27 Club
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The 27 club is the name given to a group of musicians who died at age 27. The members or number of members of this group is not fixed.
Musicians often included in the 27 Club[change | change source]
Picture | Name | When they died | How they died | What they did | Age |
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Robert Johnson | August 16, 1938 | Strychnine poisoning | Played the blues, the first of the 27 club. | 27 years, 100 days |
Brian Jones | July 3, 1969 | Drowned in a swimming pool[1] | Was in the band The Rolling Stones | 27 years, 125 days | |
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Jimi Hendrix | September 18, 1970 | Too much wine, probably choked on vomit[2] | Sang, played guitar and wrote songs for The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys | 27 years, 295 days |
Janis Joplin | October 4, 1970 | Took too much heroin[3] | Sang and wrote songs for Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Cosmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band | 27 years, 258 days | |
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Jim Morrison | July 3, 1971 | Heart attack[4] | Sang and wrote songs for The Doors | 27 years, 206 days |
Dimitar Voev | September 5, 1992 | Brain tumor | Sang, played bass and wrote songs for Nova Generacia | 27 years, 107 days | |
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Kurt Cobain | April 5, 1994 | Suicide[5] | Sang, played guitar and wrote songs for Nirvana | 27 years, 44 days |
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Amy Winehouse | July 23, 2011 | Alcohol poisoning[6] | Singer | 27 years, 312 days |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "All about Brian Jones, by Anthony Bruno — "Death by Misadventure" — Crime Library on". Trutv.com. 1969-07-10. Retrieved 2011-07-23.
- ↑ The Final Days, Tony Brown excerpt quoted in http://woodstockhendrix.gobot.com/about.html
- ↑ The Washington Post. May 11, 1998 https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/features/joplin.htm. Missing or empty
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(help) - ↑ Walt, Vivienne (July 19, 2007). "Postcard: Paris". Time. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
- ↑ Van Gelder, Lawrence. (March 3, 1998)"Footlights", New York Times
- ↑ Kaufman, Gil (29 July 2011). "Amy Winehouse's Death: Family Suspects Alcohol Withdrawal". mtv.com. Retrieved 31 July 2011.