15 celebrities who died too soon

4. Sid Vicious. In the history of Rock and Roll, there has perhaps been no other person that embodied the spirit of Rock and Roll quite like Sid Vicious. As the bass player (which is generous, considering his skills on the instrument) for the iconic British punk band The Sex Pistols, he captured the world’s imagination. He passed away in 1979 at the age of 21 in an apparent suicide with his girlfriend Nancy Spungen. Their relationship is immortalized in the film Sid & Nancy, starring Gary Oldman.