Public figures that died far to young.....Lets start a list.

[yourout]

JFK
RFK
MLK
Paul Welstone
Jim Henson
Karen Carpenter
John Denver

[Chan790]

1. Harvey Milk n/m

[yourout]

2. After a little googling.....I agree.

He was a little before my time.

[FloridaJudy]

3. Molly Ivins

John Lennon
Ann Richards
Barbara Jordan

[leftyladyfrommo]

43. I really miss Molly Ivins.

I just read the book that came out after her death.

[Whoa_Nelly]

4. Jim Croce

Jimmie Spheeris
Janis
Jimi Hendrix

[lizziegrace]

5. Several

Dan Fogelberg
Buddy Holly
John Candy
Terry Kath
Harry Chapin
Janis Joplin
Jimi Handrix
Heath Ledger

[yourout]

10. Ritchie Valens

[Arugula Latte]

6. Phil Hartman

Hell, the list of SNLers who died is way too long.

John Belushi, Gilda Radner, Chris Farley, Phil Hartman ... Any others?

[yourout]

8. John Candy

[Fountain79]

15. Was John Candy from SNL?

I know he was from SCTV but I didn't think SNL.

[yourout]

18. You may be right....not sure.

[Connonym]

41. I thought just SCTV

call me a cannukophile but SCTV was always better than SNL I thought.

[Fountain79]

54. Well.....

It's hard to compare the two because they were a different medium. SCTV was taped, edited, etc, and Saturday Night Live, wasn't/isn't so it's kind of unfair to try to compare the two. Both at their time had actors that would go on to be notable figures in the entertainment industry and SNL also had a Canadian connection. Lorne Michaels is from Toronto and some of the more well known actors are/were Canadian.

Phil Hartman
Dan Akroyd
Norm MacDonald
Mike Meyers
Martin Short(Also SCTV)

[BeachBaby]

7. Princess Diana. n/t.

[Bennyboy]

9. Frank Zappa, John Lennon.Bob Marley, Peter Tosh,Jerry Garcia...

But they will all live forever in music.....

[yourout]

12. Brad Delp, the lead singer for the band Boston

[Fountain79]

11. Pedro Infante

The king of Mexican music and film. Died in a plane crash.

[greenbriar]

13. Marvin Gaye

shot by his own daddy

[yourout]

14. I did not know that.

[ghostsofgiants]

16. Bill Hicks, Ian Curtis, Joe Strummer, Darby Crash, most of the Ramones, Stanley Kubrick

[yourout]

17. Andy Stephenson

[BrotherBuzz]

19. Will Rogers

[NewJeffCT]

37. I'll second that one

One of the great Democrats out there... and, a great source for sig lines.

[yourout]

20. Found this site....

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_people_who_died_young>

James Dean
Otis Redding

[yourout]

21. Another web page....

<http://www.grumpychimp.com/stuff/famous-people-who-died-young.php>

[Tangerine LaBamba]

22. Legends

Janis Joplin.
Jimi Hendrix
Jim Morrison
Elvis
George Harrison
John F. Kennedy, Jr.

And still Dick Cheney lives ..........

[yourout]

23. As the saying goes.....only the good die young.

[jobycom]

24. Medgar Evers

His assassination was a key point in the Civil Rights movement, but the achievements of his life shouldn't be overshadowed. He would have been a powerful leader if he had lived.

[Mezzo]

25. JFK Jr.

John Lennon
Janis Joplin
James Dean

[FloridaJudy]

26. Three that were too soon forgotten

Andrew Goodman
James Chaney
Michael Schwerner

http://www.newseum.org/mississippi/

[DarkTirade]

27. All the 27 club.

[enigmatic]

28. Peter Laughner

I miss you, Peter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Laughner
http://www.handsomeproductions.com/laughner.htm

[csziggy]

29. Jim Henson

[murielm99]

30. Stevie Ray Vaughan n/t

[Benfea]

31. Mozart, Richard Feynman. -NT

[taterguy]

32. Skip Prosser, a genuinely decent guy who happened to be a bigtime college basketball coach

[YankeyMCC]

33. John Lennon

Carl Sagan

[martymar64]

34. Ron PigPen McKernan

also . . . .

Jerry Garcia
Janis Joplin
Bill Graham
Jim Morrison
Michael Hutchence
Phil Ochs
River Phoenix
Cass Elliot
Chris Farley
John Belushi
Phil Hartman
Gilda Radner
John Candy

[bbernardini]

35. Kevin Gilbert (musician)

Kevin Gilbert was one of the most gifted musicians on the planet who died way too early. (Accidentally, by auto erotic asphyxiation. May as well be blunt about it.) His two albums, "Thud" and "The Shaming Of The True" (completed by his friends after his death) are two of the most perfect albums I've ever heard in my life. Those of you older folks on the west coast may know his from his band Toy Matinee. He and his pals were responsible for Sheryl Ho's success (although I try to not hold that against him). They wrote her debut album. (The one that WASN'T rejected by her label.)

http://www.kevingilbert.com

[NewJeffCT]

36. Olof Palme

former prime minister of Sweden, assassinated in 1986. Vocal opponent of nuclear proliferation and of US policy in Vietnam, but also critical of the Soviet Union.

[TZ]

38. Steve "Crocodile Hunter" Irwin, Jeff Buckley

n/t

[JoDog]

39. Ryan White

[Mad_Dem_X]

40. James Dean, Heath Ledger

[leeroysphitz]

42. George Burns. n/t

ETA: Remember kids, smoking kills.

[hamsterjill]

44. John Ritter

Very talented life cut short too soon!

[Gidney N Cloyd]

45. Harry Chapin nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

46. Roberto Clemente n/t

[BeachBaby]

47. Lenny Bruce....

Marilyn Monroe
Grace Kelly
Malcolm X
Reggie White
Walter Payton
Brian Piccolo
Benazir Bhutto
Pat Tillman

[CBHagman]

48. Actor John Garfield.

He really deserves to be better known to today's movie lovers.

Jazz musician Clifford Brown.

Singer Dinah Washington.

Director/screenwriter Anthony Minghella.

[geardaddy]

49. John Simon Ritchie

Better known as this guy:

[KamaAina]

50. Brass band musician Dinerral Shavers

http://dinerralshaverseducationalfund.com

Dinerral Jevone Shavers, Sr. was born March 19, 1981. On December 28, 2006 he was unintentionally shot and killed. He left behind one son, Dinerral Jevone Shavers Jr. and a host of relatives and friends. Dinerral's death angered a community and sparked a movement which led to the January 11th march on City Hall. His name and legacy is the driving force behind the anti-violence organization Silence is Violence. Dinerral received his education from Alfred Lawless and Fredrick A. Douglass High Schools . He also attended The New Orleans Center for Science and Math and New Orleans Center for Creative Arts. At Douglass, Dinerral served as an active member in the marching band and as drum major. He attended Southern University in Baton Rouge, where he was also a member of the band.

Dinerral later worked as a Civil Sheriff Deputy, founded D's Diamond Car Detailing, and taught within the New Orleans Public School System. Dinerral and fellow band member Joseph Williams were playing in a band called The Little Jazzmen when tuba player Bennie Pete recruited them for what would soon become the Hot 8 Brass Band. Dinerral, a founding member of the Hot 8, was known by his band members as a prolific song writer with a knack for UPLIFTING lyrics. His song "Get Up," featured on the band’s recent CD "Rock with the Hot 8," was about making things better in this world. "My people keep the peace, keep the murder rate down," he wrote. Dinerral loved the city of New Orleans and its deep musical culture and was dedicated to restoring the city through music. Dinerral appeared in Spike Lee’s documentary "When the Levees Broke." He left a final mark of his love for music and his city when he became director of the first ever Marching Band at L.E. Rabouin Senior High School in late 2006.

[geardaddy]

51. Several

Freddie Prinze
Keith Moon
John Entwhistle
Brian Jones
Stu Sutcliffe
Rod Serling

[KamaAina]

52. Filmmaker Helen Hill

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hill

Helen Hill (May 9, 1970 - January 4, 2007) was an experimental animator/filmmaker, artist, and social activist who lived in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hill's murder in January 2007 was one of a spate of violent crimes which sparked widespread civic outrage in New Orleans....

Hill began creating short experimental animation films while attending Harvard University (1988-1992) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she completed her Bachelor of Arts degree. After this she and college friend Paul Gailiunas moved to New Orleans. There, they fell in love, and were married two years later....

Helen Hill was a life-long peace activist and advocate of several grassroots social justice causes. Together with her husband, Dr. Paul Gailiunas, she helped initiate the Free Food Organization in Halifax in 1996. This later became a part of Food Not Bombs and is still in operation. Also with her husband, she initiated several anti-smoking and anti-tobacco sponsorship campaigns. She was also an avid animal rights activist, lending her support to rescue sanctuaries for pot-bellied pigs and other abandoned pets.

[fishwax]

53. Sam Cooke

is the first who comes to mind who hasn't already been mentioned

[Turbineguy]

55. Rush Limbaugh

one can always wish.

[Captain Angry]

56. Freddie Mercury

[limit18]

57. Brian Picolo

[maveric]

58. George Harrison

Miss him greatly.

[JCMach1]

59. John Keats

[femmocrat]

60. Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Mama Cass....

so many others.... :cry: