Famous people who died at the age of 69.

This is list of celebrities and other famous people who died when they were 69 years old.

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

Marco Polo

Merchant traveller. Deceased
Died on January 8th, 1324
Died at the age of 69
Unknown illness.

Elizabeth I of England

Queen of England. Deceased
Died on March 24th, 1603
Died at the age of 69
Unknown illness.

Ramon Novarro

Actor. Deceased
Died on October 30th, 1968
Died at the age of 69
Beaten to death at his home during a robbery.

Louis Armstrong

Musician. Deceased
Died on July 6th, 1971
Died at the age of 69
Heart attack.

Rosalind Russell

Actress. Deceased
Died on November 28th, 1976
Died at the age of 69
Breast cancer.

Brian Clough

Football manager. Deceased
Died on September 20th, 2004
Died at the age of 69
Stomach cancer.

Saddam Hussein

Iraqi President. Deceased
Died on December 31st, 2006
Died at the age of 69
Executed by hanging.

Evel Knievel

Stunt performer. Deceased
Died on November 30th, 2007
Died at the age of 69
Respiratory disease.

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan leader. Deceased
Died on October 20th, 2011
Died at the age of 69
Assassinated.

Henry Hill

Mobster / FBI informant. Deceased
Died on June 12th, 2012
Died at the age of 69
Heart disease.

David Bowie

Singer. Deceased
Died on January 10th, 2016
Died at the age of 69
Liver cancer.

Derek Acorah

British spiritual medium. Deceased
Died on January 4th, 2020
Died at the age of 69
Sepsis.

Statistics about the 69-year-olds above.

Statistics about the 12 celebrity deaths above.

Men make up the majority of celebrity deaths in this age group. 83% were male, whereas only 17% were female.
These deaths make up 2% of our database (12/595).
17% of them were murdered or assassinated.
Out of the 12 people on this list, 25% passed away due to cancer.
8% of them died from a heart attack.

Other ages.

Other ages that celebrities died at.

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