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Dead at age 48
476 Notable deaths
Whitney Houston
American singer, actress, and producer (1963–2012).
Born August 9th, 1963 in Newark. [ref]
Died February 11th, 2012 at 48 years old in Beverly Hills. [ref]
Subhas Chandra Bose
Indian nationalist leader and axis collaborator (1897–1945).
Born January 23rd, 1897 in Cuttack.
Died August 18th, 1945 at 48 years old in Taihoku (burn). [ref]
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the islamic state of iraq and the levant from 2013 to 2019.
Born July 28th, 1971 in Samarra.
Died October 27th, 2019 at 48 years old in Barisha (suicide bombing). [ref]
Scott Weiland
American singer (1967–2015).
Born October 27th, 1967 in San Jose.
Died December 3rd, 2015 at 48 years old in Bloomington (drug overdose). [ref]
Joseph McCarthy
American politician (1908–1957).
Born November 14th, 1908 in Grand Chute.
Died May 2nd, 1957 at 48 years old in Bethesda (liver cirrhosis).
Ian Watkins
Welsh musician and sex offender (1977–2025).
Born July 30th, 1977 in Merthyr Tydfil.
Died October 11th, 2025 at 48 years old in HM Prison Wakefield (stabbing). [ref]
Harvey Milk
American politician who became a martyr in the gay community (1930-1978).
Born May 22nd, 1930 in Woodmere. [ref]
Died November 27th, 1978 at 48 years old in San Francisco (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Pakistani musician, primarily a singer of qawwali (1948-1997).
Born October 13th, 1948 in Faisalabad.
Died August 16th, 1997 at 48 years old in London (cardiac arrest).
Lili Elbe
Danish painter and transgender woman (1882–1931).
Born December 28th, 1882 in Vejle.
Died September 13th, 1931 at 48 years old in Dresden (complication).
Graham Chapman
English actor, comedian and writer (1941–1989).
Born January 8th, 1941 in Stoneygate.
Died October 4th, 1989 at 48 years old in Maidstone (oropharynx cancer).
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