Different people have different timelines for their achievements. Some, like Colonel Sanders, open their first restaurant at 55, coming to fame late in life. And some manage to become world famous by their early twenties, leave behind a colossal creative legacy - and then pass away like a meteorite in the night sky.
Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Alexander the Great, Jim Morrison, John Belushi - the question is rather that the people around them didn't feel how young they actually were when they passed away. And this viral thread in the AskReddit community is about exactly such people. Many of whom we have already actually outlived...
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Jimi Hendrix, Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain, Alexander the Great, Jim Morrison, John Belushi - the question is rather that the people around them didn't feel how young they actually were when they passed away. And this viral thread in the AskReddit community is about exactly such people. Many of whom we have already actually outlived...
More info: Reddit
#22
John Belushi. Hard to believe he was only 33 and I've out lived him.
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31points
#23
I always think about John Keats being 25 when he died. From the same disease that killed two members of his family too, he had months of knowing he was dying and even wrote his own gravestone.
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#25
Still can’t believe Hank Williams Senior was only 29 when he died.
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30points
#27
Al Capone was only 48 when he died. He was just 26 when he became the crime boss of Chicago.
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29points
#30
The Notorious BIG was only 24. He always seemed a lot older due to his huge size, deep voice and intimidating presence.
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