I would imagine anybody who knows anything about popular and rock music has heard of ‘The 27 Club’ – the idea that an unusual number of the world’s most renowned rock musicians have died at the age of 27. First popularised in the early 70s following the deaths of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison it became even more well-known after the deaths of Kurt Cobain (1994) and Amy Winehouse (2011).
In reading the Wikipedia article on the subject I notice that it is referred to as “an urban legend that has been repeatedly disproven by research”. Several citations have been provided in support of this ... Read even more
