The world was shocked and saddened when Princess Diana died in 1997 at the age of 36.

1. Jessica Dubroff (7)

Pilot -- Plane crash -- 1996

2. Heather O'Rourke (12)

Child actor -- Bowel obstruction -- 1988

3. Anne Frank (15)

Dutch-Jewish author -- Typhus in concentration camp -- 1945

4. Ritchie Valens (17)

Rock 'n' roll singer -- Plane crash -- 1959

5. Eddie Cochran (21)

Rockabilly musician -- Auto accident -- 1960

6. Aaliyah (22)

R&B singer -- Plane crash -- 2001

7. Buddy Holly (22)

Rock 'n' roll singer -- Plane crash -- 1959

8. Freddie Prinze (22)

Comedian/actor -- Suicide -- 1977

9. River Phoenix (23)

Actor -- Drug overdose -- 1993

10. Selena (23)

Mexican-American singer -- Homicide -- 1995

11. James Dean (24)

Actor -- Auto accident -- 1955

12. Otis Redding (26)

Soul singer -- Plane crash -- 1967

13. Brian Jones (27)

British rock guitarist -- Drug-related drowning, possibly homicide -- 1969

14. Janis Joplin (27)

Rock/soul singer -- Heroin overdose -- 1970

15. Jim Morrison (27)

Rock singer -- Heart attack, possibly due to drug overdose -- 1971

16. Jimi Hendrix (27)

Rock guitarist/singer -- Asphyxiation from sleeping pill overdose -- 1970

17. Kurt Cobain (27)

Grunge rock singer/guitarist -- Gunshot and lethal dose of heroin, presumed suicide -- 1994

18. Reggie Lewis (27)

Basketball player -- Heart attack -- 1993

19. Brandon Lee (28)

Actor -- Accidental shooting on the set of The Crow -- 1993

20. Shannon Hoon (28)

Rock singer -- Drug overdose -- 1995

21. Hank Williams (29)

Country musician -- Heart attack, possibly due to an accidental overdose of morphine and alcohol -- 1953

22. Andy Gibb (30)

Singer -- Heart failure due to cocaine abuse -- 1988

23. Jim Croce (30)

Singer/songwriter -- Plane crash -- 1973

24. Patsy Cline (30)

Country music singer -- Plane crash -- 1963

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