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Poet, rock musician and songwriter 27 years, 266 days [62] Amar Singh Chamkila: July 21, 1960: March 8, 1988: Murder: Singer, songwriter, musician, and composer 27 years, 231 days [68] Jean-Michel Basquiat: December 22, 1960: August 12, 1988: Drug overdose Painter and graffiti artist; formed the band Gray: 27 years, 234 days [52] Pete de ...
Monument at the crash site of the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens; "The Day the Music Died". The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died. The list ...
Mia Katherine Zapata (August 25, 1965 – July 7, 1993) was an American musician who was the lead singer for the Seattle punk band The Gits.After gaining praise in the emerging grunge scene, Zapata was murdered in 1993 while on her way home from a music venue, at age 27. [2]
In the first half of this decade, 89 rock stars have died as a result of cancer, surpassing the 79 cancer-related deaths in the 2000s. Comparatively, there have only been 12 overdose-related ...
So was grunge rocker Kurt Cobain when he died of suicide in 1994 and rock 'n' roll queen Janis ... 27-year-old musicians within a two-year period. ... die in a span of two years, and all at age 27 ...
Jim Morrison’s sudden death at age 27 remains shrouded in mystery.. The singer-songwriter and lead vocalist for the rock band The Doors was at the height of his career when he moved to Paris ...
On September 18, 1970, American musician Jimi Hendrix died in London at the age of 27.One of the 1960s' most influential guitarists, he was described by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as "arguably the greatest instrumentalist in the history of rock music."
He is often considered the first member of the so-called "27 Club", a group of musicians who have died at that age. Robert Johnson was played by La Monde Byrd in Supernatural (American TV series) season 2 episode 8 "Crossroad Blues". In 1994, Johnson was featured on a U.S. postage stamp. [184]