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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Nick Adams
Actor
10-Jul-1931 7-Feb-1968 Johnny Yuma on The Rebel
G. G. Allin
Musician
29-Aug-1956 28-Jun-1993 Hated
Kenneth Allsop
Critic
29-Jan-1920 23-May-1973 London Evening News book critic
Antonin Artaud
Playwright
4-Sep-1896 4-Mar-1948 Theater of Cruelty
Parveen Babi
Actor
4-Apr-1955 20-Jan-2005 Sophisticated Seventies Bollywood Babe
Lester Bangs
Critic
14-Dec-1948 30-Apr-1982 Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung
Jürgen Bartsch
Criminal
6-Nov-1946 28-Apr-1976 Teenaged homosexual serial killer
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Painter
22-Dec-1960 12-Aug-1988 NYC graffiti artist
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Rapper
15-Nov-1968 13-Nov-2004 Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan
Warren A. Bechtel
Business
12-Sep-1872 28-Aug-1933 Founder of Bechtel Corporation
John Belushi
Actor
24-Jan-1949 5-Mar-1982 Animal House
Len Bias
Basketball
18-Nov-1963 19-Jun-1986 Boston Celtics draft pick, died of cocaine OD
Mike Bloomfield
Guitarist
28-Jul-1943 15-Feb-1981 Guitarist, Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Lenny Bruce
Comic
13-Oct-1925 3-Aug-1966 Multiply obscene comic
Tim Buckley
Singer/Songwriter
14-Feb-1947 29-Jun-1975 Experimental singer/songwriter
Dorothy Dandridge
Actor
9-Nov-1922 8-Sep-1965 Carmen Jones
Teri Diver
Pornstar
6-Sep-1971 2-Jan-2001 What's Up, Tiger Pussy?
DJ AM
Disc Jockey
30-Mar-1973 28-Aug-2009 New York Club DJ
Nick Drake
Singer/Songwriter
19-Jun-1948 25-Nov-1974 Pink Moon
Al Dubin
Songwriter
10-Jun-1891 11-Feb-1945 Lullaby of Broadway
Kevin DuBrow
Singer
29-Oct-1955 25-Nov-2007 Lead singer, Quiet Riot
John Entwistle
Bassist
9-Oct-1944 27-Jun-2002 Bassist for The Who
Brian Epstein
Business
19-Sep-1934 27-Aug-1967 Manager of The Beatles
Chris Farley
Comic
15-Feb-1964 17-Dec-1997 Saturday Night Live
Marshall Field IV
Business
15-Jun-1916 18-Sep-1965 Owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, 1956-65
Judy Garland
Singer
10-Jun-1922 22-Jun-1969 Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
Greg Giraldo
Comic
10-Dec-1965 29-Sep-2010 Friday Night Stand-Up
Trevor Goddard
Actor
14-Oct-1962 7-Jun-2003 Lt. Cmdr. Mic Brumby on JAG
Dwayne Goettel
Musician
1-Feb-1964 23-Aug-1995 Skinny Puppy, fatal heroin OD
Nigel Green
Actor
15-Oct-1924 15-May-1972 The Ipcress File
Tim Hardin
Singer/Songwriter
23-Dec-1941 29-Dec-1980 If I Were a Carpenter
Domino Harvey
Relative
7-Aug-1969 27-Jun-2005 Laurence Harvey's daughter
Rodney Harvey
Actor
31-Jul-1967 11-Apr-1998 Sodapop Curtis on The Outsiders
Bobby Hatfield
Singer
10-Aug-1940 5-Nov-2003 The Righteous Brothers
Mitch Hedberg
Comic
24-Feb-1968 30-Mar-2005 Stand-up comedian known for one-liners
Jimi Hendrix
Guitarist
27-Nov-1942 18-Sep-1970 Purple Haze
George Hickenlooper
Film Director
25-May-1963 29-Oct-2010 Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse
Shannon Hoon
Musician
26-Sep-1967 21-Oct-1995 Frontman for Blind Melon
Baby Huey
Musician
1946 28-Oct-1970 Hard Times
Mark R. Hughes
Business
1956 21-May-2000 Herbalife founder
Harold Hunter
Skateboarder
2-Apr-1974 17-Feb-2006 Skateboarder in "Kids"
Michael Jackson
Singer
29-Aug-1958 25-Jun-2009 King of Pop
Anissa Jones
Actor
11-Mar-1958 28-Aug-1976 Buffy on Family Affair
Janis Joplin
Singer
19-Jan-1943 4-Oct-1970 Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart)
Alvin Karpis
Criminal
10-Aug-1907 26-Aug-1979 Former Public Enemy #1
Dorothy Kilgallen
Columnist
3-Jul-1913 8-Nov-1965 What's My Line?
Thomas Kinkade
Painter
19-Jan-1958 6-Apr-2012 Self-proclaimed "Painter of Light"
Alan Ladd
Actor
3-Sep-1913 29-Jan-1964 Shane
Heath Ledger
Actor
4-Apr-1979 22-Jan-2008 Brokeback Mountain
Gerald Levert
Singer
13-Jul-1966 10-Nov-2006 Baby Hold on to Me
Lucretius
Poet
c. 99 BC c. 55 BC On the Nature of Things
Frankie Lymon
Singer/Songwriter
30-Sep-1942 28-Feb-1968 Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
Phil Lynott
Singer/Songwriter
20-Aug-1949 4-Jan-1986 Founder of Thin Lizzy
Gideon Mantell
Geologist
3-Feb-1790 10-Nov-1852 English paleontologist and geologist
Aimee Semple McPherson
Religion
9-Oct-1890 27-Sep-1944 Evangelist, faith healer
Keith Moon
Drummer
23-Aug-1946 7-Sep-1978 Drummer for The Who
Brad Nowell
Musician
22-Feb-1968 25-May-1996 Lead singer of Sublime
Lani O'Grady
Actor
2-Oct-1954 25-Sep-2001 Mary Bradford on Eight Is Enough
Johnny O'Keefe
Musician
6-Jan-1935 6-Oct-1978 King of Australian rock and roll
Gram Parsons
Musician
5-Nov-1946 19-Sep-1973 Flying Burrito Brothers
Robert Pastorelli
Actor
21-Jun-1954 8-Mar-2004 Housepainter on Murphy Brown
Kristen Pfaff
Bassist
26-May-1967 16-Jun-1994 Bassist for Hole and Janitor Joe
River Phoenix
Actor
23-Aug-1970 31-Oct-1993 My Own Private Idaho
Rob Pilatus
Dancer
8-Jun-1965 2-Apr-1998 Troubled half of Milli Vanilli
Pimp C
Rapper
29-Dec-1973 4-Dec-2007 Half of UGK
Robert Quine
Guitarist
30-Dec-1942 31-May-2004 Sonic punk rock guitarist
Glenn Quinn
Actor
28-May-1970 3-Dec-2002 Mark Healy on Roseanne
Dee Dee Ramone
Bassist
18-Sep-1952 5-Jun-2002 Former bassist, The Ramones
Brad Renfro
Actor
25-Jul-1982 15-Jan-2008 The Client
David Ruffin
Singer
18-Jan-1941 1-Jun-1991 The Temptations
Bon Scott
Musician
9-Jul-1946 19-Feb-1980 Lead Singer for AC/DC
DJ Screw
Disc Jockey
20-Jul-1971 16-Nov-2000 Screw Music inventor
Jean Seberg
Actor
13-Nov-1938 8-Sep-1979 Saint Joan
Edie Sedgwick
Socialite
20-Apr-1943 16-Nov-1971 Warhol factory girl
Eric Show
Baseball
19-May-1956 16-Mar-1994 MLB pitcher
Hillel Slovak
Guitarist
13-Apr-1962 25-Jun-1988 Guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Anna Nicole Smith
Model
28-Nov-1967 8-Feb-2007 Addled golddigger
Daniel Smith
Relative
22-Jan-1986 10-Sep-2006 Son of Anna Nicole Smith
Layne Staley
Musician
22-Aug-1967 14-Apr-2002 Frontman for Alice In Chains
Johnny Thunders
Guitarist
15-Jul-1952 23-Apr-1991 New York Dolls guitarist
Ike Turner
Musician
5-Nov-1931 12-Dec-2007 River Deep, Mountain High
Mary Ure
Actor
18-Feb-1933 3-Apr-1975 Sons and Lovers
Sid Vicious
Bassist
10-May-1957 2-Feb-1979 Sex Pistols bassist
Robert Walker
Actor
13-Oct-1918 28-Aug-1951 Strangers on a Train
Dinah Washington
Singer
29-Aug-1924 14-Dec-1963 Queen of the Blues
Kenneth Williams
Actor
22-Feb-1926 15-Apr-1988 Carry on...



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