Famous people who died at the age of 66.

A list of celebrities and other famous people who died when they were 66 years old.

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

Sir Walter Raleigh

Explorer. Deceased
Died on October 29th, 1618
Died at the age of 66
Executed by beheading.

Oskar Schindler

Historical figure. Deceased
Died on October 9th, 1974
Died at the age of 66

Roxie Roker

Actress. Deceased
Died on December 2nd, 1995
Died at the age of 66
Breast cancer.

Tom Petty

Musician. Deceased
Died on October 2nd, 2017
Died at the age of 66
Mixed drug toxicity.

Jeffrey Epstein

Financier. Deceased
Died on August 10th, 2019
Died at the age of 66
Suicide by hanging.

Statistics about the 66-year-olds above.

A few statistics about the 5 celebrity deaths above.

• Men make up the majority of celebrity deaths in this age group. 80% were male, whereas only 20% were female.
• These deaths make up 1% of our database (5/497).
• Suicide accounted for 20% of the deaths in this age group.
• Out of the 5 people on this list, 20% of them passed away due to cancer.
• 20% of the deaths above were due to drug overdoses.