List of Famous people who died at 44

Charles Hamilton "Charlie" Bell AO was an Australian business executive. He served as president of the American-based fast-food chain McDonald's from December 2002, and additionally as chief executive officer from April to November 2004. Bell was the first non-American and the youngest person to hold that position, and the first to be CEO from starting at the bottom of the chain as a crew member in a restaurant.

Michael Jeffrey Gilden was an American actor. The 4-foot (1.2 m)-tall Gilden had a form of dwarfism. He lived and worked in Los Angeles.

Kevin Jerome Duckworth was an American professional basketball player at center in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A native of Illinois, he played college basketball at Eastern Illinois University before being drafted in 1986 in the second round by the San Antonio Spurs. Before completing his rookie season with the Spurs, he was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers where he spent most of his six seasons and was named the NBA's Most Improved Player and a two-time All-Star. After playing with three more teams he retired in 1997 and returned to Oregon where he would later work for the Trail Blazers' organization.