Famous people who died at the age of 26.

This is list of celebrities and other famous people who died when they were 26 years old.

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

Singer. Deceased
Died on December 10th, 1967
Died at the age of 26
Plane crash.

Actress and model. Deceased
Died on August 9th, 1969
Died at the age of 26
Stabbed to death by the Manson Family.

Singer. Deceased
Died on September 19th, 1973
Died at the age of 26
Overdose of morphine and alcohol.

Supermodel. Deceased
Died on November 18th, 1986
Died at the age of 26
AIDS-related complications.

Rapper. Deceased
Died on November 26th, 2003
Died at the age of 26
Shot four times on the front lawn of his house.

Programmer and Internet hacktivist. Deceased
Died on January 11th, 2013
Died at the age of 26
Suicide by hanging.

Rapper. Deceased
Died on September 7th, 2018
Died at the age of 26
Accidental drug overdose of cocaine, fentanyl and alcohol.

Love Island contestant. Deceased
Died on March 16th, 2019
Died at the age of 26
Hanged himself in a park in Edmonton, London.

Statistics about the 26-year-olds above.

Statistics about the 8 celebrity deaths above.

Men make up the majority of celebrity deaths in this age group. 75% were male, whereas only 25% were female.
These deaths make up 1% of our database (8/595).
25% of them were murdered or assassinated.
Suicide accounted for 25% of the deaths in this age group.
13% of these celebrities died in accidents.
25% of the deaths above were due to drug overdoses.
AIDS or HIV killed 13% of the 26-year-olds on this list.

Other ages that celebrities died at.