Anton Yelchin, who had played in a punk rock band but was primarily known as a film actor, was also described as a member of the club upon his death in 2016. Rolling Stone included television actor Jonathan Brandis, who committed suicide in 2003, in a list of "members" of the 27 Club. Īn individual does not necessarily have to be a musician to qualify as a member of the 27 Club. Three years earlier, she had expressed a fear of dying at that age. In 2011, seventeen years after Cobain's death, Amy Winehouse died at the age of 27, prompting a renewed swell of media attention devoted to the club once again. According to Cross, the events have led a "set of conspiracy theorists the absurd notion that Kurt Cobain intentionally timed his death so he could join the 27 Club". On the other hand, Eric Segalstad, writer of The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll, assumed that Cobain's mother referred to the death of his two uncles and his great-uncle, all of whom had also committed suicide. I told him not to join that stupid club."-referred to Hendrix, Joplin, and Morrison dying at the same age, according to Cross. An excerpt from a statement that Cobain's mother, Wendy Fradenburg Cobain O'Connor, made in the Aberdeen, Washington, newspaper The Daily World-"Now he's gone and joined that stupid club. Cross, the growing importance of the media-Internet, magazines, and television-and the response to an interview of Cobain's mother were jointly responsible for such theories. Īccording to Hendrix and Cobain's biographer Charles R.
Blues musician Robert Johnson, who died in 1938, is the earliest popular musician who has been included in the members of the 27 Club. At the time, the coincidence gave rise to some comment, but it was not until Kurt Cobain's 1994 death, at age 27, that the idea of a "27 Club" began to catch on in public perception. Jim Morrison, lead singer of the rock band the Doors and among the first 27 Club membersīrian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison all died at the age of 27 between 19. humans die regularly at all ages, there is a statistical spike for musicians who die at 27." History Cross wrote: "The number of musicians who died at 27 is truly remarkable by any standard. Four years before the BMJ study was published, Cobain and Hendrix biographer Charles R. There have been many theories and speculations about the causes of such early deaths and their possible connections. Several exhibitions have been devoted to the idea, as well as novels, films and stage plays.
The "club" has been repeatedly cited in music magazines, journals and the daily press. Statistical studies have failed to find any unusual pattern of musician deaths at this age, comparing it to equally small increases at ages 25 and 32, with a 2011 BMJ study noting instead that young adult musicians have a higher death rate than the rest of the young adult population, concluding: "Fame may increase the risk of death among musicians, but this risk is not limited to age 27". The deaths of several 27-year-old popular musicians between 19 led to the belief that deaths are more common at this age. The 27 Club includes popular musicians, artists, actors, and athletes who have died at age 27, often as a result of drug and alcohol abuse or violent means such as homicide, suicide, or transportation-related accidents.
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