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3.21.2005

Rock Stars Dead at 27

Ah 27, we remember it as if it were yesterday. We were young, under employed, and had a full head of hair. But what is it about that age that causes so many rock stars to not live through it? Perhaps it’s that rock & roll has long preached that excess was best. Maybe by the time we hit 27 our bodies simply can’t take the heat like they used to and conk out like an old jalopy. Was Def Leppard right when they philosophized that it was better to burn out than fade away? Or maybe it’s just some bad numerology karma. If you add up all the numbers between 2 and 7, the total is 27. Perhaps that combination casts some weird voodoo curse that when crossed with musical success increases the odds you’ll expire soon. Here’s a look at some talented musicians, all of whom died too young at that cursed age of 27:

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: Chris Bell
Band: Big Star
Cause of death: car accident
Year: 1978
Buried: Memphis, TN

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: D. Boon
Band: Minutemen
Cause of death: car accident
Year: 1985
Buried: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: Kurt Cobain
Band: Nirvana
Cause of death: suicide
Year: 1994
Buried: Ashes scattered in the Wishkah River, WA

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: Jimi Hendrix
Cause of death: overdose
Year: 1970
Buried: Renton, WA

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: Robert Johnson
Cause of death: poisoned
Year: 1938
Buried: Morgan City, MS

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: Brian Jones
Band: The Rolling Stones
Cause of death: drowned
Year: 1969
Buried: Gloucestershire, England

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: Janis Joplin
Cause of death: overdose
Year: 1970
Buried: Ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: Jimmy McCulloch
Band: Wings
Cause of death: heart attack
Year: 1979

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
Band: Grateful Dead
Cause of death: alcohol
Year: 1973
Buried: Palo Alto, CA

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: Jim Morrison
Band: The Doors
Cause of death: heart attack
Year: 1971
Buried: Paris, France

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: Gary Thain
Band: Uriah Heep
Cause of death: overdose
Year: 1976

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: Jason Thirsk
Band: Pennywise
Cause of death: suicide
Year: 1996
Buried: Ashes given to family and friends

Hi, it's sad, but I died at 27 Name: Al Wilson
Band: Canned Heat
Cause of death: suicide
Year: 1970
Buried: Everett, MA

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Rock Stars Dead at 27

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