Famous Musicians Who Dead at 27

The reported death of troubled singer Amy Winehouse at the age of 27 is a sad reminder of several other musical stars who also passed away at the same age.

Known in pop culture as "The 27 Club," this unfortunate collective of stars remains forever frozen in fans minds at that age, with many of them believed to have had their best work yet ahead of them.

Amy Winehouse
Dead: July 23, 2011, 27 years and 313 days, probable heroin overdose










Brian Jones
Dead: July 3, 1969, 27 years and 125 days, drowned in a swimming pool
Band: Rolling Stones










Jimi Hendrix
Dead: eptember 18, 1970, 27 years and 295 days, asphyxiated on vomit after combining sleeping pills with wine
Band: The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys










Janis Joplin
Dead: October 4, 1970, 27 years and 258 days, heroin overdose
Band: The Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band










Jim Morrison
Dead: July 3, 1971, 27 years and 207 days, cause of death listed as "heart failure"
Band: The Doors










Kurt Cobain
Dead: April 5, 1994, 27 years and 44 days, ruled as suicide by shotgun
Band: Nirvana










Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson
Dead: September 3, 1970, Barbiturate overdose, possible suicide
Band: Canned Heat






Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
Dead: March 8, 1973, Gastrointestinal hemorrhage associated with alcoholism
Band: Grateful Dead








Les Harvey
Dead: May 3, 1972, Electrocution by live microphone after touching it with his wet hands
Band: Stone the Crows




Dave Alexander
Dead: February 10, 1975, Pulmonary edema
Band: Stooges