Blog: Idolator

For the superstitious, "133 is considered the unluckiest number. But if you're an adored and acclaimed musician, that number is 27. There's already a morbid moniker for the group of talented but troubled performers who expired long before their prime — "The 27 Club." And now, tragically, the club has its newest member . Already eerily populated by such legendary artists as Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, and Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones, an untimely death at 27 seems reserved for only the most unique, gifted, and tormented of stars — and the esteemed [...]