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Celebrities Who Died At Their Peak
21stCenturyBoy
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... and what they'd have gone on to achieve if they hadn't.
Quite a maudlin topic, but hey, it's the middle of March and snowing so I'm in no mood to be cheery!
Just a contribution thread to see who we think died at the peak of their fame/ influence, and maybe speculate as to what they'd have gone on to achieve if they'd have lived.
(Given the thread title, no Sonny Bono jokes please!)
I'll start with James Dean.
Maverick actor and original Hollywood bad boy. Would only be in his early 80's now, so I imagine would be taking the roles meant for Clint Eastwood.
Aalyiah
Could well have become the first R&B superstar of the noughties- died before her peak, but was well on the ascension. Might have stopped the rise of Beyonce.
Quite a maudlin topic, but hey, it's the middle of March and snowing so I'm in no mood to be cheery!
Just a contribution thread to see who we think died at the peak of their fame/ influence, and maybe speculate as to what they'd have gone on to achieve if they'd have lived.
(Given the thread title, no Sonny Bono jokes please!)
I'll start with James Dean.
Maverick actor and original Hollywood bad boy. Would only be in his early 80's now, so I imagine would be taking the roles meant for Clint Eastwood.
Aalyiah
Could well have become the first R&B superstar of the noughties- died before her peak, but was well on the ascension. Might have stopped the rise of Beyonce.
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Nothing good. She was on a downward spiral.
James Dean
I wouldn't put Amy Winehouse on the list because had she have still been alive, she'd have not released anything remotely resembling her former glory. She died at 27. It was her fate.
Jim Morrison
Kurt Cobain
Agree with both. I would add:
Carole Lombard.
Sharon Tate (who was starting to develop a knack for comedy roles.)
The way those two women died was horrific. Such talented women.
So true:(:(
I was looking at pictures of Sharon on tumblr to reblog and was greeted with pictures of her dead and bloody body. It affected me for ages after.
We'll have to agree to disagree then. She was clean of drugs and had given up drinking apart from the binge that killed her... I do think she was on the 'up' - at least from where she was anyway.
Ditto