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Gone too soon
Famous lives cut short: the youngest deaths among people the world still remembers.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart tops this list. Age at death: 35, ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. at 39.
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartMusiciansAustria351756-1791
1756-1791
Martin Luther King Jr.ActivistsUnited States391929-1968
1929-1968
Marilyn MonroeActorsUnited States361926-1962
1926-1962
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The most famous people who died at 40 or younger, among those with sourced birth and death dates.
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