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The 27 Club is a list of popular musicians, artists or actors that have died at age twenty seven,^[1] often as a result of drug and alcohol abuse, or violent means such as homicide, suicide, or transportation-related accidents.^[2] The deaths of several twenty-seven-year-old popular musicians between 1969 and 1971 led to the belief that deaths are more common at this age. Statistical studies have failed to find any unusual pattern of musician deaths at this age, comparing it to equally small increases at ages 25 and 32, with a 2011 BMJ study noting instead that young adult musicians have a higher death rate than the rest of the young adult population, concluding "Fame may increase the risk of death among musicians, but this risk is not limited to age 27

Identified members

Name	Date of death	Official cause of death	Fame	Age	27 Club references
Alexandre Levy	January 17, 1892	Unknown	Composer, pianist and conductor	27 years, 98 days	[29]
Louis Chauvin	March 26, 1908	Neurosyphilitic sclerosis	Ragtime musician	27 years, 13 days	[29][30]
Robert Johnson	August 16, 1938	Poisoning (strychnine [unattributed])	Blues singer and musician who recorded a very influential set of 29 songs.	27 years, 100 days	[29][30][31][21][32][22]
Nat Jaffe	August 5, 1945	Complications from high blood pressure	Swing jazz pianist	27 years, 216 days	[29]
Jesse Belvin	February 6, 1960	Traffic collision (car)	R&B singer, pianist and songwriter	27 years, 53 days	[29][30][21]
Rudy Lewis	May 20, 1964	Drug overdose	Vocalist of the Drifters	27 years, 271 days	[32]
Joe Henderson	October 24, 1964	Heart attack	R&B and gospel singer	27 years, 183 days	[33]
Malcolm Hale	October 31, 1968	Poisoning (carbon monoxide)	Original member and lead guitarist of Spanky and Our Gang	27 years, 166 days	[29][21]
Dickie Pride	March 26, 1969	Drug overdose (sleeping pills)	Rock and roll singer	27 years, 156 days	[34]
Brian Jones	July 3, 1969	Drowning[35] (coroner's report states "death by misadventure")[36]	Rolling Stones founder, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist	27 years, 125 days	[29][30][21][32][22][37]
Alexandra	July 31, 1969	Road accident	German schlager vocalist	27 years, 73 days	[38][39]
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson	September 3, 1970	Drug overdose (barbiturate), possible suicide	Leader, singer and primary composer of Canned Heat	27 years, 61 days	[29][30][21][32][22]
Jimi Hendrix	September 18, 1970	Asphyxiation[40]	Pioneering electric guitarist, singer and songwriter for the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys	27 years, 295 days	[29][30][21][32][22][37]
Janis Joplin	October 4, 1970	Drug overdose (probably heroin)[41]	Lead vocalist and songwriter for Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band	27 years, 258 days	[29][30][21][32][22][42]
Arlester "Dyke" Christian	March 13, 1971	Murdered	Frontman, vocalist and bassist of Dyke and the Blazers	27 years, 273 days	[29]
Jim Morrison	July 3, 1971	Heart failure[43]	Singer, lyricist, and leader of the Doors	27 years, 207 days	[29][30][21][32][22][37]
Linda Jones	March 14, 1972	Complications from diabetes	Soul singer	27 years, 91 days	[44]
Leslie Harvey	May 3, 1972	Electrocution	Guitarist for Stone the Crows and brother of Alex Harvey	27 years, 233 days	[30][21][22]
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan	March 8, 1973	Gastrointestinal hemorrhage	Founding member, keyboardist and singer of the Grateful Dead	27 years, 181 days	[29][30][21][32][22]
Roger Lee Durham	July 27, 1973	Fell off a horse and died from the injuries	Singer and percussionist of Bloodstone	27 years, 163 days	[29][21]
Wallace "Wally" Yohn	August 12, 1974	Plane crash	Organ player of Chase	27 years, 212 days	[29]
Dave Alexander	February 10, 1975	Pulmonary edema	Bassist for the Stooges	27 years, 252 days	[29][30][21][32][22]
Pete Ham	April 24, 1975	Suicide by hanging	Keyboardist and guitarist, leader of Badfinger	27 years, 362 days	[29][30][21][32][22]
Gary Thain	December 8, 1975	Drug overdose (heroin)	Former bassist of Uriah Heep and the Keef Hartley Band	27 years, 207 days	[29][30][21][32]
Cecilia	August 2, 1976	Traffic collision (car)	Singer	27 years, 296 days	[45][46]
Helmut Köllen	May 3, 1977	Poisoning (carbon monoxide)	Bassist for 1970s prog rock band Triumvirat	27 years, 62 days	[29][21]
Chris Bell	December 27, 1978	Traffic collision (car)	Singer-songwriter and guitarist of power pop band Big Star and solo	27 years, 349 days	[29][30][21]
Zenon De Fleur	March 17, 1979	Traffic collision (car) and subsequent medical complications	Guitarist for the Count Bishops	27 years, 189 days	[47][48]
Jacob Miller	March 23, 1980	Traffic collision (car)	Reggae artist and lead singer for Inner Circle	27 years, 324 days	[30][32]
D. Boon	December 22, 1985	Traffic collision (van)	Guitarist, lead singer of punk band Minutemen	27 years, 266 days	[29][30][21][22]
Alexander Bashlachev	February 17, 1988	Fall from a height, probable suicide	Poet, rock musician and songwriter	27 years, 266 days	[45]
Jean-Michel Basquiat	August 12, 1988	Drug overdose (Speedball)	Painter and graffiti artist; formed the band Gray	27 years, 234 days	[21][32][22]
Pete de Freitas	June 14, 1989	Traffic collision (motorcycle)	Drummer for Echo & the Bunnymen	27 years, 346 days	[29][30][21][32]
Chris Austin	March 16, 1991	Plane crash	Country singer and guitarist/fiddle player for Reba McEntire	27 years, 20 days	[49]
Joey Cigainero	March 16, 1991	Plane crash	Keyboardist for Reba McEntire	27 years, 169 days	[49]
Dimitar Voev	September 5, 1992	Cancer	Founder of the Bulgarian group New Generation	27 years, 107 days	[50]
Mia Zapata	July 7, 1993	Murdered	Lead singer of the Gits	27 years, 316 days	[29][30]
Kurt Cobain	April 5, 1994 c.	Suicide by gunshot[51]	Founding member, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for Nirvana	27 years, 44 days c.	[29][30][21][32][22][42]
Kristen Pfaff	June 16, 1994	Drug overdose (heroin)	Bass guitarist for Hole and Janitor Joe	27 years, 21 days	[29][30][21][32][22]
Richey Edwards	February 1, 1995	Disappeared; officially presumed dead November 23, 2008	Lyricist and guitarist for Manic Street Preachers	27 years, 41 days	[29][21][22]
Stretch	November 30, 1995	Murdered	Rapper	27 years, 236 days	[52][53]
Fat Pat	February 3, 1998	Murdered	American rapper and member of Screwed Up Click	27 years, 61 days	[29][30]
Freaky Tah	March 28, 1999	Murdered	American rapper and member of the hip hop group Lost Boyz	27 years, 318 days	[29]
Kami	June 21, 1999	Subarachnoid hemorrhage	Drummer for Malice Mizer	27 years, 140 days	[54]
Rodrigo Bueno	June 24, 2000	Traffic collision (car)	Cuarteto singer	27 years, 31 days	[45]
Sean Patrick McCabe	August 28, 2000	Asphyxiation	Lead singer of Ink & Dagger	27 years, 289 days	[29][30][21]
Maria Serrano Serrano	November 24, 2001	Plane crash (Crossair Flight 3597)	Background singer for Passion Fruit	27 years, 363 days	[29]
Jeremy Michael Ward	May 25, 2003	Drug overdose (heroin)	The Mars Volta and De Facto sound manipulator	27 years, 20 days	[29][30][21]
Jonathan Brandis	November 12, 2003	Suicide by hanging	Film and television actor	27 years, 213 days	[19]
Bryan Ottoson	April 19, 2005	Drug overdose (prescription medication)	Guitarist for American Head Charge	27 years, 32 days	[29][30][21]
Davor "Moskri" Bobić	August 25, 2005	Drug overdose	Original member and lead rapper of Prti Bee Gee	27 years, 274 days	[55]
Valentín Elizalde	November 26, 2006	Murdered	Mexican banda singer	27 years, 297 days	[29]
Achik Spin	April 17, 2010	Road accident	Member of the Malaysian pop group Spin	27 years, 290 days	[56]
Amy Winehouse	July 23, 2011	Alcohol poisoning[57]	Singer-songwriter	27 years, 312 days	[30][21][32][22][37]
Richard Turner	August 11, 2011	Cardiac arrest	Trumpet player, collaborator with Friendly Fires[58]	27 years, 12 days	[30]
Nicole Bogner	January 6, 2012	Undisclosed illness	Singer for Visions of Atlantis	27 years, 290 days	[59]
Soroush "Looloosh" Farazmand	November 11, 2013	Murdered	Guitarist for the Yellow Dogs	27 years, 11 days	[60][61]
Slađa Guduraš	December 10, 2014	Road accident	Bosnian pop singer and actress	27 years, 213 days	[62]
Tomas Lowe	February 13, 2016	Car crash	Bassist for Viola Beach	27 years, 70 days	[63]
Thomas Fekete	May 31, 2016	Cancer	Guitarist for Surfer Blood	27 years, 335 days	[64]
Anton Yelchin	June 19, 2016	Accidental blunt traumatic asphyxia[65]	Actor, Chekov in the Star Trek reboot series, guitarist for The Hammerheads	27 years, 100 days	[66][20]
James Laurence	January 30, 2017	UnknownA	Record producer, one-half of Friendzone	27 yearsA	[67]