List of Famous people who died at 43

Naomi Uemura was a Japanese adventurer. He was particularly well known for doing alone what had previously been achieved only with large teams. For example, he was the first man to reach the North Pole solo, the first man to raft the Amazon solo, and the first man to climb Denali solo. He disappeared a day after his 43rd birthday while attempting to climb Denali in the winter.

Shin Kishida was a Japanese television, film, and stage actor. He was also a voice actor.

Heley de Abreu Silva Batista was a Brazilian teacher. She gained notability after giving her own life in an act of courage to save children in the Tragedy of Janaúba. She saved at least 25 children, being considered a heroine.

John Blackwell Jr. was an American contemporary R&B, funk, jazz, fusion, and pop drummer, best known for his work with Prince. Later, he was a member of D'Angelo's backing band, The Vanguard.

Jérôme Golmard was a French tennis player.

Catherine Malia Godbold was an Australian actress. She was best known for her role as Deborah Hale Regnery on The Saddle Club and as Meg Bowman in Home and Away. Following the cancellation of Newlyweds in which she starred as Jules Carter, Godbold began doing voice over work in between auditions. In 1997, she was cast as Sondra Pike in Neighbours.

Lorena Rojas was a Mexican actress and singer, best known for her leading roles in popular telenovelas.

Cheung Tze-keung was a notorious Hong Kong gangster also known as "Big Spender". He was a kidnapper, robber, arms smuggler and was wanted for murder. He was best known for having masterminded the abduction of Walter Kwok and Victor Li, son of Li Ka Shing.

Robert Andrew Berdella Jr. was an American serial killer, known as The Kansas City Butcher and The Collector, who kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered at least six men between 1984 and 1987 in Kansas City, Missouri after having forced his victims to endure periods of up to six weeks of captivity.

Tsuneo Hasegawa was a Japanese alpinist. His achievements include the winter solo ascent of the "Great North Faces of the Alps" or "North Face Trilogy" and the world's first winter solo ascent of the South Face of Aconcagua in 1981. He died in 1991 in an avalanche while ascending the Ultar II South east face.