The untimely death of a celebrity often comes as a great shock, especially when they are working on an upcoming film or television series. Many times, editing, replacements and even whole projects are scrapped when an actor passes away. Check out our second list of celebrities gone before the completion of their last project. If you missed the first list, here it is.
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Heather O’Rourke
The cute little blonde girl from all of the “Poltergeist” movies was Heather O’Rourke. She’s best known as Carol Ann from the popular horror film series from which she was handpicked by director, Steven Spielberg himself. She went on to star in other projects such as “Happy Days” from 1982 to 1983. At just 12 years old she died of cardiac arrest and septic shock due to a misdiagnosis in 1988. She died four months before the theatrical release of “Poltergeist III.”
