What Is The 27 Club?

"The club of 27", also know as "The 27 Club", is the name given to the list made up of important musical artists who have lost their lives at the age of 27.
The death of such outstanding characters in the world of music at the same age, and almost always, under circumstances tragic events such as murders, overdoses, accidents and even suicides, has given way to an unusual phenomenon that today know how "The Club of 27".
Although, the original list is made up of 5 influential musicians, 4 of them Americans and a Briton who died in tragic ways, and in some cases, In unclear circumstances, the list has expanded over the years to reach an estimated 33 singers and musicians who lost their lives at 27 years.
The original list of "The Club of 27" It's conformed by:

• Brian Jones: A British national, he was a guitarist and multi instrumentalist (he played more than 20 musical instruments) from "The Rolling Stones", died on July 3, 1969 drowned in a pool and it is presumed that it could have been murdered.
  
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• Jimi Hendrix: American and considered by many to be the greatest guitarist of all time, he died on 18 September 1970 choked by his own vomiting while sleeping after taking sleeping pills and wine.
  
• Janis Joplin: Of American nationality, she was the possessor of a very special voice that made her a rock and roll and blues singer, she died on October 4, 1970 from a heroin overdose.
  
• Jim Morrison: American and famous for being the vocalist of the band "The Doors", died on July 3, 1971 to cause of heart failure although the circumstances of his death were never entirely clarified.
  
• Kurt Cobain: of American nationality, he was a singer and guitarist of "Nirvana" which led him to become famous. He committed suicide on April 5, 1994, although there are sources that assure that he was murdered.

Some critics who have devoted themselves to studying the phenomenon of "The Club of 27" ensure that the original list must be added to the name of Robert johnson, a famous blues composer, singer and guitarist who died on August 16, 1938 in unclear circumstances, since his death certificate stipulates that an autopsy was not performed. This gave rise to endless speculation, in the newspapers and magazines of the time there was talk of a possible poisoning, although pneumonia and syphilis were also talked about as possible Causes.

Since 1994, when the last member of the original list of "The Club of 27" An unofficial number of singers and musicians of multiple nationalities have been added to it, who have died at the age of 27; The latest addition to this tragic list is the British soul singer, Amy Winehouse who died on July 23, 2011 due to alcohol poisoning.