The 27 Club: These Famous Musicians All Died Tragically At Age 27

Kurt Cobain

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When rock musicians Alan Wilson, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison all died within a year, all aged 27, the coincidence was noted. But it wasn’t until Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain died in 1994 that the idea of the “27 Club” really blossomed. Cobain, of course, shot himself at home in Seattle, Washington. He was 27.

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