Lista de Personas Famosas que murieron a los 40 años

Sachiko Kamachi , known professionally as Izumi Sakai , was a female Japanese pop singer, songwriter, and member of the group Zard. As Sakai was the only member who stayed in the group while others joined and left regularly, Zard and Sakai may be referred to interchangeably. She was the best-selling female recording artist of the 1990s and has sold over 37 million copies of sales, making her one of the best-selling music artists in Japan of all time.

Lee Alexander McQueen fue un diseñador de moda inglés. Es conocido por haber trabajado como diseñador jefe en Givenchy desde 1996 a 2001 y por fundar su propio sello, Alexander McQueen. Sus logros en la moda le valieron cuatro premios de la Moda Británica, así como el premio al Diseñador Internacional del Año del CFDA en 2003.

Abdullah Çatlı was a Turkish secret government agent, as well as a contract killer for the National Intelligence Organization (MİT). He led the Grey Wolves, the youth branch of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), during the 1970s. His death in the Susurluk car crash, while travelling in a car with state officials, revealed the depth of the state's complicity in organized crime in what became known as the Susurluk scandal. He was a hitman for the state, and was involved in the killings of suspected members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA).

Lawrence Lamond Phillips was a professional American football and Canadian football running back. A two-time college football national champion with the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Phillips played in the National Football League for the St. Louis Rams, Miami Dolphins, and San Francisco 49ers from 1996 through 1999, and for the Montreal Alouettes and Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League in 2002 and 2003.

Scott Fischer fue un montañero y guía estadounidense. Se convirtió en el primer estadounidense en alcanzar la cima de Lhotse, la cuarta montaña más alta del mundo.

Carlos Walker, más conocido como Shawty Lo, era un rapero estadounidense proveniente de Atlanta, Georgia, escritor y productor de Rap estadounidense, miembro del grupo D4L, pionero del snap.

Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez, conocido como Víctor Jara fue un músico, cantautor, profesor, escritor, y director de teatro chileno.

Balabhaskar Chandran was an Indian musician, violinist, composer and record producer. He is best known for promoting fusion music in South India. Hailing from a musically affluent family, he was introduced to the world of instrumental music at the age of three by his uncle B. Sasikumar, a laureate in Carnatic music. Balabhaskar began his professional career at the age of 12. He made his debut as a music director by composing the soundtrack for the Malayalam film Mangalya Pallakku (1998), and was the youngest music composer to have worked in the industry at the age of 17. He had won the Bismillah Khan Yuva Sangeetkaar Puraskaar in 2008 by Kendra Sangeet Natak Academy for Instrumental Music (Violin).

Ueli Steck fue un alpinista suizo. Es conocido por sus ascensos en estilo alpino y por batir diversos récords de velocidad a la hora de coronar y descender cimas destacadas, especialmente en las grandes caras norte de los Alpes. Obtuvo el premio Piolet de oro en 2009 y 2014.

Dawn Therese Brancheau was an American senior animal trainer at SeaWorld. She worked with orcas at SeaWorld Orlando for fifteen years, including a leading role in revamping the Shamu show, and was SeaWorld's poster girl. She was killed by an orca, Tilikum, becoming one of two SeaWorld trainers to be killed by an animal, along with another in Loro Parque in Spain.