Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy’s untimely death on December 20, 2009 has been yet another name in the list of young A-list celebrities that have passed away too soon.

You will be forever young
And beautiful to me

- Elvis Presley, “Young and Beautiful,” 1957

Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy‘s untimely death on December 20, 2009 has been yet another name in the list of young A-list celebrities that have passed away too soon. From Marylin Monroe to Heath Ledger, from heart failures, drug or alcohol overdose to reasons still mysterious as in the case of Bollywood’s once emerging actress Divya Bharti, we look at similar accounts of young talents within the past 50 years who did not live long to see their respective careers and name flourish and grow more…

May their souls rest in peace.

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