If you think 13 is an unlucky number, you should take a closer look at the number 27. Once you realize how many celebrities have died at the age of 27, you will feel a slight chill on your skin, especially if you are now 26 years old.

Here are ten of the most famous people who left this world at the age of 27. However, unfortunately, the whole list is not limited to ten celebrities; many more stars died at the age of 27.

Anton Yelchin

This is the last one on this moment a member who joined the "27 Club", and at the same time his death is one of the most tragic, since he died as a result of a stupid incident. On June 19, 2016, the actor, known worldwide for his roles in leading Hollywood blockbusters, got out of his jeep at the entrance to his house in California. The car was not put on the handbrake and as a result rolled backwards, pinning the actor against a concrete fence post. By the time the friends found the actor, he was already dead. The cause of death was given as traumatic asphyxia.

Jonathan Brandis

Although he became a star of soap operas even when he was not even ten years old, the actor achieved his greatest fame when he was a teenager. However, since 1996, his career began to decline. Although he was still able to appear in several major films, in 2002 his role in the Bruce Willis film was cut as a result, and in 2003 he was not cast for the series. It is not known whether this is due to his fall from the podium or other reasons, but on November 12, 2003, the actor hanged himself.

Amy Winehouse

Although she began her career in jazz in 2003, the 2006 album catapulted her into soul music territory, and with it she went from local British celebrity to global sensation, hitting the Top 10. best performers peace. The singer's voice was great, and her appearance and character led to the fact that she was very often discussed in the press. She has also landed on the cover of magazines several times due to her unusual intimate relationships and penchant for anything over the top. Unfortunately, the last point was the cause of her death - on July 23, 2011, an examination of her lifeless body led to the conclusion that her blood contained five times the legal norm of alcohol.

Kurt Cobain

If you write a song whose title translates as "I hate myself and want to die", hardly anyone will be surprised by your suicide. This applies specifically to Kurt Cobain, but it is impossible to write him off as just another rock musician who committed suicide. His contribution to music would be great even if his band only recorded a song Smells Like Teen Spirit, however, she recorded many more world hits. This musician had his own demons, from which he escaped by writing songs, playing the guitar and recording songs, and he also found salvation in his wife and daughter. But all this was not enough to overcome these demons. As a result, he ran away from the institution where he was trying to overcome his heroin addiction, flew home and on April 5, 1994 shot himself.

Kristen Pfaff

She gained her first local fame as part of the Janitor Joe group. However, after another concert, Courtney Love convinced her to become the bassist for Hole. It didn’t work out the first time, but nevertheless the musician moved to a new team. Unfortunately, during the recording of one of the albums, she developed a drug addiction, which is why in February 1994 she began a rehabilitation course. After overcoming her addiction, she rejoined Janitor Joe to tour the death of Kurt Cobain. After that, she decided to leave both groups and fly home to Minneapolis. However, on June 16, 1994, the day before her departure, she was found dead in her apartment. The cause of death was a heroin overdose.

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix is ​​considered the greatest musician in the history of rock music, and that is why his death still makes you think about how much music remained unwritten and unheard. Frustrated and angry at music industry, the guitarist was not in the best morale in his last days. He tried to work out a contract issue, considered giving up his manager, dealt with the bassist leaving his band, getting sued for paternity, staying up at night, and getting a lot of press. On September 18, 1970, the musician tried to cope with insomnia by taking nine sleeping pills, which caused him to suffocate in his own nausea.

Brian Jones

Everyone knows Mick Jagger, but when the Rolling Stones first appeared, Brian Jones was in charge. He formed a group, gave it a name, chose the members, the style of music, organized concerts. He was very influential, very important, but gradually he lost all that. As the Rolling Stones began to move towards pop music, Jones became increasingly frustrated and began to abuse drugs and alcohol, which led to depression, mood swings, and leaving the group. On July 3, 1969, he was found at the bottom of his pool, and the cause of death was given as an accident.

Jim Morrison

July 3, 1971 vocalist legendary band Doors was found in a bathtub in his Paris apartment, the cause of death was listed as a heart attack. The fact that no autopsy was performed led to a lot of rumors about why the musician really died. Among the most likely causes of death were an overdose and murder, and there were also rumors that he did not die at all. Of course, he died, but his legacy is so huge that it still seems as if he is still alive and walks among living people.

Janis Joplin

This singer quickly earned herself an impressive reputation in the rock community and became real star. She blew the audience on the biggest music festivals, however, along with fame came the typical problems of rock musicians. She developed a heroin addiction and also abused alcohol heavily. Numerous attempts were made to persuade her to undergo rehabilitation, but she refused and on October 4, 1970 fell victim to bad habits died of a heroin overdose.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

If you are interested in the neo-expressionist art scene, then you should naturally be familiar with this artist who impressed Andy Warhol himself, leading to their friendship and even collaboration. He also dated Madonna herself for some time. However, his fame also back side which manifested itself in heroin addiction. And when Warhol died in 1987, the artist plunged into depression, from which he began to fight drugs. He tried to start over by going to Hawaii, but on August 12, 1988, it became clear that he did not succeed in starting over, since on that day he died from a heroin overdose.

And that is not all…

Naturally, "Club 27" is not limited to ten stars. In fact, there were significantly more of them, so it really makes you wonder if the number 13 is the most unlucky.

Many people consider the number 27 to be unlucky. If this number “haunts” a person throughout the day (it catches the eye all the time on the clock, TV screen, signs, etc.), then he should expect trouble.

For many famous musicians in this release, the number 27 has definitely become fatal - there is even the infamous "Club 27". The impetus for the creation of this club was the death of Jones, Hendrix, Joplin and Morrison. All these famous musicians died at the age of 27, and all of them died one after another within 10 months. 2 years later, on the day of Morrison's death, the backing vocalist of rock also died. bands The Rolling Stones Brian Jones. Almost all members of the 27 Club died either under strange or unexplained circumstances.

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1. Kurt Cobain - the lead singer and songwriter of Nirvana - committed suicide on April 5, 1994.

2. In last years Throughout his life, Kurt Cobain suffered from heroin addiction, depression, and numerous illnesses. He was even burdened by his own fame and stage image. A few days before the suicide, Kurt was hospitalized with a severe overdose of alcohol and sleeping pills.

3. Official sources reported that the death of Kurt Cobain was the result of a gunshot to the head from a gun. But many believe that it was not suicide, but simply murder.

4. Amy Winehouse- one of the leading British singers, who had a rare voice - was found dead in her London house on July 23, 2011.

5. Emmy Winehouse struggled with her alcohol and drug addiction for several years. There are many speculations about the cause of her death. Among these assumptions are both claims that death was the result of drug and alcohol abuse, and suggestions that the singer was killed by too sharp a refusal to all this.

6. Jimi Hendrix, recognized as the greatest guitarist in the history of rock music, died on September 18, 1970. Hendrix was openly called a genius during his lifetime.

7. The death of Jimi Hendrix was not too difficult for himself, but truly terrible for others - he died in his sleep, choking on his own vomit caused by an overdose of sleeping pills.

8. Janis Joplin is considered one of the greatest vocalists in the history of rock music and the best white blues singer.

9. Unfortunately, in addition to her outstanding talent, Janis Joplin was also known for her addiction to drugs.

10. Janis Joplin died while working on her next album. Death occurred on October 4, 1970, believed to be from a heroin overdose.

11. Jim Morrison is the leader and vocalist of The Doors. He is still considered one of the brightest and most charismatic performers of rock music. In the Rolling Stones magazine's list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time, he is ranked 47th.

12. The name of the group "The Doors" (Doors) was influenced by the book English writer Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, in which he described his experience of using mescaline to expand the boundaries of perception.

13. Expanding the boundaries of perception in this way brought with it the opposite effect. Jim Morrison's health and appearance began to deteriorate very quickly. July 3, 1971 great poet and the musician was found dead in his own bathroom. It is believed that death was due to a heart attack, although no autopsy was performed.

14. Brian Jones is the genius founder of The Rolling Stones. He was also one of the first to join the sad 27 Club.

15. When the figures of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards began to noticeably obscure his own, tension gradually began to grow in the group, which ended with Brian Jones finally breaking off relations with The Rolling Stones in 1969. After this gap, he did not live even a month.

16. Jones drowned in the swimming pool, which was located in his home on the estate in Hartfield on July 3, 1969. His girlfriend Anna Wolin even claimed that when Jones was pulled out of the water, he still had a pulse, but it was not possible to save the musician . After Jones' death, many valuable things disappeared from his house, so there was a version that Jones was killed by one of the builders who worked on the restoration of the estate.

17. Ron McKernan (pictured right) is the keyboardist for the Grateful Dead. He also died at the age of 27. Death occurred on March 3, 1973 as a result of gastrointestinal bleeding, which developed due to prolonged alcohol abuse.