List of deaths through alcohol
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This is a list of famous people who died either through alcoholism or alcohol poisoning.
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Alcohol poisoning
Alcoholism
- Lorenz Hart - 22 November 1943
- Ira Hayes - 24 January 1955
- Joseph McCarthy - 2 May 1957
- Lester Young - 15 March 1959
- Billie Holiday - 17 July 1959
- Jack Kerouac - 21 October 1969
- Ron "Pigpen" McKernan - 8 March 1973, musician (the Grateful Dead)
- Truman Capote - 25 August 1984
- Alexander Godunov - 18 May 1995
- Kevin Lloyd - 2 May 1998
- Phil Katz (Phillip K. Katz) - 14 April 2000
- Robert Buck - 19 December 2000
- Kemal Ataturk - 10 November 1938, (President of Turkey 1923-death)
- William Holden (William Franklin Beedle, Jr.) - 1918-1981 (Actor)
Alcohol abuse
- Bon Scott - 19 February 1980, musician (AC/DC)
- John Bonham - 24 September 1980, musician (Led Zeppelin)