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Cancer
Cast members who died of cancer, including all forms of carcinoma, lymphoma, and leukemia. 5,582 verified in our database.
🎗️Cancer5,582❤️Heart Disease3,572🧠Stroke850🫁Pneumonia870🧩Alzheimer's320🦠COVID-19245⚡Accident943;Suicide243🍃Liver Disease193💊Kidney Disease233💨Respiratory Disease366🤝Parkinson's Disease163🩺Diabetes172🔬Sepsis / Infection75❓Other Causes3,225

Sigrid Valdis
1935–2007 · age 72
lung cancer
Our Man Flint

Titos Vandis
1917–2003 · age 85
cancer
Caution, Danger!

Hiroshi Teshigahara
1927–2001 · age 74
leukemia
Yurakucho 0 Street

John Hurt
1940–2017 · age 77
pancreatic cancer
Shadowing the Third Man

Patrick Swayze
1952–2009 · age 57
pancreatic cancer
Frederick Forsyth's Icon

Shaike Ophir
1928–1987 · age 58
lung cancer
Daughters, Daughters

Alain Delon
1935–2024 · age 88
lymphoma
Mommies, Happy New Year!

Richard Ng Man-Tat
1952–2021 · age 69
liver cancer
One Stone and Two Birds 2

Paul Newman
1925–2008 · age 83
lung cancer
The Hustler

Robert Forster
1941–2019 · age 78
brain cancer, brain tumor
Walking the Edge

Dolly Parton
1946–2026 · age 80
cancer
Heartsong

Alan Rickman
1946–2016 · age 69
pancreatic cancer
The Search for John Gissing

Richard Harris
1930–2002 · age 72
Hodgkin lymphoma
The Deadly Trackers

Alec Guinness
1914–2000 · age 86
liver cancer
The Ladykillers

Annie Wersching
1977–2023 · age 45
cancer
The Other Mother

Bette Davis
1908–1989 · age 81
breast cancer
The Man Who Came to Dinner

Kelly Preston
1962–2020 · age 57
breast cancer
Cheyenne Warrior

Powers Boothe
1948–2017 · age 68
cancer
Edison & Leo

Jack Lemmon
1925–2001 · age 76
bladder cancer
Out to Sea

Shin Seong-il
1937–2018 · age 81
lung cancer
The Midnight Sun

Peter O'Toole
1932–2013 · age 81
stomach cancer
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear

Adan Canto
1981–2024 · age 42
appendix cancer
X-Men: Days of Future Past - Classification: M

Humphrey Bogart
1899–1957 · age 57
esophageal cancer
Sabrina

Wu Ma
1942–2014 · age 71
lung cancer
Mr Vampire Saga 4

Dennis Hopper
1936–2010 · age 74
prostate cancer
Tracks

Roddy McDowall
1928–1998 · age 70
lung cancer
Tuna Clipper

Irrfan Khan
1967–2020 · age 53
neuroendocrine tumor
Govind Aur Ganesh

Lam Ching-Ying
1952–1997 · age 44
liver cancer
Hocus Pocus

Jason Robards
1922–2000 · age 78
lung cancer
Johnny Bull

Norman Tsui Siu-Keung
1950–2024 · age 73
esophageal cancer
Blood Ritual

George A. Romero
1940–2017 · age 77
lung cancer
Deadtime Stories

Raymond Burr
1917–1993 · age 76
kidney cancer
Split Second to an Epitaph

Lee Remick
1935–1991 · age 55
kidney cancer, liver cancer
Hustling

Anne Francis
1930–2011 · age 80
lung cancer
Honey West

William Hurt
1950–2022 · age 71
prostate cancer
Lost in Space

Roy Scheider
1932–2008 · age 75
multiple myeloma, staphylococcal infection, cancer
Better Living

Keiji Fujiwara
1964–2020 · age 55
cancer
Iron Man

Diana Rigg
1938–2020 · age 82
cancer
The Honourable Rebel

Shing Fui-On
1955–2009 · age 54
esophageal cancer
The Blue Jean Monster

Sylvia Kristel
1952–2012 · age 60
esophageal cancer, lung cancer
Hot Blood

Olivia Newton-John
1948–2022 · age 73
breast cancer
Timeless Tales: Rapunzel

Brigitte Bardot
1934–2025 · age 91
cancer
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen

Shahmar Alakbarov
1943–1992 · age 48
cancer
Additional Trace

Isao Takahata
1935–2018 · age 82
lung cancer
NHK Image File: I Want To Meet This Person - Isao Takahata, Animation Film Director

Madeline Kahn
1942–1999 · age 57
ovarian cancer
Sesame Street: Sing Along

Richard Crenna
1926–2003 · age 76
pancreatic cancer
Footsteps

Unsho Ishizuka
1951–2018 · age 67
esophageal cancer
Mecha-Doc

Toshirō Mifune
1920–1997 · age 77
multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, pancreatic cancer
Samurai Assassin

Robert Mitchum
1917–1997 · age 79
pulmonary emphysema, lung cancer
Two for the Seesaw

Alex Rocco
1936–2015 · age 79
cancer
Three for the Road

Bruno Ganz
1941–2019 · age 77
small intestine cancer
Tassilo - Ein Fall für sich

Abbas Kiarostami
1940–2016 · age 76
surgical complications, stomach cancer
TropiAbbas

Marcello Mastroianni
1924–1996 · age 72
pancreatic cancer
Leo the Last

Simon Lui Yu-Yeung
1964–2026 · age 62
stomach cancer
Hong Kong Spice Gals

Anatoliy Solonitsyn
1934–1982 · age 47
lung cancer
Andrei Rublev

Fred Thompson
1942–2015 · age 73
non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Last Best Chance

Karen Black
1939–2013 · age 74
periampullary cancer
Karen Black: Actress at Work

John Wayne
1907–1979 · age 72
stomach cancer
The American West of John Ford

David Bowie
1947–2016 · age 69
liver cancer
David Bowie: Cracked Actor

Helen McCrory
1968–2021 · age 52
breast cancer
Roundhead or Cavalier: Which One Are You?

Tomio Aoki
1923–2004 · age 80
lung cancer
Kokumin no chikai

Yuri Nakamura
1982–2026 · age 44
rectum cancer
Dear Deer

Dom DeLuise
1933–2009 · age 75
diabetes, cancer
A Troll in Central Park

Roger Moore
1927–2017 · age 89
cancer
The Last Appointment!

Ingrid Bergman
1915–1982 · age 67
breast cancer
Hedda Gabler

Bill Elliott
1904–1965 · age 61
cancer
Sheriff of Las Vegas

Susumu Fujita
1912–1991 · age 79
liver cancer
The Age of Beginnings

Walter Matthau
1920–2000 · age 79
colorectal cancer, myocardial infarction
First Monday in October

Wes Craven
1939–2015 · age 76
brain cancer
Gorgon Video Magazine

James MacArthur
1937–2010 · age 72
cancer
Swiss Family Robinson: Adventure in the Making

Rock Hudson
1925–1985 · age 59
AIDS related disease, lung cancer
Rock Hudson: Dark and Handsome Stranger

Jean Simmons
1929–2010 · age 80
lung cancer
The Happy Ending

Loretta Young
1913–2000 · age 87
ovarian cancer
Eternally Yours

René Auberjonois
1940–2019 · age 79
metastatic lung carcinoma
Marsupilami

Bernardo Bertolucci
1941–2018 · age 77
lung cancer
Filmstudio, mon amour

Susan Hayward
1917–1975 · age 57
brain cancer
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman

Robert Vaughn
1932–2016 · age 83
leukemia
The Day the Bubble Burst

Farrah Fawcett
1947–2009 · age 62
colorectal cancer
Farrah's Story

Diana Dors
1931–1984 · age 52
ovarian cancer
Who Got Diana Dors's Millions?

Sydney Pollack
1934–2008 · age 73
stomach cancer
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

James Gammon
1940–2010 · age 70
liver cancer
Painted Desert - TUFF Theatrical Edition

Bruno Cremer
1929–2010 · age 80
lip and oral cavity carcinoma
Night Taxi

George Peppard
1928–1994 · age 65
lung cancer, pneumonia
Banacek

Anita Mui Yim-Fong
1963–2003 · age 40
cervix uterine cancer
Midnight Fly

Richard Jordan
1937–1993 · age 56
brain cancer
Manhunt: Search for the Night Stalker

Yoko Shimada
1953–2022 · age 69
colorectal cancer
Mikkai

Lloyd Bochner
1924–2005 · age 81
cancer
The Nurse Killer

Steve McQueen
1930–1980 · age 50
lung cancer
An Enemy of the People

Michael Gough
1916–2011 · age 94
pancreatic cancer
Sea-Change

Marius Goring
1912–1998 · age 86
cancer
The Expert

Keenan Wynn
1916–1986 · age 70
pancreatic cancer
Outlaw Motorcycles

Michael Crichton
1942–2008 · age 66
lymphoma
A Portrait of Michael Crichton

Stuart Whitman
1928–2020 · age 92
skin cancer
Sands of the Kalahari

Lana Turner
1921–1995 · age 74
esophageal cancer
Imitation of Life

Andrei Tarkovsky
1932–1986 · age 54
lung cancer
Andrei Tarkovsky: Poetry and Truth

Pete Postlethwaite
1946–2011 · age 64
pancreatic cancer
The Racer

Robert Guillaume
1927–2017 · age 89
prostate cancer
Benson

Samantha Eggar
1939–2025 · age 86
leukemia
Birth Pains

Dino Risi
1916–2008 · age 91
cancer
Speaking with Gassman

Simon Oakland
1915–1983 · age 68
cancer
Third of a Man

Wolfgang Petersen
1941–2022 · age 81
pancreatic cancer
Wolfgang Petersen: Back to the Boat

Chuck Connors
1921–1992 · age 71
lung cancer
Ride Beyond Vengeance

Harry Guardino
1925–1995 · age 69
lung cancer
Monty Nash

Charles Laughton
1899–1962 · age 63
kidney cancer
O. Henry's Full House

Ramón Valdés
1924–1988 · age 63
cardiac arrest, prostate cancer
Pirate Apprentice

Ray Milland
1907–1986 · age 79
lung cancer
Sealed Verdict

Osamu Tezuka
1928–1989 · age 60
stomach cancer
Osamu Tezuka: Secrets of Creation

Denver Pyle
1920–1997 · age 77
lung cancer
Guardian of the Wilderness

Simone Signoret
1921–1985 · age 64
pancreatic cancer
The Widow Couderc

Jessica Tandy
1909–1994 · age 85
ovarian cancer
Foxfire

Fung Hak-On
1948–2016 · age 67
cancer
The Gold Hunters

Barbara Bel Geddes
1922–2005 · age 82
lung cancer
Blood on the Moon

David Warner
1941–2022 · age 80
cancer
Clouds of Glory

Gregory Hines
1946–2003 · age 57
liver cancer
Running Scared

Vincent Price
1911–1993 · age 82
lung cancer
Master of the World

Joan Crawford
1906–1977 · age 71
pancreatic cancer, myocardial infarction
Laughing Sinners

Kirin Kiki
1943–2018 · age 75
breast cancer
Kiki Kirin's Life

Brock Peters
1927–2005 · age 78
pancreatic cancer
The Pirates of Dark Water

Lau Kar-Leung
1934–2013 · age 78
leukemia
My Young Auntie

Edward Albert
1951–2006 · age 55
lung cancer
Accidents

Bruce Cabot
1904–1972 · age 68
lung cancer
My Son Is Guilty

Michael Mendl
1944–2026 · age 82
skin cancer
Die letzte Chance

Colleen Dewhurst
1924–1991 · age 67
cervix uterine cancer
The Third Walker

George Harrison
1943–2001 · age 58
brain tumor, lung cancer
The Beatles: Something

Anthony Minghella
1954–2008 · age 54
lip and oral cavity carcinoma
A Little Like Drowning

Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
1949–2010 · age 61
prostate cancer
Captain Red Beard

Elizabeth Montgomery
1933–1995 · age 62
colorectal cancer
Sins of the Mother

Henry Gibson
1935–2009 · age 73
infarction, cancer
Wuzzles

Julian Beck
1925–1985 · age 60
stomach cancer
Living & Glorious

Burgess Meredith
1907–1997 · age 89
melanoma
Joe Butterfly

Kinryu Arimoto
1940–2019 · age 78
esophageal cancer
In the Beginning: The Bible Stories

Sandy Dennis
1937–1992 · age 54
ovarian cancer
Something Evil

Jean Gabin
1904–1976 · age 72
leukemia, myocardial infarction
Rhine Virgin

Jack Klugman
1922–2012 · age 90
prostate cancer
US Against the World

Gary Cooper
1901–1961 · age 60
prostate cancer
The Spoilers

Shōhei Imamura
1926–2006 · age 79
liver cancer
Shohei Imamura: The Free Thinker

Bruno Kirby
1949–2006 · age 57
multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, leukemia
The Super

John Houseman
1902–1988 · age 86
cancer
The Paper Chase

Yuko Mizutani
1964–2016 · age 51
breast cancer
Leina Stol in Wolf Sword Legend

James Wong Jim
1941–2004 · age 63
lung cancer
My Wacky, Wacky World

Hiromichi Horikawa
1916–2012 · age 95
esophageal cancer
Kurosawa

Ronald Lacey
1935–1991 · age 55
liver failure, liver cancer
The Gamblers

Willie Garson
1964–2021 · age 57
pancreatic cancer
Carl Laemmle

Sondra Locke
1944–2018 · age 74
bone cancer, breast cancer
Rosie: The Rosemary Clooney Story

Wong Shu-Tong
1943–2021 · age 77
colorectal cancer
The White Dragon Lad

Suzanne Pleshette
1937–2008 · age 70
lung cancer, pneumonia
Dixie: Changing Habits

Andre Braugher
1962–2023 · age 61
lung cancer
Gideon's Crossing

Jimmy Heung Wah-Sing
1950–2014 · age 64
esophageal cancer
The Lost Generation

John Fiedler
1925–2005 · age 80
cancer
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day

Chadwick Boseman
1976–2020 · age 43
colorectal cancer
Black Panther

Sidney Lumet
1924–2011 · age 86
lymphoma
By Sidney Lumet

Thomas Mitchell
1892–1962 · age 70
bone cancer
Within These Walls

Yul Brynner
1920–1985 · age 65
lung cancer
Catlow

Tchéky Karyo
1953–2025 · age 72
cancer
The Black Angel

Michael Curtiz
1886–1962 · age 75
cancer
Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of

Sammy Davis Jr.
1925–1990 · age 64
head and neck cancer
Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

Forrest Tucker
1919–1986 · age 67
lung cancer
Stagecoach To Fury

Bill Williams
1915–1992 · age 77
brain cancer
Apache Ambush

Daniela Costa
1981–2023 · age 42
breast cancer
Mis adorables vecinos

Jerry Orbach
1935–2004 · age 69
prostate cancer
The Law & Harry McGraw

Joseph Cotten
1905–1994 · age 88
head and neck cancer, pneumonia
Some May Live

Warren Clarke
1947–2014 · age 67
pancreatic cancer
Ice Dance

James Van Der Beek
1977–2026 · age 48
colorectal cancer
Varsity Blues

Telly Savalas
1922–1994 · age 72
bladder cancer, prostate cancer
The Border

Peter Cushing
1913–1994 · age 81
prostate cancer
Sherlock Holmes

Donna Reed
1921–1986 · age 64
pancreatic cancer
Faithful in My Fashion

Kelvin Wong Siu
1962–2004 · age 42
liver cancer
A Date in Portland Street

Keizo Kanie
1944–2014 · age 69
stomach cancer
Goaisatsu

Robert Altman
1925–2006 · age 81
leukemia
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'

Tomo Sakurai
1971–2025 · age 53
pancreatic cancer
Saint Tail

James Rebhorn
1948–2014 · age 65
melanoma
Big Lake

Anne Bancroft
1931–2005 · age 73
uterine cancer
Mickey's 50

Chōko Iida
1897–1972 · age 75
lung cancer
A Wife Quits

Keiko Tsushima
1926–2012 · age 86
stomach cancer
Tengoku wa doko da

Roman Madyanov
1962–2024 · age 62
lung cancer
My Grandfather's Rules for Men

Frank Borzage
1894–1962 · age 68
cancer
The Tavern Keeper's Son

Jackie Burroughs
1939–2010 · age 71
stomach cancer
Running Time

Anna Massey
1937–2011 · age 73
cancer
A Woman Sobbing

Bing Russell
1926–2003 · age 76
cancer
Elvis

Edward Herrmann
1943–2014 · age 71
brain cancer
Frank Lloyd Wright

Susannah York
1939–2011 · age 72
multiple myeloma
We'll Meet Again

John Hoyt
1905–1991 · age 85
lung cancer
Attack of the Puppet People

Lilli Palmer
1914–1986 · age 71
cancer
Mrs. Warren's Business

Olivia Hussey
1951–2024 · age 73
breast cancer
Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Cantinflas
1911–1993 · age 81
lung cancer
Cantinflas Show

Laurence Harvey
1928–1973 · age 45
cancer
Expresso Bongo

John Cazale
1935–1978 · age 42
lung cancer
The American Way

Shin Kishida
1939–1982 · age 43
esophageal cancer
Mandala

Michael Nyqvist
1960–2017 · age 56
lung cancer
The Girl Who Played with Fire

Jack Albertson
1907–1981 · age 74
colorectal cancer
Valentine

Kirstie Alley
1951–2022 · age 71
colorectal cancer
Salem Witch Trials

Richard Jaeckel
1926–1997 · age 70
melanoma
Adventure in Satan's Canyon

Pierre Mondy
1925–2012 · age 87
lymphoma
Monsieur le Président Directeur Général

Nargis
1929–1981 · age 51
pancreatic cancer
Lajwanti

Alan Bates
1934–2003 · age 69
pancreatic cancer
Shuttlecock: Sins of a Father

Miguel Ferrer
1955–2017 · age 61
laryngeal cancer
Broken Badges

Toshiko Fujita
1950–2018 · age 68
breast cancer
Dragon Quest: The Great Adventure of Dai

Tom Tryon
1926–1991 · age 65
AIDS related disease, stomach cancer
Screaming Eagles

Yevgeni Zharikov
1941–2020 · age 78
cancer
Salvation Army

Dean Martin
1917–1995 · age 78
small cell carcinoma, pulmonary emphysema
Hollywood or Bust