Famous People Who Died of natural causes

• Barris, Chuck

  Host of TV's The Gong Show

• Barton, Clara

  Founder of the American Red Cross

• Blackman, Honor

  Pussy Galore in the James Bond film Goldfinger

• Bridges, Lloyd

  Mike Nelson on Sea Hunt

• Burbank, Luther

  Creator of the Burbank potato

• Carter, Rosalynn

  First Lady of the United States, 1977-81

• Catherine of Aragon

  First wife of Henry VIII

• Channing, Carol

  The long-running star of Hello, Dolly!

• Chavez, Cesar

  Leader of the 1960s grape boycott

• Christie, Agatha

  Author of Murder on the Orient Express

• Comanche

  The famous horse who survived Custer's Last Stand

• Cooper, Gordon

  Mercury 7 astronaut and pilot of Gemini 5

• Da Vinci, Leonardo

  Painter of the Mona Lisa

• Davis, Jimmie

  Louisiana's "Singing Governor"

• Defoe, Daniel

  The author of Robinson Crusoe

• De Havilland, Olivia

  Melanie in Gone With the Wind

• Domino, Fats

  Early rock 'n' roll singer of "Blueberry Hill"

• Dumas, Alexandre (the Elder)

  The author of The Three Musketeers

• Edison, Thomas

  The man who invented the light bulb

• Eliot, George

  The author of Middlemarch

• Fadiman, Clifton

  Host of the radio quiz show Information Please

• Fontaine, Joan

  The Oscar-winning star of the Hitchcock thriller Suspicion.

• Francis, Arlene

  Longtime panelist on TV's What's My Line

• Frey, Glenn

  The guitarist who co-founded The Eagles

• Graves, Robert

  Author of I, Claudius

• Halley, Edmond

  Discoverer of Halley's Comet

• Hepburn, Katharine

  Silver screen legend, star of The African Queen

• Hirschfeld, Al

  The longtime humorous caricaturist of Broadway stars

• Hitchcock, Alfred

  The director of the classic suspense film Psycho

• Holmes, Oliver Wendell Jr.

  The U.S. Supreme Court's "Great Dissenter" from 1902-1932

• Holmes, Oliver Wendell Sr.

  Author of The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

• Hurt, William

  Star of the movie Kiss of the Spider Woman

• James, P.D.

  The "queen of crime" who wrote the Adam Dagliesh mystery novels

• Jefferson, Thomas

  Author of the Declaration of Independence

• Keeshan, Bob

  TV's Captain Kangaroo

• Keller, Helen

  The blind and deaf woman who became a famous activist

• Kennedy, Rosemary

  The Kennedy sister who had a lobotomy

• Kim Jong-il

  The dictatorial leader of North Korea, 1994-2011

• Klugman, Jack

  Oscar Madison in TV's The Odd Couple

• Koko the Gorilla

  The gorilla who used human sign language

• Kubrick, Stanley

  The director of 2001: A Space Odyssey

• Leachman, Cloris

  The egotistical landlady Phyllis on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

• Lee, Robert E.

  Leader of Confederate armies in the Civil War

• Lewis, C.S.

  Author of The Chronicles of Narnia

• Lindgren, Astrid

  The author of Pippi Longstocking

• Manson, Charles

  Cultish figure in famous 1969 killing spree

• Maugham, W. Somerset

  The author of Of Human Bondage

• McGovern, George

  The Democratic candidate for U.S. president in 1972

• Merman, Ethel

  The brassy star of Annie Get Your Gun

• Merrick, Joseph (John)

  The man called The Elephant Man

• Muhammad

  Founding prophet of Islam

• Nidetch, Jean

  Founder of the Weight Watchers diet program

• Nightingale, Florence

  British nursing hero of the Crimean War

• Palance, Jack

  The creepy trail boss Curly in City Slickers

• Peck, Gregory

  The actor who played Atticus Finch in the movie To Kill A Mockingbird

• Polo, Marco

  The exotic traveler who "discovered" the Orient

• Prince Rainier III

  Ruler of Monaco and husband of Princess Grace

• Queen Mother, The

  The mother of Queen Elizabeth II

• Reagan, Ronald

  40th President of the United States, 1981-89

• Reiner, Carl

  Creator of TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show

• Riefenstahl, Leni

  Filmmaker who documented Hitler's Germany

• Robertson, Cliff

  The Oscar-winning star of the 1968 film Charly

• Rogers, Kenny

  The country star who sang "The Gambler"

• Scalia, Antonin

  U.S. Supreme Court judge, 1986-2016

• Schwartz, Sherwood

  The creator of Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch

• Seabiscuit

  Thoroughbred hero of the American Depression

• Seuss, Dr.

  Author of The Cat In the Hat

• Shaw, Artie

  The clarinet-playing big band leader who recorded Begin the Beguine

• Shaw, George Bernard

  The author of Pygmalion

• Shoemaker, Willie

  Four-time Kentucky Derby winner who later was paralyzed

• Shriver, Eunice Kennedy

  The founder of the Special Olympics

• Sinatra, Frank

  Singer of New York, New York and leader of the Rat Pack

• Spock, Dr.

  The author of Baby and Child Care

• Stassen, Harold

  Nine-time candidate for the presidency of the United States

• Tolkien, J.R.R.

  The author of The Lord of the Rings

• Verdon, Gwen

  The original Lola in Broadway's Damn Yankees

• Vigoda, Abe

  Detective Fish on TV's Barney Miller

• Wallace, Mike

  The tough TV interviewer who was an original on 60 Minutes

• Whistler, James McNeill

  Portraitist and painter of Whistler's Mother

• White, Betty

  Rose Nyland on The Golden Girls

• Wilson, Woodrow

  The U.S. president during World War I

• Zedong, Mao

  Head of the People's Republic of China, 1949-76

See: All Causes of Death