If I did this right, the following people were ALL 27 years old when they died...

[LeftyFingerPop]

Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Jim Morrison
Ron McKernan (Pigpen of the Grateful Dead)

[mitchum]

1. Add Brian Jones, Kurt Cobain, D Boon, Robert Johnson, Chris Bell, and Dave Alexander to that list

[abq e streeter]

2. and a little eerie that 3 of the towering cultural figures of the 20 th century all

left this world on August 16th....Johnson, Babe Ruth and Elvis.

[mitchum]

3. I wasn't aware of that...

I always just think of it as my mom's birthday :)

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Oh, sure - leave me off the list again.

I've been trying for years to make it to that list, and no one will include me.

[rug]

5. Karaoke doesn't qualify.

[Deja Q]

6. And what do they all have in common? That's right, they were dopeheads!

Drugs kill.

Everyone dies, but given how great they purportedly were, there is no logic in their untimely deaths.

[KG]

8. Pig Pen didnt do drugs. he was an alcoholic.

[_dynamicdems]

7. It's a year to skip if you're a musician.

Just jump from 26 to 28, the way hotels omit the 13th floor.