People who died while at or near the top of there profession

[dotfurio]

Akron's own Judy Resnik (look her up, a true hero )

I'll never forget watching that in school. It was such a big deal because a teacher was on board. Sometimes we don't give enough attention to all the others that lost their lives.

 

[low-key]

John Belushi

 

[momto2girls]

Kurt Cobain

 

[low-key]

I'll never forget watching that in school. It was such a big deal because a teacher was on board. Sometimes we don't give enough attention to all the others that lost their lives.

your so right, everyone only talks Sally Ride, but I think we (Akron) the only ne who remembers Judy Resnik

 

[Toolulu22]

Randy Rhoads, Jim Morrison

 

[mmouse37]

Bill Paxton Don't know if he was at the top of his game but I was sorry to see him pass.

And of course....Princess Diana.

MJ

 

[Forevermarypoppins]

President John F Kennedy
top of his game, idk, I was too young to understand, but he died too soon, too young

 

[elgerber]

River Phoenix.

 

[redlight]

President John F Kennedy
top of his game, idk, I was too young to understand, but he died too soon, too young

His son too.

 

[NC Disney Dad]

Otis Redding

 

[cruiser21]

Abraham Lincoln

 

[Imzadi]

John Lennon. Like one of his last songs, he was "Starting Over."

 

[NotUrsula]

Walt Disney, of course. He was only 65, quite young for a chief executive in the mid-1960's.

Some others I can think of that haven't yet been mentioned ...

Alexander the Great
Joan of Arc
Christopher Marlowe
Vincent Van Gogh
Henry Moseley (Physicist)
Rosalind Franklin (chemist/crystallographer)
Rupert Brooke (Poet)
Wilfred Owen (Poet)
Sylvia Plath (Poet)
Carole Lombard (Comedienne)
Amelia Earhardt
Billie Holiday
Dorothy Dandridge (Actor)
Hank Williams (Sr.)
Judy Garland
Ian Charleson (Actor)

 

[Squirlz]

Ayrton Senna. Possibly the best racing driver of all time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayrton_Senna

 

[Monorail_Man_NJ]

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[mrsheppo]

Karen Carpenter

 

[Professor_Cookie]

John Belushi

Great headstone.

I’ll add. Anthony Bourdain

 

[Monorail_Man_NJ]

Jerry Garcia

Robin Williams

 

[Southernmiss]

John Candy

 

[E&Cmom]

Jim Henson