
HEATH LEDGER: His performance as the Joker in the summer blockbuster "The Dark Knight" earned rave reviews, died months before the film hit theaters
BRUCE LEE: The martial arts star died at 32 from a cerebral edema, one month before the release of his last film, "Enter the Dragon."

EAN HARLOW: Harlow was just 26 when she died of kidney disease just a month before release of her 1937 film "Saratoga."

MARILYN MONROE: Died in 1962 before premiering "Something's Got to Give."

BRANDON LEE: The son of martial arts film star Bruce Lee died in a mishap on the set of "The Crow" just eight days before filming was to be completed.




CHRIS FARLEY: The pudgy SNL funnyman died of a drug overdose in 1997. His final film, "Almost Heroes," was released the following year.