Famous people who died at the age of 42.

This is list of celebrities and other famous people who died when they were 42 years old.

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

Ernie Kovacs

Comedian. Deceased
Died on January 13th, 1962
Died at the age of 42
Car accident.

Robert F. Kennedy

American politician. Deceased
Died on June 6th, 1968
Died at the age of 42
Assassinated.

Albert DeSalvo

Suspected serial killer. Deceased
Died on November 25th, 1973
Died at the age of 42
Stabbed to death in prison.

Elvis Presley

Singer. Deceased
Died on August 16th, 1977
Died at the age of 42
Heart attack.

Ted Bundy

Serial killer. Deceased
Died on January 24th, 1989
Died at the age of 42
Executed by electric chair.

Margaux Hemingway

Fashion model. Deceased
Died on July 1st, 1996
Died at the age of 42
Overdose of penobarbital.

Dodi Fayed

Film producer. Deceased
Died on August 31st, 1997
Died at the age of 42
Car crash.

Gary Coleman

Actor. Deceased
Died on May 28th, 2010
Died at the age of 42
Epidural hematoma.

Gary Speed

Soccer manager. Deceased
Died on November 27th, 2011
Died at the age of 42
Suicide by hanging.

Kimbo Slice

MMA fighter. Deceased
Died on June 6th, 2016
Died at the age of 42
Heart failure.

Prodigy

Rapper. Deceased
Died on June 20th, 2017
Died at the age of 42
Accidental choking relating to sickle-cell anemia.

Papa Bouba Diop

Soccer player. Deceased
Died on November 29th, 2020
Died at the age of 42
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

Statistics about the 42-year-olds above.

Statistics about the 12 celebrity deaths above:

Men make up the majority of celebrity deaths in this age group. 92% were male, whereas only 8% were female.
These deaths make up 2% of our database (12/642).
17% of them were murdered or assassinated.
Suicide accounted for 8% of the deaths in this age group.
17% of these celebrities died in accidents.
8% of them died from a heart attack.
8% of the deaths above were due to drug overdoses.

Other ages.

Other ages that celebrities died at.

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