Famous Musicians who died when they were 27 years old

Amy Winehouse
Dead: July 23, 2011, 27 years and 313 days, probable drugs overdose.

Brian Jones
Dead: July 3, 1969, 27 years and 125 days, drowned in a swimming pool
Band: Rolling Stones

Jimi Hendrix
Dead: September 18, 1970, 27 years and 295 days, asphyxiated on vomit after combining sleeping pills with wine.

Janis Joplin
Dead: October 4, 1970, 27 years and 258 days, drugs overdose

Jim Morrison
Dead: July 3, 1971, 27 years and 207 days, cause of death listed as "heart failure"

Kurt Cobain
Dead: April 5, 1994, 27 years and 44 days, old ruled as suicide by shotgun
Band: Nirvana

Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson
Dead: September 3, 1970, when he was 27 years old, Barbiturate overdose, possible suicide
Band: Canned Heat

Ron "Pigpen" McKernan
On March 8, 1973, Ron McKernan passed away at age 27.
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage associated with alcoholism
Band: Grateful Dead

Les Harvey
Dead: May 3, 1972, when he was 27, Electrocution by live microphone after touching it with his wet hands
Band: Stone the Crows