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Born: April 8, 1990

Died: December 18, 2017  

The member of boy band SHINee and solo artist was found dead the morning of Dec. 18. Details from the scene indicate an apparent suicide.

Born: September 6, 1971

Died: January 15, 2018

The Irish singer/songwriter, best known as the lead singer of rock band The Cranberries, died suddenly in London while in town for a short recording session. No further details have been released at this time.

Born: November 1, 1996

Died: November 16, 2017 

The rising, promising rapper that blended hip-hop and emo was pronounced dead on the morning of Nov. 16. The cause of death was not immediately revealed.

Born: September 14, 1983

Died: July 23, 2011

The soul-pop diva passed as a result of alcohol poisoning. She was found not breathing in her London residence and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Born: June 16, 1971

Died: September 13, 1996 

The rap icon was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas, though many claim he never died.

Born: August 29, 1958

Died: June 25, 2009

The king of pop passed from cardiac arrest induced from intoxication of prescription drugs (propofol and benzodiazepine) while lying in his Los Angeles mansion.

Born: February 20, 1967

Died: April 5, 1994

The Nirvana frontman and grunge icon's death was officially ruled a suicide via a self-inflicted gunshot to the head.

Born: May 27, 1971

Died: April 25, 2002

The forward-thinking rapper was in a car accident in Honduras. She swerved off the road to avoid hitting a car, but was thrown from her own vehicle, dying instantly. Her final days were captured on film for a VH1 documentary later titled The Last Days of Left Eye.

Born: April 16, 1971

Died: March 31, 1995 

The queen of Tejano music was shot by a former employee, Yolanda Saldívar, while Selena was working out a financial dispute with her. Selena died from blood loss and went into cardiac arrest, but did make her way to the hotel lobby to name her assassin. During her time, the starlet broke many chart records along with barriers with Latin artists at the time.

Born: May 21, 1972

Died: March 9, 1997

While on his way to a Los Angeles party, a car pulled up next to and fired shots at the iconic rapper's SUV. Four bullets hit Biggie and despite major surgery, B.I.G. died. His murderer is still unknown. 

Born: November 27, 1942

Died: September 18, 1970

The details of his death are disputed, but the legendary guitarist was found dead in an apartment with a postmortem exam declaring that he asphyxiated on his vomit while intoxicated on barbiturates.

Born: January 16, 1979

Died: August 25, 2001

The R&B princess died in a plane crash in the Bahamas while filming her "Rock the Boat" music video.

Born: August 9, 1960

Died: February 11, 2012

The legendary vocal powerhouse drowned in her bathtub at a Beverly Hills hotel. Heart disease and cocaine use contributed to her death.

Born: January 8, 1935

Died: August 16, 1977

The king of rock 'n' roll was discovered unresponsive on his bathroom floor and attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. It's suspected that years of prescription drug abuse affected his health.

Born: August 20, 1966

Died: December 8, 2004

The Pantera guitarist was shot onstage during a performance with heavy-metal band Damageplan moments into the show. Three shots to the head killed him instantly.

Born: October 9, 1940

Died: December 8, 1980

The legendary singer-songwriter and Beatles member was assasinated by a gunman who shot him four times in the back of the head near his New York City apartment.

Born: February 6, 1945

Died: May 11, 1981

Melanoma under the nail of the reggae pioneer's toe cancer eventaully spread throughout his body, causing his death. He fought it for months, until his vital functions gave out during a flight to Jamaica. He landed in Miami and died in a local hospital.

Born: September 5, 1946

Died: November 24, 1991

After being diagnosed with AIDS in early 1987, the Queen frontman revealed his HIV-positive status and his battle with the disease on November 22, 1991. He died a little more than 24 hours after the statement, from bronchial pneumonia made worse from AIDS.

Born: April 2, 1939

Died: April 1, 1984

The legendary soul singer was shot by his father, Marvin Gay, Sr., after the singer intervened during in an argument between his parents.

Born: March 30, 1973

Died: August 28, 2009

One of the earliest DJs to rise to mainstream fame, the remixer/record producer was found dead in his New York City apartment, determined to be an "acute intoxication" from a combination of drugs.

Born: September 7, 1964

Died: March 26, 1995

The N.W.A. rapper died of complications from AIDS, which he was diagnosed with a month earlier.

Born: May 11, 1982

Died: July 13, 2013

The beloved Glee singer/actor passed from overdosing on alcohol and heroin. He had sought treatment for substance addiction earlier that year.

Born: August 16, 1991 (Rise) and November 23, 1992 (EunB)

Died: September 7 (Rise) and September 3, 2014 (EunB)

The Ladies' Code members' van's back wheel fell off and rainy road conditions ran the K-pop stars' vehicle into a guardrail.

Born: August 5, 1964

Died: May 4, 2012

The Beastie Boy rapper lost his three-year battle against a cancerous lymph node and parotid gland.

Born: May 10, 1957

Died: February 2, 1979

The influential Sex Pistols member overdosed on heroin at a party after years of drug use.

Born: March 4, 1993

Died: July 26, 2015

The daughter of Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, the aspiring singer was found unresponsive in a bathtub in January 2015. She was kept in a medically induced coma until passing while in hospice care months later.

Born: December 8, 1943

Died: July 3, 1971

The details of the Doors' singer's death are hazy because no autopsy was performed. He was found in a Paris apartment bathtub with his death ruled as a result of "heart failure." His long-term girlfriend, Pamela Courson, believed the cause to be an accidental heroin overdose.

Born: March 12, 1994

Died: June 11, 2016

The singer-songwriter and finalist on The Voice was shot while signing autographs following a concert in Orlando in June 2016; the shooter killed himself after the attack.