Famous people who died at 21

Celebrities and other famous people who died when they were 21 years old.

The list below is ordered by the person's date of death.

Sid Vicious

Musician Deceased
Died on Feb 2, 1979, at the age of 21.
Drug overdose.

Rebecca Schaeffer

Actress and model Deceased
Died on Jul 18, 1989, at the age of 21.
Shot dead by a stalker.

Camoflauge

Rapper Deceased
Died on May 19, 2003, at the age of 21.
Shot in the head.

Skye McCole Bartusiak

Child actress Deceased
Died on Jul 19, 2014, at the age of 21.
Drug overdose.

Lil Peep

Rapper Deceased
Died on Nov 15, 2017, at the age of 21.
Drug overdose.

Jimmy Wopo

Rapper Deceased
Died on Jun 18, 2018, at the age of 21.
Killed in a drive-by shooting in Pittsburgh.

Juice Wrld

Rapper Deceased
Died on Dec 8, 2019, at the age of 21.
Toxic levels of oxycodone and codeine.

Lexii Alijai

Rapper Deceased
Died on Jan 1, 2020, at the age of 21.
Accidental drug overdose of fentanyl and alcohol.

Statistics about the 21-year-olds above

Statistics about the 8 celebrity deaths above:

63% were male. 38% were female.
These deaths make up 1% of our database (8/663).
38% of them were murdered or assassinated.
63% of the deaths above were due to drug overdoses.

Other ages

Other ages that celebrities died at.

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