forever 27 club

July 26, 2011

amy winehouse is now dead at age 27. something i found out through this is that she is one of many famous musicians to die at the age of 27. she is now part of what is called the “27 club”.

here is the skinny from wikipedia:

The 27 Club, also occasionally known as the Forever 27 Club, Club 27 or the Curse of 27, is a name for a group of influential rock and blues musicians who all died at the age of 27.

The 27 Club consists of two related phenomena, both in the realm of popular culture. The first is a list of five famous rock musicians who died at age 27—Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain. The second is the idea that many other notable musicians have also died at the age of 27.