We're remembering the ones who didn't escape the curse of young fame.
Carl Switzer
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As a child, Carl Switzer was the star of 1930s short movies series called Our Gang. In 1959, when he was 31, Switzer had a fight with an acquaintance over a lost dog’s reward and was shot to death during the altercation.
Matthew Garber
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Matthew Garber was one of the earliest Disney stars, starring in The Three Lives of Thomasina and The Gnome-Mobile. His better-known movie is Mary Poppins. He died from pancreatitis caused by hepatitis in 1977 at 21.
J. Madison Wright Morris
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The star of Shiloh and The Nanny died from restrictive cardiomyopathy. Even after getting a transplant, she still suffered heart failure in 2006. She was 21.
Judith Barsi
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Even if you haven’t seen Judith Barsi in Jaws: The Revenge, you may have heard her voice in All Dogs Go to Heaven or The Land Before Time. She was killed in 1988 when she was just 10 by her abusive, alcoholic father. The man shot the young actress while she was sleeping, killed her mother and spent two days wandering around the house, before setting the house on fire and shooting himself.
