15 celebrities who died too soon

12. Otis Redding. Otis Redding is widely regarded as one of the greatest R&B singers of all time, and many around the globe still enjoy unwinding to perhaps his greatest hit “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay”. When he recorded that song in 1967, Redding was on the verge of remaking his entire sound. That’s why many still rue the plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin, which claimed his life at the age of 26 that very same year.