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

Jim Morrison

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The lead singer of the Doors was known for his Nietzsche-obsessed hedonism, which is a pretentious way of saying he was a whiskey drunk who read philosophy and fancied himself a poet. Morrison died in a bathtub in Paris on July 3, 1971. The official cause of death was heart failure. He was 27.

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