Famous individuals with diseases, date of death between 2010-2020

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Bacterial infections and Mycoses

• Pneumonia
• Gore Vidal (1925-2012; recorded CoD; aged 86) 
  

 

Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal diseases and abnormalities

• Cartilage–hair hypoplasia: Verne Troye (1969-2018)
  
• Cherubism: Robert Z'dar (1950-2015; aged 64)

 

Diseases of mixed or unclear aetiology

• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: Stephen Hawking (1942-2018; aged 76)
  
• Dementia (unknown cause): Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013)
  
• Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Robin Williams (1951-2014)
  
• Diverticular diseases: Fidel Castro (1926-2016; intestinal bleeding in 2006; possible CoD; aged 90) 
• Obstructive sleep apnoea: Carrie Fisher (1956-2016)
• Systemic vasculitis: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (1971-2017; possibly contributed to fatal ulcer)

 

Immune system diseases

• Asthma: Scott Weiland (1967-2015)
  
• Perforated ulcer: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (1971-2017; recorded CoD; aged 45)

 

Neoplasms

• Bladder cancer: Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013; aged 87; recorded CoD)
• Liver cancer: David Bowie (1947-2016; aged 69; recorded CoD) 
• Pancreatic cancer: 
• Steve Jobs (1955-2011; aged 56; recorded CoD)
• Alan Rickman (1946–2016; aged 69; recorded CoD)
• John Hurt (1940-2017; aged 77; recorded CoD)
• Pituitary adenoma: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (1971-2017; successfully treated)
  
• Prostate cancer: Roger Moore (1927-2017; aged 89; recorded CoD)

 

Poisoning

• Drug overdose: 
  
• Scott Weiland (1967-2015; aged 48; cocaine, heroin, prescription medications; recorded CoD)

 

Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric diseases

• Alcohol related disorders:  
• Amy Winehouse (1983-2011; aged 27; fatal alcohol poisoning)
• Robin Williams (remained in remission)
• Verne Troye (1969-2018; aged 49; fatal alcohol poisoning)
• Bipolar disorder:  
• Scott Weiland (1967-2015)
• Carrie Fisher (1956-2016)
  
• Major depressive disorder: Chris Cornell
• Social phobia: Chris Cornell
• Substance-related disorder: 
• Amy Winehouse (cocaine, heroin, ketamine, others)
• Robin Williams (cocaine; remained in remission)
• Carrie Fisher (1956-2016; aged 60; cocaine, heroin, MDMA, others; likely CoD)
• Chris Cornell (multiple; wife alleges that his suicide was influenced by drug effects; body contained therapeutic doses of prescribed psychoactive medications, including a benzodiazepene, a barbituate, naloxone)
• Scott Weiland (1967-2015; cocaine, heroin, prescription medications)
• Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (1971-2017; cocaine; remained in remission)
• Suicide (official ruling):
• Robin Williams (1951-2014; aged 63; by hanging)
• Chris Cornell (by hanging; 2017)
• Verne Troye (1969-2018; aged 49; by alcohol abuse)
• Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
• Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
  

 

Vascular diseases

• Arteriosclerotic vascular disease
  
• Carrie Fisher (1956-2016)
• Scott Weiland (1967-2015)
• Stroke
• Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013; aged 87; recorded CoD) 
  

 

Wounds, injuries and sequelae thereof

• Anisocoria: David Bowie (1947-2016; injured in 1962 at age 15; blunt force trauma to left eye; permanent pupillary dysfunction)
• Chronic traumatic encephalopathy:  
• Junior Seau (1969-2012; aged 43)
  
• Aaron Hernandez (1989-2017; aged 27)