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Top 5 Female Artists Who Died Too Soon

Gone but not forgotten these women changed the definition of music. The ones who died before the age of 50 leaving behind their never-ending career. Here is the list of Female Artists Who Died Too Soon.

1) Billie Holiday: (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959)

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Undoubtedly one of the most admired and influential vocalist of the 20th century. Her life was cut short due to alcohol and drug abuse, but during her 44 year of life, she became a famous face of Jazz. On 1959, she died due to Liver cirrhosis.

2) Cass Elliot: (September 19, 1941 – July 29, 1974)

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Best known as the member of The Mamas & the Papas. She is an American singer. After the group broke up, she released five solo albums. By the early 70’s her drug abuse became popular. Elliot had died of heart failure in her London apartment.

3) Whitney Houston: (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012)

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In 1992 is already a groundbreaking star when the film’s “The Bodyguard” soundtrack released. The controversy surrounded her when she married Booby Brown. Her “I will always love you” made of the most famous soundtrack of her’s. Houston was found unconscious at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, submerged in the bathtub.

4) Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes: (May 27, 1971 – April 25, 2002)

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Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes was an American hip hop singer. Lopes was killed at just 30 years of age in a car accident when she swerved off the road to avoid hitting another vehicle. She was thrown from her vehicle and died instantly.

5) Amy Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011)

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Amy Winehouse was an English singer. In 2003 she released her first album “Frank”, and it became very successful. Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning at the age of 27.

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