Celebrities who died at age 52

The list Celebrities who died at age 52 includes Grace Kelly, Roy Orbison, Frank Zappa, Diana Dors and Chris Cornell. The list consists of 3,586 members.

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Grace Kelly

Princess of Monaco, American actress (1929–1982)

Overview: Grace Patricia Kelly (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an American film actress who, after starring in several significant films in the early to mid-1950s, became Princess of Monaco by ...

Date of birth: 12 November 1929

Date of death: 14 September 1982

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Stroke-related deaths in Monaco 1T

Actresses of Irish descent 598T

Actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood 10T
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Roy Orbison

American singer-songwriter (1936–1988)

Overview: Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician known for his impassioned singing style, complex song structures, and dark, emotional ballads. Many ...

Date of birth: 23 April 1936

Date of death: 6 December 1988

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Guitarists from Texas 342T

Rock and roll musicians 36T

20th-century American guitarists 3,517T
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Frank Zappa

American musician (1940–1993)

Overview: Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American singer-songwriter, innovative rock guitarist, modernist composer, multi-instrumentalist, satirist, film-maker, and bandleader ...

Date of birth: 21 December 1940

Date of death: 4 December 1993

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American contemporary classical composers 42T

American male jazz musicians 3,118T

American people of Campanian descent 89T
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Diana Dors

British, Actress

Overview: Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English film and television actress and singer.

Date of birth: 23 October 1931

Date of death: 4 May 1984

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Deaths from ovarian cancer in the United Kingdom 23T

English comedy actresses 250T

British women autobiographers 111T
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Chris Cornell

American musician (1964–2017)

Overview: Christopher John Cornell (né Boyle; July 20, 1964 – May 18, 2017) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for the rock bands Soundgarden and ...

Date of birth: 20 July 1964

Date of death: 17 May 2017

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 3" (190 cm)

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2017 suicides 56T

Rock musicians who committed suicide 104T

Alternative metal singers 13T
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Luke Perry

American, Actor

Overview: Coy Luther "Luke" Perry III (October 11, 1966 – March 4, 2019) was an American actor. He became a teen idol for playing Dylan McKay on the Fox television series Beverly Hills, 90210 from 1990 to 1995 ...

Date of birth: 11 October 1966

Date of death: 4 March 2019

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Stroke-related deaths in California 142T

Cardiovascular disease deaths in California 34T

Neurological disease deaths in California 471T
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Harry Nilsson

American singer-songwriter (1941–1994)

Overview: Harry Edward Nilsson III (June 15, 1941 – January 15, 1994), sometimes credited as Nilsson, was an American singer-songwriter who reached the peak of his success in the early 1970s. His work is charac ...

Date of birth: 15 June 1941

Date of death: 15 January 1994

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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20th-century American singer-songwriters 1,283T

Singers from Brooklyn 176T

20th-century American male singers 2,029T
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Eddie Kendricks

American singer and songwriter

Overview: Eddie James Kendricks (December 17, 1939 – October 5, 1992) was an American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The T ...

Date of birth: 17 December 1939

Date of death: 5 October 1992

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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People from Ensley, Alabama 16T

Burials at Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, Alabama) 43T

Musicians from Birmingham, Alabama 116T
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Debralee Scott

American actress (1953–2005)

Overview: Debralee Scott (April 2, 1953 – April 5, 2005) was a comedic American actress best known for her roles on the sitcoms Welcome Back, Kotter; Angie; Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; and Forever Fernwood ...

Date of birth: 2 April 1953

Date of death: 5 April 2005

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Actors from Elizabeth, New Jersey 10T

Actresses from Pennsylvania 213T

Actresses from New Jersey 380T
10.

Shane Warne

Australian cricketer (1969–2022)

Overview: Shane Keith Warne AO (13 September 1969 – 4 March 2022) was an Australian international Hall of Fame cricketer whose career ran from 1991 to 2007. Warne played as a right-arm leg spin bowler and a rig ...

Date of birth: 13 September 1969

Date of death: 4 March 2022

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: Australian

Occupation: Cricket

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

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Shane Warne 1T

2022 deaths 6,218T

Deaths from heart disease 230T
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Pamela Gidley

American actor and model

Overview: Pamela Catherine Gidley (June 11, 1965 – April 16, 2018) was an American actress and model.

Date of birth: 11 June 1965

Date of death: 16 April 2018

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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2018 deaths 10,187T

Female models from Massachusetts 29T

Actresses from New Hampshire 29T
12.

Wanda Hendrix

American actress

Overview: Wanda Hendrix (November 3, 1928 – February 1, 1981) was an American film and television actress.

Date of birth: 3 November 1928

Date of death: 1 February 1981

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

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Deaths from pneumonia in California 434T

Actresses from Jacksonville, Florida 20T

20th-century American actresses 7,139T
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Helen McCrory

British, Actress

Overview: Helen Elizabeth McCrory OBE (17 August 1968 – 16 April 2021) was an English actress. After studying at the Drama Centre London, she made her stage debut in The Importance of Being Earnest in 1990. Other ...

Date of birth: 17 August 1968

Date of death: 16 April 2021

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: British

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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Deaths from breast cancer in England 92T

Deaths from breast cancer in the United Kingdom 93T

Actors from the City of Westminster 203T
14.

Christopher Reeve

American actor (1952–2004)

Overview: Christopher D'Olier Reeve (September 25, 1952 – October 10, 2004) was an American actor, writer, and director. He was best known for playing the DC Comics character Superman, beginning with the acclaimed ...

Date of birth: 25 September 1952

Date of death: 10 October 2004

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 4" (193 cm)

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Male actors of English descent 380T

BAFTA Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles winners 33T

Wheelchair users 23T
15.

Shirley Hemphill

American actress and comedian (1947–1999)

Overview: Shirley Ann Hemphill (July 1, 1947 – December 10, 1999) was an American stand-up comedian and actress.

Date of birth: 1 July 1947

Date of death: 10 December 1999

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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20th-century American comedians 1,226T

Actresses from North Carolina 108T

20th-century American actresses 6,858T
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Yvonne Suhor

American actor

Overview: Yvonne Theresa Suhor (November 29, 1961 – September 27, 2018) was an American actress and acting instructor.

Date of birth: 29 November 1965

Date of death: 27 September 2018

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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2018 deaths 9,212T

2018 deaths 7,472T

Actresses from New Orleans, Louisiana 75T
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Richard Wright

American novelist and poet (1908–1960)

Overview: Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related ...

Date of birth: 4 September 1908

Date of death: 28 November 1960

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Author

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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People from Fort Greene, Brooklyn 43T

American male non-fiction writers 4,581T

Novelists from Mississippi 69T
18.

Ina Balin

American actress (1937–1990)

Overview: Ina Balin (née Rosenberg; November 12, 1937 – June 20, 1990) was an American stage, film, and television actress. She is best known for her role in the film From the Terrace (1960), for which she received ...

Date of birth: 12 November 1937

Date of death: 20 June 1990

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Actresses from Brooklyn 148T

Cardiovascular disease deaths in Connecticut 2T

20th-century American Jews 4,800T
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Dack Rambo

American, Actor

Overview: Norman Jay Rambo (November 13, 1941 – March 21, 1994), professionally known as Dack Rambo, was an American actor, most notable for appearing as Walter Brennan's grandson Jeff in the series The Guns of ...

Date of birth: 28 November 1941

Date of death: 21 March 1994

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

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American bisexual male actors 68T

American bisexual men 157T

20th-century American LGBT people 2,059T
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Harry Houdini

Hungarian-American escapologist and stuntperson

Overview: Erik Weisz (March 24, 1874 – October 31, 1926), known as Harry Houdini ( hoo-DEE-nee), was a Hungarian-American escape artist, illusionist, and stunt performer, noted for his escape acts. His pseudonym ...

Date of birth: 24 March 1874

Date of death: 31 October 1926

Age: 52 (age at death)

Nationality: Hungarian

Occupation: Magician

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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Critics of Spiritualism 34T

Artists from Budapest 112T

People from Morningside Heights, Manhattan 18T