Famous People Who Died at Age 66

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

• Williams, Maria P. (was murdered at 66 years 2 days on January 3, 1932)

• Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (at 66 years 4 days on July 2, 1778)

• Crichton, Michael (died of cancer at 66 years 12 days on November 4, 2008)

• Ruiz, Rosie (died of cancer at 66 years 17 days on July 8, 2019)

• Chavez, Cesar (natural causes at 66 years 23 days on April 23, 1993)

• Rutherford, Ernest (at 66 years 50 days on October 19, 1937)

• Kesey, Ken (died of complications from cancer surgery at 66 years 54 days on November 10, 2001)

• Jones, Davy (died of heart failure at 66 years 61 days on February 29, 2012)

• Rumi, Jalal Al-Din (at 66 years 78 days on December 17, 1273)

• Stevenson, McLean (died of a heart attack at 66 years 93 days on February 15, 1996)

• Shandling, Garry (at 66 years 116 days on March 24, 2016)

• Juárez, Benito (died of a heart attack at 66 years 118 days on July 17, 1872)

• Rothko, Mark (committed suicide at 66 years 153 days on February 25, 1970)

• Liotta, Ray (at 66 years 159 days on May 26, 2022)

• Clancy, Tom (at 66 years 172 days on October 1, 2013)

• Fox, George (at 66 years 196 days on January 13, 1691)

• Owens, Jesse (died of cancer at 66 years 201 days on March 31, 1980)

• Epstein, Jeffrey (committed suicide by hanging at 66 years 202 days on August 10, 2019)

• Johnson, Andrew (at 66 years 214 days on July 31, 1875)

• Forester, C.S. (at 66 years 218 days on April 2, 1966)

• Auden, W. H. (at 66 years 220 days on September 29, 1973)

• Hammett, Dashiell (died of complications from lung cancer at 66 years 228 days on January 10, 1961)

• Humphrey, Hubert H. (died of cancer at 66 years 231 days on January 13, 1978)

• Curie, Marie (died of leukemia at 66 years 239 days on July 4, 1934)

• Conrad, Joseph (died of heart failure at 66 years 244 days on August 3, 1924)

• Maimonides, Moses (at 66 years 258 days on December 13, 1204)

• Cranmer, Thomas (was burned at the stake at 66 years 263 days on March 21, 1556)

• Steinbeck, John (died of arteriosclerosis at 66 years 297 days on December 20, 1968)

• Borden, Lizzie (at 66 years 317 days on June 1, 1927)

• Ponzi, Carlo (at 66 years 321 days on January 18, 1949)

• Thurber, James (died of complications from stroke at 66 years 329 days on November 2, 1961)

• Moore, Dudley (died of complications from progressive supranuclear palsy at 66 years 342 days on March 27, 2002)

• Gandhi, Indira (was assassinated at 66 years 347 days on October 31, 1984)

• Mill, John Stuart (at 66 years 353 days on May 8, 1873)

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