The 27 Club

The number of musicians who died at 27 is truly remarkable by any standard. (Although) humans die regularly at all ages, there is a statistical spike for musicians who die at 27. - Charles R. Cross 2019 marks the 10th anniversary of Amy Winehouse's death and her addition to The 27 Club. This book celebrates the lives and talents of the numerous musicians, artists and actors who died at the age of 27. Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kurt Cobain, Brian Jones, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse, Kristen Pfaffe and Rudy Lewis, amongst many others. In this book, 27 members of the club are documented in photos with a series of essays from prominent music and arts journalists. Now he's gone and joined that stupid club. I told him not to join that stupid club. - Wendy Fradenburg Cobain O'Connor, Kurt Cobain's mother