Famous people who died at 44

This is list of celebrities and other famous people who died when they were 44 years old.

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

Marvin Gaye

RnB Singer Deceased
Died on Apr 1, 1984, at the age of 44.
Shot dead by his father.

Pablo Escobar

Colombian drug lord Deceased
Died on Dec 2, 1993, at the age of 44.
Died while attempting evade a special operations unit.

Curt Hennig

Wrestler Deceased
Died on Feb 10, 2003, at the age of 44.
Acute drug intoxication.

Steve Irwin

Wildlife expert Deceased
Died on Sep 4, 2006, at the age of 44.
Pierced in the chest by a stingray barb.

Giant Gonzalez

Wrestler Deceased
Died on Sep 22, 2010, at the age of 44.
Complications from diabetes type 1.

Heavy D

Rapper Deceased
Died on Nov 8, 2011, at the age of 44.
Pulmonary embolism caused by a blood clot.

Dustin Diamond

Actor Deceased
Died on Feb 1, 2021, at the age of 44.
Small-cell lung cancer.

Statistics about the 44-year-olds above

Statistics about the 7 celebrity deaths above:

100% of the deaths in the 44 age group were male.
These deaths make up 1% of our database (7/658).
14% of them were murdered or assassinated.
14% of these celebrities died in accidents.
Out of the 7 people on this list, 14% passed away due to cancer.
14% of the deaths above were due to drug overdoses.

Other ages

Other ages that celebrities died at.

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