Rockstars who died at the age of 27 - It's the magic number

[MrScorpio]

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:

Name: Chris Bell
Band: Big Star
Cause of death: car accident
Year: 1978
Buried: Memphis, TN

Name: D. Boon
Band: Minutemen
Cause of death: car accident
Year: 1985
Buried: Rancho Palos Verdes, CA

Name: Kurt Cobain
Band: Nirvana
Cause of death: suicide
Year: 1994
Buried: Ashes scattered in the Wishkah River, WA

Name: Jimi Hendrix
Cause of death: overdose
Year: 1970
Buried: Renton, WA

Name: Robert Johnson
Cause of death: poisoned
Year: 1938
Buried: Morgan City, MS

Name: Brian Jones
Band: The Rolling Stones
Cause of death: drowned
Year: 1969
Buried: Gloucestershire, England

Name: Janis Joplin
Cause of death: overdose
Year: 1970
Buried: Ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean

Name: Jimmy McCulloch
Band: Wings
Cause of death: heart attack
Year: 1979


Name: Ron “Pigpen” McKernan
Band: Grateful Dead
Cause of death: alcohol
Year: 1973
Buried: Palo Alto, CA


Name: Jim Morrison
Band: The Doors
Cause of death: heart attack
Year: 1971
Buried: Paris, France


Name: Gary Thain
Band: Uriah Heep
Cause of death: overdose
Year: 1976

Name: Jason Thirsk
Band: Pennywise
Cause of death: suicide
Year: 1996
Buried: Ashes given to family and friends

Name: Al Wilson
Band: Canned Heat
Cause of death: suicide
Year: 1970
Buried: Everett, MA

http://www.yuppiepunk.org/2005/03/rock-stars-dead-at-27.html


(A side note: My birthday is on the 27th. On my 27th birthday I dated my wife to be for the first time. I guess you can say that that was the death of my own singlehood.)

[DarkTirade]

1. Well, if I can avoid becoming a rock star for the next couple years...

then I should be safe.

[LeftyMom]

2. Note to self: drop guitar class. nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Good news, bad news

Good news: I'm safe
Bad news: I will never, ever go platinum

[ghostsofgiants]

4. Ian Curtis died at 23, which just goes to show that Joy Division was always ahead of the game.

[no name no slogan]

5. Heh. I got married the day after my 27th birthday

so in a way it was a death for me, too

(that marriage ended in divorce nine years later, BTW)

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. Britney Spears is 26.

I'm just throwing that out there.

[CreekDog]

7. she's not on track to make it until next Dec. 2nd

Lindsay's even a bigger longshot!

[Richardo]

8. .

[quip]

9. lol I was 27 when my first child was born...

It certainly was the death of my life as I knew it.... :hi: