Stars Who Died at Age 27, From Jimi Hendrix to Kurt Cobain

Artists like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Amy Winehouse all died earlier than they reached 28.

Robert Johnson (May 8, 1911 – August 16, 1938) 
The American blues legend made the Mississippi Delta fashion well-known, however his untimely dying close to Greenwood, Mississippi, stays as mysterious as a lot of his quick life.
 

Rudy Lewis (August 23, 1936 – May 20, 1964) 
The R&B singer for the Drifters sang lead on such hits as “Some Kind of Wonderful,” “Up On The Roof” and “On Broadway.” He was discovered lifeless in a Harlem lodge room of a suspected drug overdose.

Brian Jones (February 28, 1942 – July 3, 1969) 
The founder and authentic chief of the Rolling Stones drowned within the swimming pool of his residence in East Sussex, England.

Jimi Hendrix (November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970) 
The rock guitarist died in London of asphyxiation whereas intoxicated on barbituates.

Janis Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970)  
The blues singer died of a heroin overdose on the Landmark Motor Hotel in Hollywood.

Jim Morrison (December 8, 1943 – July 3, 1971) 
The singer, songwriter and frontman for The Doors was discovered within the bathtub of a Paris house, apparently from an unintentional heroin overdose.

Ron “Pigpen” McKernan (September 8, 1945 – March 8, 1973) 
A founding member of the Grateful Dead, McKiernan died of a gastrointestinal hemorrhage at his residence in Corte Madera, California.

Jean-Michel Basquiat (December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) 
The American graphic artist well-known for graffiti-inspired work died of a heroin overdose in his Manhattan studio.

Reggie Lewis (November 21, 1965 – July 27, 1993) 
A small ahead for the Boston Celtics, he suffered a sudden coronary heart assault on the court docket at an low season follow.

Kurt Cobain (February 20, 1967 – April 5, 1994)
The singer-songwriter and frontman for the grunge band Nirvana died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the pinnacle.

Richey James Edwards (December 1967, – February 1, 1995)  
The Welsh guitarist and lyricist for the Manic Street Preachers missed a flight for a U.S. promotional tour on February 1, 1995 and he functionally disappeared close to the Wales-England border quickly after that. In 2008, he was declared “presumed dead.”

Jonathan Brandis (April 13, 1976 – November 12, 2003) 
A baby actor finest recognized for the NBC sci-fi sequence “SeaQuest DSV” dedicated suicide in his L.A. house constructing.

Pat Tillman (November 6, 1976 – April 22, 2004) 
The star security for the Arizona Cardinals who left the NFL after 9/11 to enlist within the U.S. Army. He died in Afghanistan in a case of pleasant hearth within the midst of a firefight.