Michelle Thomas, 30, 1968-1998

Miss Teen New Jersey in the ‘70s, International Queen of Jamaica in the ‘80s, and a super-hit show in the ‘90s – Michelle Thomas never failed to surprise in each of these decades! She was a devoted actress and loyal partner to her boyfriend Malcolm-Jamal Warner, neither of which ever changed until her last breath.

In what came as a heartwarming last act, Michelle never let her life-threatening conditions come in the way of her work and finished all her pending shoots before her body gave up. This fact is even more astonishing, considering that she was barely in her thirties at the time!