Famous People Who Died at Age 76

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

• Fosbury, Dick (at 76 years 6 days on March 12, 2023)

• Craven, Wes (at 76 years 28 days on August 30, 2015)

• Merman, Ethel (natural causes at 76 years 30 days on February 15, 1984)

• Gibson, Althea (died of respiratory failure at 76 years 34 days on September 28, 2003)

• Einstein, Albert (died of heart failure at 76 years 35 days on April 18, 1955)

• Everett, Chad (died of lung cancer at 76 years 43 days on July 24, 2012)

• Hart, Johnny (died of a stroke at 76 years 48 days on April 7, 2007)

• Hawking, Stephen (at 76 years 64 days on March 13, 2018)

• Yeltsin, Boris (died of heart failure at 76 years 81 days on April 23, 2007)

• Young, Brigham (died of a ruptured appendix at 76 years 89 days on August 29, 1877)

• Eliot, T.S. (at 76 years 100 days on January 4, 1965)

• Reilly, Charles Nelson (died of complications from pneumonia at 76 years 132 days on May 25, 2007)

• Lemmon, Jack (died of complications from cancer at 76 years 139 days on June 27, 2001)

• Gould, John (at 76 years 142 days on February 3, 1881)

• Gabor, Eva (at 76 years 143 days on July 4, 1995)

• Franklin, Aretha (died of pancreatic cancer at 76 years 144 days on August 16, 2018)

• Macdonald, John A. (at 76 years 146 days on June 6, 1891)

• Omarr, Sydney (died of a heart attack at 76 years 150 days on January 2, 2003)

• Mawson, Douglas (at 76 years 162 days on October 14, 1958)

• Parker, Alan (at 76 years 168 days on July 31, 2020)

• Keeshan, Bob (natural causes at 76 years 210 days on January 23, 2004)

• Heller, Joseph (died of heart failure at 76 years 225 days on December 12, 1999)

• Irving, Washington (at 76 years 239 days on November 28, 1859)

• Muir, John (died of pneumonia at 76 years 247 days on December 24, 1914)

• Schumann, Clara (at 76 years 250 days on May 20, 1896)

• O'Brien, Willis (at 76 years 251 days on November 8, 1962)

• Wilson, Charlie (died of heart failure at 76 years 254 days on February 10, 2010)

• Simpson, O. J. (died of prostate cancer at 76 years 276 days on April 10, 2024)

• Updike, John (died of lung cancer at 76 years 315 days on January 27, 2009)

• Hayden, Tom (at 76 years 317 days on October 23, 2016)

• Grant, Julia Dent (at 76 years 322 days on December 14, 1902)

• Mead, Margaret (at 76 years 334 days on November 15, 1978)

• Paige, Satchel (at 76 years 336 days on June 8, 1982)

• Martin, Mary (died of cancer at 76 years 337 days on November 3, 1990)

• Carter, Rubin "Hurricane" (died of prostate cancer at 76 years 349 days on April 20, 2014)

• King George II (at 76 years 350 days on October 25, 1760)

• Somers, Suzanne (died of breast cancer at 76 years 364 days on October 15, 2023)

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