27 Club
Appearance
The 27 club is the name given to a group of musicians, artists, actors and other celebrities 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 | Poisoned | Played as a solo artist and became well known for being so good at guitar, he could play two different riffs at the same time. | 27 years, 97 days | |
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Malcolm Hale | October 30, 1968 | Carbon Monoxide poisoning | Sang and wrote songs for Spanky and Our Gang | 27 years, 166 days |
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Brian Jones | July 3, 1969 | Drowned in a swimming pool from asthmatic attack and drugs [1] | Was in the band The Rolling Stones | 27 years, 125 days |
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Jimi Hendrix | September 18, 1970 | choked on vomit caused by intoxication by multiple substances | Sang, played guitar and wrote songs for The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys | 27 years, 295 days |
Janis Joplin | October 4, 1970 | Overdosed on heroin and other drugs [2] | 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 | Cardiac Arrytmia[3] | Sang and wrote songs for The Doors | 27 years, 206 days |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat | August 12, 1988 | Heroin overdose | Artist who rose to success during the 1980s as a part of the neo-expressionism movement. | 27 years, 234 days |
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Kurt Cobain | April 5, 1994 | Suicide by gunshot under the effects of heroin[4] | Sang, played guitar and wrote songs for Nirvana | 27 years, 44 days |
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Amy Winehouse | July 23, 2011 | Alcohol Intoxication[5] | 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.
- ↑ "Janis Joplin: A Cry Cutting Through Time". The Washington Post. May 11, 1998.
- ↑ Walt, Vivienne (July 19, 2007). "Postcard: Paris". Time. Archived from the original on April 12, 2010. 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. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2011.