Famous People Who Died at Age 62

From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:

• Wittgenstein, Ludwig (at 62 years 3 days on April 29, 1951)

• Nagy, Imre (was executed at 62 years 9 days on June 16, 1958)

• Sagan, Carl (at 62 years 41 days on December 20, 1996)

• Salmi, Albert (died of a self-inflicted gunshot at 62 years 42 days on April 22, 1990)

• Abbey, Edward (at 62 years 44 days on March 14, 1989)

• Hijuelos, Oscar (at 62 years 49 days on October 12, 2013)

• Scott-Heron, Gil (at 62 years 56 days on May 27, 2011)

• Kinsey, Alfred (died of heart failure and pneumonia at 62 years 64 days on August 26, 1956)

• Maslow, Abraham (died of a heart attack at 62 years 68 days on June 8, 1970)

• Nast, Thomas (died of yellow fever at 62 years 71 days on December 7, 1902)

• Luther, Martin (at 62 years 100 days on February 18, 1546)

• Fawcett, Farrah (died of cancer at 62 years 143 days on June 25, 2009)

• Peel, Robert (died of internal injuries at 62 years 147 days on July 2, 1850)

• Gibb, Robin (died of cancer at 62 years 150 days on May 20, 2012)

• Ivins, Molly (died of cancer at 62 years 154 days on January 31, 2007)

• Hoffa, Jimmy (disappeared with fate unknown at 62 years 166 days on July 30, 1975)

• Zola, Emile (died of carbon monoxide poisoning at 62 years 180 days on September 29, 1902)

• Nostradamus (died of gout at 62 years 200 days on July 2, 1566)

• Keith, Toby (died of stomach cancer at 62 years 212 days on February 5, 2024)

• Gray, Spalding (committed suicide by drowning at 62 years 219 days on January 10, 2004)

• Cleaver, Eldridge (died of a heart attack at 62 years 243 days on May 1, 1998)

• Hitchens, Christopher (died of cancer at 62 years 246 days on December 15, 2011)

• Bunker, Chang and Eng (at 62 years 251 days on January 17, 1874)

• Knight, Ted (died of cancer at 62 years 262 days on August 26, 1986)

• Sadat, Anwar (was assassinated at 62 years 285 days on October 6, 1981)

• Oppenheimer, J. Robert (died of throat cancer at 62 years 302 days on February 18, 1967)

• Keynes, John Maynard (at 62 years 320 days on April 21, 1946)

• Bono, Sonny (died in a skiing accident at 62 years 323 days on January 5, 1998)

• Rubens, Peter Paul (at 62 years 337 days on May 30, 1640)

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