I was cruising around HowStuffWorks and found a list of famous people who died before the age of 40. I was actually looking for something else, but read the list when I got there
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Danny Aiello did not begin acting until he was 40.
Rodney Dangerfield was an actor/comedian who didn't really start until he was 42. He had done clubs when he was younger, but stopped in order to work as a salesman.
Judd Hirsch from Taxi became active at the age of 36.
George Wendt from Cheers became active at the age of 32.
Brian Dennehy had dreams of stage and screen at an early age, but chose to first pursue other interests such as service in the U.S. Marine Corps prior to becoming active at the age of 38.
Al Jarreau released his first album at age 35.
Laura Ingalls Wilder became a columnist in her forties, but did not publish her first novel in the Little House series of children's books until her sixties.
Children's author Mary Alice Fontenot wrote her first book at 51 and wrote almost thirty additional books, publishing multiple volumes in her eighties and nineties.
Kenneth Grahame was born in 1859, joined the Bank of England in 1879 and rose through the ranks to become its Secretary. Although he had written various short stories while working at the bank, it was only after his retirement in 1908 that he published his masterpiece and final work The Wind in the Willows.
Charles Bukowski published his first novel at age 49 after a lengthy career working odd jobs and then at a post office.
Richard Adams's first novel, the bestseller Watership Down, was published when he was in his fifties.
Anthony Burgess, the novelist best known for A Clockwork Orange, published his first novel at age 39.
William S. Burroughs was also 39 when he published his first novel, Junky.
The Marquis de Sade published his first novel, Justine, after turning 51.
Henry Miller published his novel Tropic of Cancer at 44.
Raymond Chandler published his first short story at 45, and his first novel, The Big Sleep at 51.
Poet Wallace Stevens started late in life after years as an insurance salesman and executive. Although he was first published at 38, his "canonical works" came out in his fifties.
Danny Aiello did not begin acting until he was 40.
Rodney Dangerfield was an actor/comedian who didn't really start until he was 42. He had done clubs when he was younger, but stopped in order to work as a salesman.
Judd Hirsch from Taxi became active at the age of 36.
George Wendt from Cheers became active at the age of 32.
Brian Dennehy had dreams of stage and screen at an early age, but chose to first pursue other interests such as service in the U.S. Marine Corps prior to becoming active at the age of 38.
Al Jarreau released his first album at age 35.
Laura Ingalls Wilder became a columnist in her forties, but did not publish her first novel in the Little House series of children's books until her sixties.
Children's author Mary Alice Fontenot wrote her first book at 51 and wrote almost thirty additional books, publishing multiple volumes in her eighties and nineties.
Kenneth Grahame was born in 1859, joined the Bank of England in 1879 and rose through the ranks to become its Secretary. Although he had written various short stories while working at the bank, it was only after his retirement in 1908 that he published his masterpiece and final work The Wind in the Willows.
Charles Bukowski published his first novel at age 49 after a lengthy career working odd jobs and then at a post office.
Richard Adams's first novel, the bestseller Watership Down, was published when he was in his fifties.
Anthony Burgess, the novelist best known for A Clockwork Orange, published his first novel at age 39.
William S. Burroughs was also 39 when he published his first novel, Junky.
The Marquis de Sade published his first novel, Justine, after turning 51.
Henry Miller published his novel Tropic of Cancer at 44.
Raymond Chandler published his first short story at 45, and his first novel, The Big Sleep at 51.
Poet Wallace Stevens started late in life after years as an insurance salesman and executive. Although he was first published at 38, his "canonical works" came out in his fifties.
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