death at 27

i just wonder why so many popular people died at 27 (Hendrix, Morrison, Joplin, JOnes...)
is it the age? magic?

 

You forgot Kurt Cobain

 

Not magic, simply a point at which you reflect on your accomplishments and decide whether or not you accomplished what you thought you should have. Some people don't have the strength to accept that they can't actually map out their entire lives. Somethings just happen. And you are either open to it or not.

 

Don't forget Robert Johnson.

 

oh man...even more 27-year old dead celebrities...
there is smth mysterious about this
young beautiful and dead...

 

i spent most of my childhood fearing i would get stuck in chronic hysterisis at that age if not 26 or even 23. i thing a number of otherwise wierd paths taken in my life at that time may be the only thing that saved me from this.

=^^=
.../\...

 

and also Alan Wilson died at 27.There is really something mysterious about this...

 

you like cynism??

 

what cynical is about it?

 

and you forgot about 18 (less famous) other musicians and then theres 20 non musiscians.
its called club 27, http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1913
its number 8.

 

Just in case the article shifts, wikipedia has an entry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/27_Club

 

yeh i heard about this, how all these people died at 27...its kinda weird, pretty freaky

 

Just as many people die at 26th or 28th. Them being famous does not make them anymore special.

 

Maybe it seems weird, freaky or mysterious but it's just a coincidence. Come on, people.

 

Its the thing to do. Make good music, burnt out on some hard substance, and eventually OD at 27. Its my 9 year plan. Load the shot gun, I'm on my way Kurt!

Nah I'm just kidding. It really is concidence. I have a poster "Forever 27" that I bought at my local headshop a few years ago. I remember looking into all of this pretty deep, and coming up with nothing.

 

When I reach the age of 27 I'd like to stay 27 forever as well. I dig that poster

 

I think it has a lot to do with influence over one another. Janis jokingly made a bet with Jimi about who'd die first. When Jimi overdosed, Janis went only two weeks later.

 

I died last week

 

The 20-something years are rough, trying, difficult years. I'm not sure why that is, but those tend to the years of abuse, and years in which you're paying dues and seemingly getting little back from it. It all gets easier at 30, and if it's not, you care a little less. Just my $.02's worth.

 

i thought teenages are most vulnerable...20s seem more stable...