27 Club
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
Picture
Name
When they died
How they died
What they did
Age
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
Malcolm Hale
October 30, 1968
Carbon Monoxide poisoning
Sang and wrote songs for Spanky and Our Gang
27 years, 166 days
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
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
Jim Morrison
July 3, 1971
Cardiac Arrytmia [ 3]
Sang and wrote songs for The Doors
27 years, 206 days
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
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
Amy Winehouse
July 23, 2011
Alcohol Intoxication [ 5]
Singer
27 years, 312 days
References
↑ "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 .