30 Child Actors Who Died Young
Child Actors Who Died Young
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Michael Cuccione - Cause Of Death: Cancer, Respiratory failure. The movie star died in 2001 at age 16. Cuccione had survived Hodgkin's disease at age 9 after chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant, but was left with a respiratory problem. After a minor car accident, the actor was hospitalized and never recovered, succumbing to respiratory failure.
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Lucille Ricksen - Cause Of Death: Tuberculosis. Silent movie actress died in 1925 at age 14. The young actress fell ill during filming one day and was subsequently diagnosed with tuberculosis. She died two weeks after her mother, who had kept vigil on her ailing daughter, suffered a fatal heart attack at her daughter's bedside.
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Matthew Garber - Cause Of Death: Pancreatitis. The Mary Poppins star died in 1977 at age 21. While on tour in India, Garber contracted hepatitis which sread to his pancreas before he could return to London for treatment. The official cause of death listed on his death certificate is Haemorrhagic Necrotising Pancreatitis.
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Dana Hill - Cause Of Death: Diabetes mellitus, Stroke. The star of Shoot the Moon, Fallen Angel and National Lampoon's European Vacation died in 1996 at age 32. Diagnosed in her youth with Type 1 diabetes, Hill slipped into a diabetic coma in May, suffered a massive stroke in June and died in July.
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Jonathan Brandis - Cause Of Death: Suicide by hanging, Suicide, Hanging. The star of seaQuest DSV died in 2003 at age 27. Brandis was found alive, but unconscious, hanging from the neck in his home. The friend who happened upon the scene summoned paramedics immediately, but the star of Ladybugs died at Cedars-Sinai hospital the next day.
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Judith Barsi - Cause Of Death: Ballistic trauma, Firearm, Homicide, Murder. The young star of Jaws: The Revenge and The Land Before Time voice of Ducky died in 1988 at age 10. In a murder-suicide carried out by her father, Judith and her mother were shot, killed, and subsequently set on fire before he shot himself to death in the family's garage.
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Corey Haim - Cause Of Death: Drug overdose, Pneumonia. The teen star of 80s hit films like Lucas, The Lost Boys, and License to Drive turned to drugs when his career slowed. In 2010, he died at age 38, officially from pneumonia - though he notably procured 553 prescription pills from 7 different physicians in the 32 days prior to his death, including 195 Valium, 149 Vicodin, 194 Soma and 15 Xanax.
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River Phoenix - Cause Of Death: Heart failure, Drug overdose, Cocaine overdose, Heroin overdose, Combined drug intoxication. The child and teen star of Stand by Me and Explorers died in 1993 at age 23 in front of The Viper Room, while then-owner Johnny Depp was performing onstage. As news circulated through the club about Phoenix's collapse outside, the show stopped and he was never revived.
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