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The white lighter myth or white lighter curse is an urban legend based on the 27 Club in which it is claimed several musicians and artists died while in possession of a white disposable cigarette lighter, leading such items to become associated with bad fortune.
The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll is a 2008 book about the 27 Club, authored by Eric Segalstad and illustrated by Josh Hunter.Structured as a non-fiction narrative, it tells the history of rock & roll as seen through the lives and legacies of 34 musicians [1] who all died at the age of 27. [2]
The 27 Club graffiti is a mural in Tel Aviv, Israel, painted by John Kiss with the assistance of Itai Froumin and Roman Kozhokin. [1] The work depicts, from left to right, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, and an unknown figure believed to depict Kiss.
British singer Amy Winehouse performs at a concert in honor of Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday in 2008. Her untimely death helped fuel the myth of the 27 Club.
Credit: Mark and Colleen Hayward/Redferns Jones really did die before he got old, and is a charter member of the eerie “27 Club” of rock superstars who died at the tragically early and ...
The 27 Club is an urban legend that popular musicians and other celebrated artists die at age 27 with statistically anomalous frequency, notably, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Mia Zapata, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kim Jonghyun and Amy Winehouse. The claim of a "statistical spike" for the death of musicians at that age has ...
Popular musicians are not more likely to die at the age of 27. The notion of a "27 Club" arose after the deaths, in a ten-month period, of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison, and later the deaths of Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse. Statistical studies have shown that there is no scientific basis for this idea. [211] [212] [213]
No harm in including the myth in the 27 Club article. 5Q5 | 12:01, 12 November 2024 (UTC) Don't merge but mention in the 27 Club article, providing a link to the White lighter myth article; the article White lighter myth seems to be independently notable, even though it is very small. Kolano123 16:10, 12 November 2024 (UTC) Merge. It is a short ...