Ever think about how many amazingly gifted musicians seem to die young -- say, at age 27?
Kurt Cobain (who died 15 years ago this week), Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, blues pioneer Robert Johnson -- all dead at 27. There's also Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson, the Grateful Dead's Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, Pete Ham of Badfinger and Hole's Kristen Pfaff.
What is it about 27? Perhaps it's that many of these musicians -- whether they lived with destructive life habits or not -- seemed lost in their last year.
Continue reading The '27s' who made early exits.
