A rocktörténet egyik hátborzongató, rejtélyes ténye, hogy több, mint húsz nagyszerű és híres zenész 27 éves korában halt meg - eddig.
Utoljára Amy Winehouse távozott az élők sorából - 27 évesen!
Tragédiája nem volt váratlan, de mégis megdöbbentő.
Amy 20 évvel ezelőtt és nemsokkal halála előtt:
List of Members of The Forever 27 Club
Name
|
Date of Birth
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Date of Death
|
Cause of Death
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Reason for Fame
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexandre Levy
|
November 10, 1864
|
January 17, 1892
|
Unknown
|
Brazilian composer, pianist and conductor
| |
Louis Chauvin
|
March 13, 1881
|
March 26, 1908
|
Neurosyphilitic sclerosis
|
American ragtime musician
| |
Robert Johnson
|
May 8, 1911
|
August 16, 1938
|
Unknown, but widely viewed as strychnine poisoning
|
Influential blues artist
| |
Nat Jaffe
|
January 1, 1918
|
August 5, 1945
|
Complications from high blood pressure
|
American swing jazz pianist
| |
Jesse Belvin
|
December 15, 1932
|
February 6, 1960
|
Car crash
|
R&B singer, pianist and songwriter
| |
Rudy Lewis
|
August 23, 1936
|
May 20, 1964
|
Autopsy was never performed; probable drug overdose
|
Vocalist of The Drifters
| |
Joe Henderson
|
April 24, 1937
|
October 25, 1964
|
Heart attack
|
Gospel and R&B singer
| |
Malcolm Hale
|
May 17, 1941
|
October 30, 1968
|
Carbon monoxide poisoning
|
Original member and lead guitarist of Spanky and Our Gang
| |
Dickie Pride
|
October 21, 1941
|
March 26, 1969
|
Overdose of sleeping pills
|
Rock and roll singer
| |
Brian Jones
|
February 28, 1942
|
July 3, 1969
|
Drowned
|
Rolling Stones founder, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist
| |
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson
|
July 4, 1943
|
September 3, 1970
|
Barbiturate overdose, sometimes cited as suicide
|
Lead singer and primary songwriter of Canned Heat
| |
Jimi Hendrix
|
November 27, 1942
|
September 18, 1970
|
Asphyxiation (which is disputed)
|
Electric guitar pioneer, singer and songwriter for The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys
| |
Janis Joplin
|
January 19, 1943
|
October 4, 1970
|
Probable heroin overdose
|
Front woman and songwriter for Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band
| |
Arlester "Dyke" Christian
|
June 13, 1943
|
March 13, 1971
|
Murdered
|
Front man & bassist for influential American funk band Dyke & the Blazers
| |
Jim Morrison
|
December 8, 1943
|
July 3, 1971
|
No Autopsy, cause of death disputed
|
Lead singer and lyricist for The Doors
| |
Linda Jones
|
December 14, 1944
|
March 14, 1972
|
Diabetes
|
Soul Singer
| |
Les Harvey
|
September 13, 1944
|
May 3, 1972
|
Electrocution
|
Guitarist for Stone the Crows
| |
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
|
September 8, 1945
|
March 8, 1973
|
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
|
Founding member of the Grateful Dead
| |
Roger Lee Durham
|
February 14, 1946
|
July 27, 1973
|
Injuries from falling off a horse
|
Singer and percussionist for R&B group Bloodstone
| |
Wallace Yohn
|
January 12, 1947
|
August 12, 1974
|
Plane crash
|
Organist for jazz rock band Chase
| |
Dave "Zander" Alexander
|
June 3, 1947
|
February 10, 1975
|
Pneumonia
|
Original bassist of influential proto-punk band The Stooges
| |
Pete Ham
|
April 27, 1947
|
April 24, 1975
|
Suicide
|
Singer, guitar player, and songwriter for Badfinger
| |
Gary Thain
|
May 15, 1948
|
December 15, 1975
|
Heroin overdose
|
Former bassist of Uriah Heep and The Keef Hartley Band
| |
Cecilia
|
October 11, 1948
|
August 2, 1976
|
Car crash
|
Spanish singer-songwriter
| |
Helmut Köllen
|
March 2, 1950
|
May 3, 1977
|
Carbon monoxide poisoning
|
Bassist for German prog rock group Triumvirat & solo
| |
Chris Bell
|
January 25, 1951
|
December 27, 1978
|
Car crash
|
Songwriter and guitarist of power pop band Big Star and solo
| |
Jacob Miller
|
May 4, 1952
|
March 23, 1980
|
Car crash
|
Reggae artist and lead singer for Inner Circle
| |
D. Boon
|
April 1, 1958
|
December 22, 1985
|
Van crash
|
Guitarist, songwriter & lead singer of punk band the Minutemen
| |
Alexander Bashlachev
|
May 27, 1960
|
February 17, 1988
|
Fall from 9th floor window, most likely suicide
|
Russian musician, guitarist, and singer-songwriter
| |
Jean-Michel Basquiat
|
December 22, 1960
|
August 12, 1988
|
Speedball overdose
|
Painter and graffiti artist; formed the band Gray
| |
Pete de Freitas
|
August 2, 1961
|
June 14, 1989
|
Motorcycle crash
|
Drummer for Echo & the Bunnymen
| |
Mia Zapata
|
August 8, 1965
|
July 7, 1993
|
Murdered
|
Lead singer of punk band The Gits
| |
Kurt Cobain
|
February 20, 1967
|
April 5, 1994
|
Suicide
|
Founding member, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for Nirvana
| |
Kristen Pfaff
|
May 26, 1967
|
June 16, 1994
|
Heroin overdose
|
Bass guitarist for Hole and Janitor Joe
| |
Richey Edwards
|
December 22, 1967
|
February 1, 1995
|
Disappeared; officially presumed dead November 23, 2008
|
Lyricist and guitarist for Manic Street Preachers
| |
Fat Pat
|
December 4, 1970
|
February 3, 1998
|
Murdered
|
Rapper and member of Screwed Up Click
| |
Freaky Tah
|
May 14, 1971
|
March 28, 1999
|
Murdered
|
Rapper and member of the Lost Boyz
| |
Kami
|
February 1, 1972
|
June 21, 1999
|
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
|
Drummer for Japanese visual kei rock band Malice Mizer
| |
Rodrigo Bueno
|
May 24, 1973
|
June 24, 2000
|
Car crash
|
Cuarteto singer
| |
Sean Patrick McCabe
|
November 13, 1972
|
August 28, 2000
|
Asphyxiation
|
Lead singer of Ink & Dagger
| |
Maria Serrano Serrano
|
November 26, 1973
|
November 24, 2001
|
Plane crash
|
Background singer for Passion Fruit
| |
Jeremy Michael Ward
|
May 5, 1976
|
May 25, 2003
|
Heroin overdose
|
The Mars Volta and De Facto sound manipulator
| |
Bryan Ottoson
|
March 18, 1978
|
April 19, 2005
|
Prescription drug overdose
|
Guitarist for American Head Charge
| |
Valentín Elizalde
|
February 1, 1979
|
November 26, 2006
|
Murdered
|
Mexican banda singer
| |
Amy Winehouse
|
September 14, 1983
|
July 23, 2011
|
Alcohol poisoning
|
Singer-songwriter
| |
Richard Turner
|
July 30, 1984
|
August 11, 2011
|
Heart attack while swimming
|
Trumpet player, collaborator with Friendly Fires
| |
Nicole Bogner
|
March 22, 1984
|
January 6, 2012
|
Unspecified severe sickness
|
Former lead singer for Australian metal band Visions of Atlantis
| |
Soroush "Looloosh" Farazmand
|
Novemeber 1, 1986
|
November 11, 2013
|
Murdered
|
Guitarist for The Yellow Dogs
| |
Monkey Black
|
July 26, 1986
|
April 30, 2014
|
Murdered
|
Dominican rapper
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