Mar. 10, 1988

85
Phil Hartman, 73
Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Born: Sept. 24, 1948

Died: May 28, 1998

86
David Bowie, 73
Everett Collection/Shutterstock

Born: Jan. 8, 1947

Died: Jan. 10, 2016

87
Natalie Cole, 71
Barry King/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Feb. 6, 1950

Died: Dec. 31, 2015

88
Audrey Hepburn, 92
Moviestore Collection Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: May 4, 1929

Died: Jan. 20, 1993

89
George Michael, 58
Sodel Vladyslav/Shutterstock

Born: June 25, 1963

Died: Dec. 25, 2016

90
Gregory Peck, 105
Alamy

Born: Apr. 5, 1916

Died: June 12, 2003

91
Judy Garland, 99
Alamy

Born: June 10, 1922

Died: June 22, 1969

92
Alan Rickman, 75
Matteo Chinellato/Shutterstock

Born: Feb. 21, 1946

Died: Jan. 14, 2016

93
Sammy Davis. Jr, 96
Polydor

Born: Dec. 8, 1925

Died: May 16, 1990

94
Grace Kelly, 92
Allstar Picture Library Ltd./Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Nov. 12, 1929

Died: Sep. 14, 1982

95
Freddie Prinze, 67
Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Born: June 22, 1954

Died: Jan. 29, 1977

96
Elizabeth Taylor, 89
Hollywood Photo Archive/MediaPunch Inc./Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Feb. 27, 1932

Died: Mar. 23, 2011

97
Maya Angelou, 93
Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images

Born: Apr. 4, 1928

Died: May 28, 2014

98
Adam Yauch, 57
Lynn Goldsmith/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images

Born: Aug. 5, 1964

Died: May 4, 2012

99
David Foster Wallace, 59
PBS

Born: Feb. 21, 1962

Died: Sept. 12, 2008

100
Dorothy Dandridge, 99
colaimages/Alamy Stock Photo

Born: Nov. 9, 1922

Died: Sept. 8, 1965

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