27 Club
The 27 club is the name given to a group of musicians, artists, actors and other celebrities who died at age 27. The members or number of members of this group is not fixed.
People often included in the 27 Club[change | change source]
Name | Date of birth | Date of death | Cause of death | Fame | Age | Sources | 27 years, 232 days | Joseph Merrick | August 5, 1862 | April 11, 1890 | Dislocated neck | Man with severe physical deformities known as "The Elephant Man" | 27 years, 249 days | [1] |
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Alexandre Levy | November 10, 1864 | January 17, 1892 | Not recorded | Composer, pianist and conductor | 27 years, 68 days | [2] | ||||||||
Louis Chauvin | March 13, 1881 | March 26, 1908 | Neurosyphilitic sclerosis | Ragtime musician | 27 years, 13 days | [2] | ||||||||
Rupert Brooke | August 3, 1887 | April 23, 1915 | Sepsis | Poet | 27 years, 263 days | [3] | ||||||||
Robert Johnson | May 8, 1911 | August 16, 1938 | Unknown | Blues singer and musician | 27 years, 100 days | [2][4] | ||||||||
Ghazi of Iraq | March 21, 1912 | April 4, 1939 | Traffic accident, probable murder. | King of Iraq 1933-1939 | 27 years, 14 days | [5] | ||||||||
Nat Jaffe | January 1, 1918 | August 5, 1945 | Complications from high blood pressure | Swing jazz pianist | 27 years, 216 days | [2] | ||||||||
Camilo Cienfuegos | February 6, 1932 | October 28, 1959 | Unknown, alleged plane crash | Cuban revolutionary | 27 years, 264 days | [6] | ||||||||
Jesse Belvin | December 15, 1932 | February 6, 1960 | Car crash, suspected foul play | R&B singer, pianist and songwriter | 27 years, 53 days | [2][7] | ||||||||
Rudy Lewis | August 23, 1936 | May 20, 1964 | Drug overdose | Vocalist of the Drifters | 27 years, 271 days | [8] | ||||||||
Joe Henderson | April 24, 1937 | October 24, 1964 | Heart attack | R&B and gospel singer | 27 years, 183 days | [9] | ||||||||
Malcolm Hale | May 17, 1941 | October 30, 1968 | Carbon monoxide poisoning | Original member and lead guitarist of Spanky and Our Gang | 27 years, 166 days | [2] | ||||||||
Dickie Pride | October 21, 1941 | March 26, 1969 | Drug overdose | Rock and roll singer | 27 years, 156 days | [10] | ||||||||
Brian Jones | February 28, 1942 | July 3, 1969 | Drowning | Rolling Stones founder, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist | 27 years, 125 days | [2][11][12][13] | ||||||||
Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson | July 4, 1943 | September 3, 1970 | Drug overdose | Leader, singer and primary composer of Canned Heat | 27 years, 61 days | [2] | ||||||||
Jimi Hendrix | November 27, 1942 | September 18, 1970 | Asphyxia due to drug use | Pioneering electric guitarist, singer and songwriter of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys | 27 years, 295 days | [2][14] | ||||||||
Janis Joplin | January 19, 1943 | October 4, 1970 | Drug overdose | Lead vocalist and songwriter of Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band | 27 years, 258 days | [2][15][16] | ||||||||
Arlester "Dyke" Christian | June 13, 1943 | March 13, 1971 | Murder | Frontman, vocalist and bassist of Dyke and the Blazers | 27 years, 273 days | [2] | ||||||||
Leslie Harvey | September 14, 1944 | May 3, 1972 | Electrocution | Guitarist in several Scottish bands, most notably Stone the Crows. | 27 years, 232 days | [2][17] | ||||||||
Jim Morrison | December 8, 1943 | July 3, 1971 | Heart failure | Singer, lyricist, and leader of the Doors | 27 years, 207 days | [2][18] | ||||||||
Ron "Pigpen" McKernan | September 8, 1945 | March 8, 1973 | Gastrointestinal hemorrhage | Founding member, keyboardist and singer of the Grateful Dead | 27 years, 181 days | [2] | ||||||||
Roger Lee Durham | February 14, 1946 | July 27, 1973 | Horseriding accident | Singer and percussionist of Bloodstone | 27 years, 163 days | [2] | ||||||||
Pamela Courson | December 22, 1946 | April 25, 1974 | Drug overdose | Long-term companion of Jim Morrison and heir to his estate | 27 years, 124 days | [19][20][21] | ||||||||
Wallace "Wally" Yohn | January 12, 1947 | August 12, 1974 | Plane crash | Organ player of Chase | 27 years, 212 days | [2] | ||||||||
Dave Alexander | June 3, 1947 | February 10, 1975 | Pulmonary edema | Bassist of the Stooges | 27 years, 252 days | [2] | ||||||||
Pete Ham | April 27, 1947 | April 24, 1975 | Suicide | Singer, songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist, leader of Badfinger | 27 years, 362 days | [2] | ||||||||
Gary Thain | May 15, 1948 | December 8, 1975 | Drug overdose | Former bassist of Uriah Heep and the Keef Hartley Band | 27 years, 205 days | [2] | ||||||||
Cecilia | October 11, 1948 | August 2, 1976 | Car accident | Singer-songwriter | 27 years, 296 days | [22][23] | ||||||||
Helmut Köllen | March 2, 1950 | May 3, 1977 | Carbon monoxide poisoning | Bassist of 1970s prog rock band Triumvirat | 27 years, 62 days | [2] | ||||||||
André Paiement | June 28, 1950 | January 23, 1978 | Suicide | Playwright and musician, member of progressive rock band CANO | 27 years, 209 days | [24][25] | ||||||||
Chris Bell | January 12, 1951 | December 27, 1978 | Car accident | Singer-songwriter and guitarist of power pop band Big Star and solo | 27 years, 349 days | [2] | ||||||||
Zenon De Fleur | September 9, 1951 | March 17, 1979 | Car accident | Guitarist of the Count Bishops | 27 years, 189 days | [9][26] | ||||||||
D. Boon | April 1, 1958 | December 22, 1985 | Car accident | Guitarist, lead singer of punk band Minutemen | 27 years, 266 days | [2] | ||||||||
Alexander Bashlachev | May 27, 1960 | February 17, 1988 | Defenestration, possible suicide | Poet, rock musician and songwriter | 27 years, 266 days | [22] | ||||||||
Amar Singh Chamkila | July 21, 1960 | March 8, 1988 | Murder | Singer, songwriter, musician, and composer | 27 years, 231 days | [27] | ||||||||
Jean-Michel Basquiat | December 22, 1960 | August 12, 1988 | Drug overdose | Painter and graffiti artist; formed the band Gray | 27 years, 234 days | [8] | ||||||||
Pete de Freitas | August 2, 1961 | June 14, 1989 | Motorcycle accident | Drummer of Echo & the Bunnymen | 27 years, 316 days | [2] | ||||||||
Finbarr Donnelly | April 25, 1962 | June 18, 1989 | Drowning | Singer of Five Go Down to the Sea? | 27 years, 50 days | [28] | ||||||||
Chris Austin | February 24, 1964 | March 16, 1991 | Plane crash | Country singer and guitarist/fiddle player for Reba McEntire | 27 years, 20 days | [29] | ||||||||
Dimitar Voev | May 21, 1965 | September 5, 1992 | Cancer | Poet, founder of the Bulgarian new wave band New Generation | 27 years, 107 days | [30] | ||||||||
Mia Zapata | August 25, 1965 | July 7, 1993 | Murder | Lead singer of the Gits | 27 years, 316 days | [2] | ||||||||
Kurt Cobain | February 20, 1967 | April 5, 1994 c. | Suicide | Founding member, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Nirvana | 27 years, 44 days c. | [2][15][31] | ||||||||
Kristen Pfaff | May 26, 1967 | June 16, 1994 | Drug overdose | Bass guitarist of Hole and Janitor Joe | 27 years, 21 days | [2] | ||||||||
Andrés Escobar | March 13, 1967 | July 2, 1994 | Murder | Footballer | 27 years, 111 days | [32][33][34] | ||||||||
Richey Edwards | December 22, 1967 | February 1, 1995 | Disappeared; later declared legally dead | Lyricist and guitarist of Manic Street Preachers | 27 years, 41 days | [2] | ||||||||
Stretch | April 8, 1968 | November 30, 1995 | Murder | Rapper | 27 years, 236 days | [35] | ||||||||
Fat Pat | December 4, 1970 | February 3, 1998 | Murder | American rapper and member of Screwed Up Click | 27 years, 61 days | [2] | ||||||||
Freaky Tah | May 14, 1971 | March 28, 1999 | Murder | American rapper and member of the hip-hop group Lost Boyz | 27 years, 318 days | [2] | ||||||||
Kami | February 1, 1972 | June 21, 1999 | Subarachnoid hemorrhage | Drummer of Malice Mizer | 27 years, 140 days | [36] | ||||||||
Sean Patrick McCabe | November 13, 1972 | August 28, 2000 | Asphyxia | Lead singer of Ink & Dagger | 27 years, 289 days | [2] | ||||||||
Rodrigo Bueno | May 24, 1973 | June 24, 2000 | Car accident | Cuarteto singer | 27 years, 31 days | [22] | ||||||||
María Serrano Serrano | November 26, 1973 | November 24, 2001 | Plane crash | Singer of Passion Fruit | 27 years, 363 days | [2] | ||||||||
Thuy Trang | December 14, 1973 | September 3, 2001 | Car crash | Vietnamese-American actress, known for her role as Trini Kwan on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers | 27 years, 263 days | [37] | ||||||||
Rico Yan | March 14, 1975 | March 29, 2002 | Acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis | Filipino actor | 27 years, 15 days | [2] | ||||||||
Jeremy Ward | May 5, 1976 | May 25, 2003 | Drug overdose | The Mars Volta and De Facto sound manipulator | 27 years, 20 days | [2] | ||||||||
Jonathan Brandis | April 13, 1976 | November 12, 2003 | Suicide | American actor | 27 years, 213 days | [19] | ||||||||
Pat Tillman | November 6, 1976 | April 22, 2004 | Killed in action by friendly fire | Professional football player and United States Army specialist | 27 years, 168 days | [1] | ||||||||
Andrea Absolonová | December 26, 1976 | December 9, 2004 | Glioblastoma | Porn actress | 27 years, 349 days | [5] | ||||||||
Bryan Ottoson | March 18, 1978 | April 19, 2005 | Drug overdose | Guitarist of American Head Charge | 27 years, 32 days | [2] | ||||||||
Valentín Elizalde | February 1, 1979 | November 25, 2006 | Murder | Mexican banda singer | 27 years, 297 days | [2] | ||||||||
Damien "Damo" Morris | May 22, 1980 | December 19, 2007 | Bus accident | Member of Australian deathcore band the Red Shore | 27 years, 211 days | [38] | ||||||||
Orish Grinstead | June 2, 1980 | April 20, 2008 | Kidney failure | Founding member of the R&B group 702 | 27 years, 323 days | [39] | ||||||||
Jade Goody | June 5, 1981 | March 22, 2009 | Cervical cancer | Reality-television personality | 27 years, 290 days | [40][41] | ||||||||
Dash Snow | July 27, 1981 | July 13, 2009 | Drug overdose | Artist | 27 years, 351 days | [42][43] | ||||||||
Amy Winehouse | September 14, 1983 | July 23, 2011 | Alcohol poisoning | Singer-songwriter | 27 years, 312 days | [11][15][44][45] | ||||||||
Richard Turner | July 30, 1984 | August 11, 2011 | Heart attack | Trumpet player, collaborator with Friendly Fires | 27 years, 12 days | [46] | ||||||||
Nicole Bogner | March 22, 1984 | January 6, 2012 | Severe disease | Singer for Visions of Atlantis | 27 years, 290 days | [47] | ||||||||
Sahara Davenport | December 17, 1984 | October 1, 2012 | Heart failure | Drag queen | 27 years, 289 days | [48] | ||||||||
Christian Benítez | May 1, 1986 | July 29, 2013 | Respiratory failure | Footballer | 27 years, 89 days | [49] | ||||||||
Stuart Baggs | July 23, 1988 | July 30, 2015 | Asthma attack | Businessman | 27 years, 7 days | [50] | ||||||||
Tomas Lowe | May 1988 | February 13, 2016 | Car accident | bassist of Viola Beach | 27 years, 9 months | [51] | ||||||||
Thomas Fekete | July 1, 1988 | May 31, 2016 | Cancer | Guitarist of Surfer Blood | 27 years, 335 days | [47] | ||||||||
Anton Yelchin | March 11, 1989 | June 19, 2016 | Car accident | Actor, Chekov in the Star Trek reboot series | 27 years, 100 days | [40][52] | ||||||||
Shot | December 1, 1989 | September 21, 2017 | Diabetes | Russian rapper | 27 years, 294 days | [53] | ||||||||
Kim Jong-hyun | April 8, 1990 | December 18, 2017 | Suicide | Vocalist and lyricist of Shinee | 27 years, 254 days | [54][55] | ||||||||
Fredo Santana | July 4, 1990 | January 19, 2018 | Idiopathic epilepsy | American rapper | 27 years, 199 days | [56][57] | ||||||||
Tyler Skaggs | July 13, 1991 | July 1, 2019 | Asphyxia due to drug use | American professional baseball starting pitcher | 27 years, 353 days | [44] | ||||||||
Benjamin Keough | October 21, 1992 | July 12, 2020 | Suicide | Elvis Presley's grandson, son of Lisa Marie Presley and brother of Riley Keough | 27 years, 265 days | [44] | ||||||||
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