27 Club

{{Short description|Notional club occupied by those who died at age 27}}

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File:Graffiti Tel Aviv, Khayim Ben Atar St - zoom.jpg by John Kiss, depicting several well-known members of the club in chronological order: (left to right) Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse.{{Citation|last=Peterson|first=Sydney|title=12 Must-See Works Of Israeli Street Art|date=March 8, 2017|url=https://forward.com/slideshow/365364/12-must-see-works-of-israeli-street-art/#slide-9|publisher=Forward Magazine|access-date=October 1, 2017|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918133107/http://forward.com/slideshow/365364/12-must-see-works-of-israeli-street-art/#slide-9|url-status=live}}]]

The 27 Club is an informal list consisting mostly of popular musicians,{{cite news |last1=McKinney |first1=Kelsey |title=Despite the huge myth, musicians don't die at 27 — they die at 56 |url=https://www.vox.com/2015/3/23/8277271/27-club-real-myth |website=Vox |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705224010/https://www.vox.com/2015/3/23/8277271/27-club-real-myth |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Butler |first1=Jack |title=The Myth of the 27 Club |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/the-myth-of-the-27-club/ |website=National Review |date=July 7, 2021 |access-date=August 13, 2022 |archive-date=July 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705230801/https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/the-myth-of-the-27-club/ |url-status=live }} often expanded by artists, actors, and other celebrities who died at age 27. Although the claim of a "statistical spike" for the death of musicians at that age has been refuted by scientific research, it remains a common cultural conception that the phenomenon exists, with many celebrities who die at 27 noted for their high-risk lifestyles.

Cultural perception

Beginning with the deaths of several 27-year-old popular musicians between 1969 and 1971 (such as Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison), dying at the age of 27 came to be, and remains, a perennial subject of popular culture, celebrity journalism, and entertainment industry lore. This perceived phenomenon, which came to be known as the "27 Club", attributes special significance to popular musicians, artists, actors, and other celebrities who died at age 27, often as a result of drug and alcohol abuse or violent means such as homicide, suicide, or transportation-related accidents.{{cite web|last=Weiss|first=David|title=Amy Winehouse & The 27 Club|url=http://play.lifegoesstrong.com/amy-winehouse-27-club|work=Life Goes Strong|access-date=August 18, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425153907/http://play.lifegoesstrong.com/article/amy-winehouse-27-club|archive-date=April 25, 2012}} The cultural interpretation of events gave rise to an urban myth that celebrity deaths are more common at 27, a claim that has been refuted by statistical research as discussed in the scientific studies section below. However, a subsequent statistical analysis demonstrated that the myth itself has shaped cultural memory by boosting the visibility and cultural prominence of those who die at 27.{{cite journal |last1=Dunivin |first1=Zackary O. |last2=Kaminski |first2=Patrick |title=Path dependence, stigmergy, and memetic reification in the formation of the 27 Club myth |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |volume=121 |issue=46 |pages=e2413373121 |date=October 16, 2024 |doi=10.1073/pnas.2413373121 |pmid=39495913 |pmc=11573623 |pmc-embargo-date=May 4, 2025 |bibcode=2024PNAS..12113373D |url=https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2413373121 |access-date=November 4, 2024}} This phenomenon, deemed the "27 Club effect", reflects the power of collective storytelling and media reinforcement in turning unrelated events into lasting cultural narratives.

=White lighter myth=

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The white lighter myth or white lighter curse is an urban legend based on the 27 Club in which it is claimed several musicians and artists died while in possession of a white disposable cigarette lighter, leading such items to become associated with bad fortune.{{cite book|author=La Jackson|title=Musicology 2102: A Quick Start Guide to Diverse Synergies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEWRswEACAAJ&pg=PA144|date=28 November 2014|publisher=L.A. Jackson|isbn=978-0-578-15469-5|pages=144–}}{{cite web| title = 15 Craziest Urban Legends of Rock and Roll| work = MSN| date = 2015-03-20| access-date = 2015-07-01| url = https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/gallery/15-craziest-urban-legends-of-rock-and-roll/ss-BBivAcm}} The myth is primarily based on the deaths of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Kurt Cobain.{{cite web| title = Stoner History 101: The Myth Of The White Lighter| author = Lauren Martin| work = Elite Daily| date = 17 October 2013| access-date = 2015-07-01| url = http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/the-myth-of-the-white-lighter/}}{{cite web| title = MythPuffers: The Curse Of The White Lighter| author = Chelsea Beeler| work = NYU Local| date = 2013-01-30| access-date = 2015-07-01| url = http://nyulocal.com/entertainment/2013/01/30/mythpuffers-the-curse-of-the-white-lighter/}} The myth has been integrated with cannabis culture.{{cite web| title = 20-year anniversary marks Cobain's tragedy| author = M.H. Kent| work = State Press| date = 2014-04-14| access-date = 2015-07-01| url = http://www.statepress.com/article/2014/04/20-year-anniversary-marks-cobains-tragedy/}}

In 2017, Snopes published an article discrediting the theory, noting that Bic did not begin producing white disposable lighters until 1973, several years after the deaths of some members of the 27 Club (including Hendrix, Joplin, and Morrison) and that disposable lighters produced by other companies were not widely available at that time.{{cite web |last1=Evon |first1=Dan |title=Did Several Musicians Die with White BIC Lighters in Their Pockets? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-bic-lighter-deaths/ |website=Snopes |access-date=10 October 2018 |date=January 2, 2017}}

History

File:Jim Morrison 1969.JPG, lead singer of the rock band the Doors and among the first people associated with the 27 Club.]]

Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison all died at the age of 27 between 1969 and 1971. At the time, the coincidence gave rise to some comment,{{cite news|author= Roberts, Nesta|title= Flower Bower |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date= September 10, 1971 | page = 13 }}{{cite book |author1= Riordan, James| author2 = Prochnicky, Jerry | title = Break on Through: The Life and Death of Jim Morrison | publisher = It Books | year= 1992 | isbn = 978-0-688-11915-7 | pages = 416, 467 }} but, according to Hendrix and Kurt Cobain's biographer, Charles R. Cross: "It wasn't until Kurt Cobain took his own life in 1994 that the idea of the 27 Club arrived in the popular zeitgeist."{{cite news |url= http://www.seattlepi.com/writers/304767_writer23.html |title= P-I's Writer in Residence Charles R. Cross explores the darker side of 'only the good die young' | newspaper = Seattle Post-Intelligencer | date = February 22, 2007 | author = Charles R. Cross | access-date =September 18, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221018065840/https://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/P-I-s-Writer-in-Residence-Charles-R-Cross-1229072.php|archive-date=October 18, 2022}} Cross claims that the "launch of the Club concept" can be traced to the growing influence of the Internet and sensational celebrity journalism on popular culture in the years following Cobain's death, as well as media interpretations of a statement by Cobain's mother, Wendy Fradenburg Cobain O'Connor, quoted in the local Aberdeen, Washington, newspaper The Daily World, and subsequently carried worldwide by the Associated Press: "Now he's gone and joined that stupid club. I told him not to join that stupid club."{{cite book | author = Charles R. Cross | title = Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain | publisher = Hyperion |year = 2002 | page = 357 | edition = 2nd |isbn = 978-0-7868-8402-5 }} Many contemporary journalists interpreted her words as referring to the infamous untimely deaths of fellow rock musicians like Hendrix, Joplin, and Morrison, a view shared by Cross and R. Gary Patterson, chronicler of rock music urban myth.{{cite news |author=Dee Norton |author2=Peyton Whitely |author3=Dave Birkland |author4=Barbara Serrano |title=Nirvana's Cobain Dead – Suicide Note, Shotgun Near Body Of Musician At His Seattle Home – Mother: 'Now He's Gone And Joined That Stupid Club' |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19940408&slug=1904521 |access-date=August 1, 2023 |work=The Seattle Times |date=April 8, 1994}}{{cite news |last1=Egan |first1=Timothy |title=Kurt Cobain, Hesitant Poet Of 'Grunge Rock,' Dead at 27 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/09/obituaries/kurt-cobain-hesitant-poet-of-grunge-rock-dead-at-27.html |access-date=August 1, 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=April 9, 1994 |archive-date=October 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023043259/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/09/obituaries/kurt-cobain-hesitant-poet-of-grunge-rock-dead-at-27.html |url-status=live }}{{cite book | author = R. Gary Patterson | title = Take a Walk on the Dark Side: Rock and Roll Myths, Legends, and Curses | page = 259 }}

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The intended meaning of "that stupid club" referred to by Cobain's mother is disputed. In his analysis of how her quote helped popularize the 27 Club, Eric Segalstad, author of The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll, asserted that she was actually referring to the "tragic family matter" of Cobain's two uncles and his great-uncle, all of whom had committed suicide.{{cite book | author1 = Josh Hunter | author2 = Eric Segalstad | title = The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll | publisher = Samadhi Creations | location = Berkeley Lake | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-615-18964-2 | page = [https://archive.org/details/27sgreatestmytho0000sega/page/n69 12] | url = https://archive.org/details/27sgreatestmytho0000sega | url-access = registration | access-date = September 20, 2010 }} Other contemporary journalists linked her quote to the then-recent heroin-related deaths of fellow young Seattle rock musicians Stefanie Sargent of 7 Year Bitch and Andrew Wood of Mother Love Bone, both aged 24.{{cite news |last1=Harrington, Lei |title=Nirvana Singer Found Dead |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/04/09/nirvana-singer-found-dead/d960b58a-c6a4-4270-9ea0-bb3ccc1fda34/ |access-date=August 1, 2023 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=April 9, 1994 |archive-date=December 28, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191228230157/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1994/04/09/nirvana-singer-found-dead/d960b58a-c6a4-4270-9ea0-bb3ccc1fda34/ |url-status=live }} Cross, himself, dismissed "the absurd notion that Kurt Cobain intentionally timed his death so he could join the 27 Club", noting that Cobain "had nearly died from drug overdoses on at least two dozen occasions in the year before his death... [and] made several previous suicide attempts at various ages."

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 27 Club.{{cite news|title=Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and the 27 Club|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/amy-winehouse-jimi-hendrix-kurt-cobain-and-the-27-club/2011/07/23/gIQAiLAhVI_blog.html|agency=The Washington Post|issue=July 23, 2011|date=July 24, 2015|access-date=August 23, 2017|archive-date=June 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622042451/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/amy-winehouse-jimi-hendrix-kurt-cobain-and-the-27-club/2011/07/23/gIQAiLAhVI_blog.html|url-status=live}} Three years earlier, Winehouse's personal assistant, Alex Haines, told the British press that Winehouse, then 25, feared she would join Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, and Kurt Cobain in dying at 27: "She reckoned she would join the 27 Club of rock stars who died at that age. She told me, 'I have a feeling I'm gonna die young.'"{{cite web |url=http://www.inquisitr.com/13488/stating-the-obvious-amy-winehouse-fears-early-death/ |title=The Inquisitr: Stating the Obvious, Amy Winehouse |date=December 28, 2008 |publisher=Inquisitr.com |access-date=June 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190613053355/https://www.inquisitr.com/13488/stating-the-obvious-amy-winehouse-fears-early-death/ |archive-date=June 13, 2019 }}

Scientific studies

Despite the cultural significance given to musician and celebrity deaths at age 27, the common claim that they are statistically more common at this age is an urban myth, refuted by scientific research.

A study by university academics published in the British Medical Journal in December 2011 concluded that there was no increase in the risk of death for musicians at the age of 27, stating that there were equally small increases at ages 25 and 32. The study noted that young adult musicians have a higher death rate than the general young adult population, surmising that the conclusion that could be drawn is as such: "fame may increase the risk of death among musicians, but this risk is not limited to age 27".{{cite journal |vauthors=Wolkewitz M, Allignol A, Graves N, Barnett A |date=December 20, 2011 |title=Christmas 2011: Death's Dominion Is 27 really a dangerous age for famous musicians? A retrospective cohort study |journal=The BMJ|volume=343 |pages=d7799 |doi=10.1136/bmj.d7799|pmid=22187325 |pmc=3243755 }}

A 2014 article at The Conversation suggested that statistical evidence shows popular musicians are most likely to die at the age of 56 (2.2% compared to 1.3% at 27).{{Cite web |last=Kenny |first=Dianna Theadora |date=November 18, 2014 |title=The 27 Club is a myth: 56 is the bum note for musicians |url=http://theconversation.com/the-27-club-is-a-myth-56-is-the-bum-note-for-musicians-33586 |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=The Conversation |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208192413/http://theconversation.com/the-27-club-is-a-myth-56-is-the-bum-note-for-musicians-33586 |url-status=live }}

= Music =

File:Hendrix, Joplin and Morrison - The Atlanta Constitution (1977).jpg}} (In this newsreel, Hendrix is incorrectly identified as being 24 at the time of his death, even though he was in fact 27.)]]

  • The title of the song "27" by Fall Out Boy from their 2008 album Folie à Deux is a reference to the club. The lyrics explore the hedonistic lifestyles common in rock and roll. Pete Wentz, the primary lyricist of Fall Out Boy, wrote the song because he felt that he was living a similarly dangerous lifestyle.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/24/falloutboy-popandrock|title=Chemical brothers|last=Chick|first=Stevie|date=October 23, 2008|access-date=October 15, 2011|work=The Guardian|archive-date=October 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007020236/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/oct/24/falloutboy-popandrock|url-status=live}}
  • John Craigie's song "28", which appeared on his 2009 album Montana Tale, and 2018 live album Opening for Steinbeck, is written from the perspective of 27 Club members Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, and Kurt Cobain, as each contemplates their respective mortality and imagines what they would do differently "if I could only make it to twenty-eight".{{cite web |title=What is the Rock and Roll 27 Club? |url=https://mentalitch.com/what-is-the-rock-and-roll-27-club/ |website=Mental Itch |date=December 13, 2017 |access-date=December 7, 2021 |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207030939/https://mentalitch.com/what-is-the-rock-and-roll-27-club/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Fringe Review: 'The 27 Club' at Warehouse |url=https://mdtheatreguide.com/2014/07/fringe-review-the-27-club-at-warehouse/ |website=Maryland Theatre Guide |date=July 15, 2014 |access-date=December 7, 2021 |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207030939/https://mdtheatreguide.com/2014/07/fringe-review-the-27-club-at-warehouse/ |url-status=live }} Craigie wrote the song when he himself was age 27.{{Citation |title=John Craigie – Full Performance (Live on KEXP) |date=March 19, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6XWhuFqRSw |access-date=2024-02-08 |language=en |archive-date=August 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817001535/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6XWhuFqRSw&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }}
  • The theme is referenced in the song "27 Forever" by Eric Burdon, on his 2013 album 'Til Your River Runs Dry.{{cite magazine

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  • Magenta's studio album The Twenty Seven Club (2013) directly references the club. Each track is a tribute to a member of the club.{{cite web |url=http://www.progressor.net/review/magenta_2013.html |title=Review: The Twenty Seven Club |author=Menshikov, Vitaly |date=November 21, 2013 |website=Progressor |access-date=March 15, 2016 |archive-date=October 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161021194228/http://www.progressor.net/review/magenta_2013.html |url-status=live }}
  • Halsey's song "Colors", from her debut album Badlands (2015), includes the line: "I hope you make it to the day you're 28 years old."{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Elizabeth |title=The joy we take in watching colours fade: Our fascination with Kurt Cobain and The 27 Club |url=http://theglitterandgold.com.au/kurt-cobain-and-the-27-club/ |website=The Glitter and Gold |date=May 4, 2021 |access-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702000342/http://theglitterandgold.com.au/kurt-cobain-and-the-27-club/ |url-status=live }}
  • Frank Ocean referenced the club and the white lighter myth on the song "Nights" from his 2016 album Blonde, where he says: "No white lighters 'til I fuck my twenty-eighth up."{{cite magazine |last1=Wete |first1=Brad |title=Frank Ocean's 'Blonde' Proves Why Artists Shouldn't Be Rushed |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/frank-ocean-blonde-artists-take-time-7480273/ |magazine=Billboard |date=22 August 2016}}
  • JPEGMafia's album Black Ben Carson (2016) includes a song titled "The 27 Club", which the song refers to the club. He references members Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Kurt Cobain.{{cite web |title=A conversation with JPEGMAFIA, the MC who raps like the internet feels |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/43835/1/jpegmafia-veteran-2019-interview |website=Dazed Digital |date=March 28, 2019 |access-date=December 7, 2021 |archive-date=December 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207023600/https://www.dazeddigital.com/music/article/43835/1/jpegmafia-veteran-2019-interview |url-status=live }}
  • Adore Delano released a song called "27 Club" on her studio album Whatever (2017), with the repeated lyric: "All of the legends die at twenty-seven." Delano was aged 27 at the time of release.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/7934257/adore-delano-new-album-whatever-nonbinary-gender-interview|title=Adore Delano Talks New Punk Album 'Whatever', the '27 Club' & Being Nonbinary: 'Gender Isn't a Real Thing'|magazine=Billboard|access-date=July 17, 2018|archive-date=June 16, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616155047/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/7934257/adore-delano-new-album-whatever-nonbinary-gender-interview|url-status=live}}
  • Juice Wrld referenced the club on his song "Legends" (2018), where he says: "What's the 27 Club? We ain't making it past 21."{{cite magazine |last=Mamo |first=Heran |title=Here Are the Lyrics to Juice WRLD's 'Legends' |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lyrics/8546749/juice-wrld-legends-lyrics |magazine=Billboard |date=December 19, 2019 |access-date=March 13, 2020 |archive-date=March 25, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200325125532/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/lyrics/8546749/juice-wrld-legends-lyrics |url-status=live }}
  • Nessa Barrett's song "La Di Die", released in collaboration with Jxdn in 2021, contains a reference to the club: "I'll be dead at 27, only nine more years to go."{{Cite web |last=Janes |first=Kesa |date=8 March 2021 |title=Song Review: "La Di Die" by Nessa Barret ft. Jxdn |url=https://www.891thepoint.com/post/song-review-la-di-die-by-nessa-barret-ft-jxdn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250223124925/https://www.891thepoint.com/post/song-review-la-di-die-by-nessa-barret-ft-jxdn |archive-date=23 February 2025 |access-date=23 February 2025 |website=89.1 the Point}}

= Video games =

  • In the video game Hitman (2016), one of the in-game missions, Club 27, involves killing an indie musician who is celebrating his 27th birthday.{{cite web|title=We Help a Rock Star Join Club 27 in Hitman's Bangkok Level|access-date=March 2, 2019|language=en|website=Outside Xbox|url=https://www.outsidexbox.com/articles/2016-08-24-we-help-a-rock-star-join-club-27-in-hitmans-bangkok-level|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306042917/https://www.outsidexbox.com/articles/2016-08-24-we-help-a-rock-star-join-club-27-in-hitmans-bangkok-level|archive-date=March 6, 2019}}

Identified members

Because the 27 Club is entirely notional, it has no official membership. The table below lists individuals explicitly described as "members" of the 27 Club by journalists and writers in various books and publications.{{fact|date=September 2024}}

Some deaths linked to the 27 Club pre-date its emergence as a cultural phenomenon. Blues musician Robert Johnson, who died in 1938, is one of the earliest popular musicians included by various sources.{{cite magazine |title=The 27 Club: A Brief History |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/the-27-club-a-brief-history-17853/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=December 8, 2019 |access-date=June 30, 2022 |archive-date=October 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002033643/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/the-27-club-a-brief-history-17853/ |url-status=live }}

Despite the club's original association with the deaths of popular musicians, later sources began to link actors, artists, athletes, and other celebrities to the 27 Club. Rolling Stone included television actor Jonathan Brandis, who died by suicide in 2003, in a list of 27 Club members. 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. Likewise, Jean-Michel Basquiat has been linked to the club despite being known primarily as a painter, with his music career being relatively brief and obscure.{{cite web |title=Twenty-Seven Members of the 27 Club |author=O'Connor, Rob |date=July 23, 2011 |url=http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/141497/twenty-seven-members-of-the-27-club/ |work=Yahoo Music |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111013073454/http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/listoftheday/141497/twenty-seven-members-of-the-27-club/ |archive-date=October 13, 2011 |access-date=May 25, 2016}}

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|{{cite web |title=The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll |url=http://the27club.the27s.com/Forever27.html |work=The27s.com |access-date=September 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120173942/http://the27club.the27s.com/Forever27.html |archive-date=January 20, 2018 }}

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| Neurosyphilitic sclerosis

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| Poet

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1887|8|3|1915|4|23}}

|{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dear-lindsay-please-dont_b_540905 |title=Dear Lindsay, Please Don't Join the 27 Club |work=Huffington Post |last=Bell |first=Virginia |date=November 17, 2011 |access-date=July 30, 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416232449/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dear-lindsay-please-dont_b_540905 |archive-date=April 16, 2021 }}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Robert|Johnson}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1911|5|8}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1938|08|16}}

| Unknown

| Blues singer and musician

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1911|5|8|1938|8|16}}

|{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2011/05/27/robert-johnson-crossroads/|title=Robert Johnson Founds the '27 Club' With Devil Pact – Twisted Tales|author=Sullivan, James|date=May 27, 2011|access-date=July 27, 2011|publisher=Spinner|archive-date=August 25, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825200307/http://www.spinner.com/2011/05/27/robert-johnson-crossroads/}}

align="left"|{{sortnameGhazi of Iraq}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1912|3|21}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1939|4|4}}

|Traffic accident, probable murder

|King of Iraq 1933–1939

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1912|3|21|1939|4|4}}

|{{cite web |last=Parra |first=Eduardo |date=March 1, 2023 |title=Muertos a los 27: Las 30 celebridades integrantes del fatídico Club de los 27 |trans-title=Dead at 27: The 30 Celebrities Members of the Fateful 27 Club |url=https://www.cinconoticias.com/muertos-a-los-27-celebridades-club-de-los-27/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412022144/https://www.cinconoticias.com/muertos-a-los-27-celebridades-club-de-los-27/ |archive-date=April 12, 2023 |access-date=April 19, 2023 |work=Cinconoticias |language=es}}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Nat|Jaffe}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1918|1|1}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1945|08|5}}

| Complications from high blood pressure

| Swing jazz pianist

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1918|1|1|1945|8|5}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Camilo|Cienfuegos}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1932|2|6}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1959|10|28}}

| Unknown, alleged plane crash

| Cuban revolutionary

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1932|2|6|1959|10|28}}

|{{Cite web |first= |title=Entramos al Club de los 27 |url=https://mujercitosmagazine.medium.com/entramos-al-club-de-los-27-54a58c6de870 |website= |date=August 5, 2021 |language=es |quote=Camilo Cienfuegos cumple los requisitos con excelencia: era una superestrella, y murió con 27 años. Pero no solo eso. Aunque existe una historia oficial y una historia chismeada, no nos casemos con ninguna, tengamos el beneficio de la duda. En primer lugar, su carrera estaba en pleno ascenso, como suele pasar con todos los del Club. Y en segundo lugar, su avión se perdió en el mar: muerte trágica y misteriosa. Hay quien afirma que no fue un accidente, sino que fue asesinado por Fidel. |trans-quote=Camilo Cienfuegos meets the requirements with excellence: he was a superstar, and he died at the age of 27. But not only that. Although there is an official story and a gossip story, let's not marry either, let's give ourselves the benefit of the doubt. Firstly, his career was in full ascendancy, as is usually the case with everyone at the Club. And secondly, his plane was lost at sea: a tragic and mysterious death. There are those who claim that it was not an accident, but that he was murdered by [[Fidel Castro|Fidel] |access-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-date=April 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412164754/https://mujercitosmagazine.medium.com/entramos-al-club-de-los-27-54a58c6de870 |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Jesse|Belvin}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1932|12|15}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1960|02|6}}

| Car crash, suspected foul play

| R&B singer, pianist and songwriter

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1932|12|15|1960|2|6}}

|{{cite book |last1=Segalstad |first1=Eric |last2=Hunter |first2=Josh |title=The 27s: The Greatest Myth of Rock & Roll |publisher=Samadhi Creations |date=2008 |location=United Kingdom |page=308 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EEF0zQEACAAJ |isbn=978-0-615-18964-2 |access-date=March 18, 2023 |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406080211/https://books.google.com/books?id=EEF0zQEACAAJ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|Rudy|Lewis}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1936|8|23}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1964|05|20}}

| Drug overdose

| Vocalist of the Drifters

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1936|08|23|1964|5|20}}

|{{cite news |url=https://www.thewrap.com/27-club-stars-died-age-kurt-cobain-jimi-hendrix-amy-winehouse/ |work=TheWrap |title=27 Club: Stars Who Died at Age 27, From Jimi Hendrix to Kurt Cobain |author=Thom Geier |date=February 20, 2020 |access-date=May 22, 2020}}

{{sort|Henderson, Joe|Joe Henderson}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1937|4|24}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1964|10|24}}

| Heart attack

| R&B and gospel singer

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1937|04|24|1964|10|24}}

| {{sfnp|Sounes|2013|p=304}}

{{sort|Roberts, Rockin' Robin|Rockin' Robin Roberts}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1940|11|23}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1967|12|22}}

| Car crash

| Vocalist of The Fabulous Wailers; recorded the earliest cover version of Richard Berry's "Louie Louie"

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1940|11|23|1967|12|23}}

|{{Cite web |title=Roberts, "Rockin' Robin" (1940-1967) |url=https://www.historylink.org/File/9217 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=www.historylink.org}}{{Cite news |title=City, the number 27, Benjani, Marc-Vivien Foe |url=https://www.herald.co.zw/city-the-number-27-benjani-marc-vivien-foe/ |access-date=2025-01-06 |language=en}}

{{sort|Hale, Malcolm|Malcolm Hale}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1941|5|17}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1968|10|30}}

| Carbon monoxide poisoning

| Original member and lead guitarist of Spanky and Our Gang

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1941|5|17|1968|10|30}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Dickie|Pride}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1941|10|21}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1969|03|26}}

| Drug overdose

| Rock and roll singer

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1941|10|21|1969|3|26}}

|{{Cite web |title=British Dickie Pride AKA Richard Charles Kneller, Dead At 27 |url=http://forever-27.com/dickie-pride/british-musician-dickie-pride-aka-richard-charles-kneller-dead-at-27/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121120004652/http://forever-27.com/dickie-pride/british-musician-dickie-pride-aka-richard-charles-kneller-dead-at-27/ |archive-date=November 20, 2012 }}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Brian|Jones}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1942|2|28}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1969|07|3}}

| Drowning

| Rolling Stones founder, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1942|2|28|1969|7|3}}

|{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8657314/Amy-Winehouse-joins-the-Forever-27-club.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/8657314/Amy-Winehouse-joins-the-Forever-27-club.html |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph | first=Paul | last=Clements | title=Amy Winehouse joins the 'Forever 27' club | date=July 24, 2011}}{{cbignore}}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|AlexandraAlexandra (singer)}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1942|5|19}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1969|07|31}}

| Car crash

| German singer

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1941|10|21|1969|3|26}}

|{{Cite web |title= Alexandras mysteriöse Biografie |url=https://www.spiegel.de/geschichte/alexandras-mysterioese-biografie-a-948411.html | work=Der Spiegel| date=July 30, 2009|author=Thomas Winkler}}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Alan "Blind Owl"|Wilson|Alan Wilson (musician)}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1943|7|4}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1970|09|3}}

| Drug overdose

| Leader, singer and primary composer of Canned Heat

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1943|7|4|1970|9|3}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Jimi|Hendrix}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1942|11|27}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1970|09|18}}

| Asphyxia due to drug use

| Pioneering electric guitarist, singer and songwriter of the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1942|11|27|1970|9|18}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Janis|Joplin}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1943|1|19}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1970|10|4}}

| Drug overdose

| Lead vocalist and songwriter of Big Brother and the Holding Company, the Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1943|1|19|1970|10|4}}

|{{cite news | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amy-winehouse-27-kurt-cobain-214643 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Sophie A. | last=Schillaci | title=Amy Winehouse Joins Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin in '27 Club' | date=July 23, 2011 | access-date=October 26, 2011 | archive-date=July 13, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713072506/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amy-winehouse-27-kurt-cobain-214643 | url-status=live }}

style=white-space:nowrap|{{sort|Christian, Arlester|Arlester "Dyke" Christian}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1943|6|13}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1971|03|13}}

| Shot

| Frontman, vocalist and bassist of Dyke and the Blazers

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1943|6|13|1971|3|13}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Jim|Morrison}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1943|12|8}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1971|07|3}}

| Heart failure

| Singer, lyricist, and leader of the Doors

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1943|12|8|1971|7|3}}

|

scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap" |{{sortname|Leslie|Harvey}}

| style="white-space:nowrap" |{{dts|1944|9|14}}

| style="white-space:nowrap" |{{dts|1972|5|3}}

| Electrocution

| Guitarist in several Scottish bands, most notably Stone the Crows

| style="white-space:nowrap" |{{ayd|1944|9|14|1972|5|3}}

|{{cite book|first=John|last=Tobler|year=1992|title=NME's Rock 'n' Roll Years, 1992|publisher=Hamlyn|location=London|page=238|isbn=0-600-57602-7}}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Ron "Pigpen"|McKernan}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1945|9|8}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1973|03|8}}

| Gastrointestinal hemorrhage

| Founding member, keyboardist and singer of the Grateful Dead

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1945|9|8|1973|3|8}}

|

{{sort|Durham, Roger Lee|Roger Lee Durham}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1946|2|14}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1973|07|27}}

| Horseriding accident

| Singer and percussionist of Bloodstone

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1946|2|14|1973|7|27}}

|

{{sortname|Pamela|Courson}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1946|12|22}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1974|04|25}}

| Drug overdose

| Long-term companion of Jim Morrison and heir to his estate

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1946|12|22|1974|04|25}}

|{{cite web |title=Musicians in the '27 Club' |url=https://www.chron.com/culture/main/slideshow/Musicians-in-the-27-Club-30267.php |website=Chron |date=July 23, 2011 |publisher=Hearst |access-date=June 30, 2022 |archive-date=December 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221217012038/https://www.chron.com/culture/main/slideshow/Musicians-in-the-27-Club-30267.php |url-status=live }}

{{sort|Yohn, Wallace|Wallace "Wally" Yohn}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1947|1|12}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1974|08|12}}

| Plane crash

| Organ player of Chase

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1947|1|12|1974|8|12}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Dave|Alexander|dab=musician}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1947|6|3}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1975|02|10}}

| Pulmonary edema due to alcohol abuse

| Bassist of the Stooges

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1947|6|3|1975|2|10}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Pete|Ham}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1947|4|27}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1975|04|24}}

| Suicide

| Singer, songwriter, keyboardist and guitarist, leader of Badfinger

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1947|4|27|1975|4|24}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Gary|Thain}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1948|5|15}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1975|12|8}}

| Drug overdose

| Bassist of Uriah Heep and the Keef Hartley Band

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1948|5|17|1975|12|8}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|CeciliaCecilia (Spanish singer)|Cecilia}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1948|10|11}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1976|08|2}}

| Car crash

| Singer-songwriter

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1948|10|11|1976|8|2}}

|{{cite web|last=Saunders|first=Christian|date=January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141120045044/http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/6250/the_forever_27_club.html|title=The Forever 27 Club|work=Fortean Times|archive-date=November 20, 2014|url=http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/6250/the_forever_27_club.html|access-date=May 1, 2023}}{{cite web |title=El coche nos los arrebató|trans-title=

The car took them from us|language=es|url=http://blogs.km77.com/conplomo/314/el-coche-nos-los-arrebato-i/ |work=Con Plomo |access-date=June 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611064738/http://blogs.km77.com/conplomo/314/el-coche-nos-los-arrebato-i/ |archive-date=June 11, 2012}}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Helmut|Köllen}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1950|3|2}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1977|05|3}}

| Carbon monoxide poisoning

| Bassist of 1970s prog rock band Triumvirat

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1950|3|2|1977|5|3}}

|

André Paiement

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1950|6|28}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1978|1|23}}

|Suicide

|Playwright and musician, member of progressive rock band CANO

|27 years, 209 days

|{{Cite web |title=André Paiement Biographie Chronologique |url=http://www.canomusique.ca/cano/assets/pdf/BioChronologique.pdf |access-date=2024-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035024/http://www.canomusique.ca/cano/assets/pdf/BioChronologique.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}{{Cite web |date=February 18, 2022 |title=From the ashes of tragedy CANO goes international {{!}} Maclean's {{!}} September 25, 1978 |url=https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1978/9/25/from-the-ashes-of-tragedy-cano-goes-international |access-date=2024-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218235426/https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1978/9/25/from-the-ashes-of-tragedy-cano-goes-international |archive-date=February 18, 2022 }}

Barry Brown

| style="white-space:nowrap" |{{dts|1951|04|19}}

| style="white-space:nowrap" |{{dts|1978|06|25}}

|Self-inflicted gunshot

|Playwright, actor

| style="white-space:nowrap" |{{ayd|1951|04|19|1978|06|25}}

|{{Cite web |last=LaBruce |first=Bruce |date=November 17, 2016 |title=Bruce LaBruce's Academy of the Underrated: Daisy Miller |url=https://www.talkhouse.com/bruce-labruces-academy-underrated-daisy-miller/ |access-date=2024-07-15 |website=Talkhouse.com |language=en-US |archive-date=July 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715024002/https://www.talkhouse.com/bruce-labruces-academy-underrated-daisy-miller/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Chris|Bell|dab=American musician}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1951|1|12}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1978|12|27}}

| Car crash

| Singer-songwriter and guitarist of power pop band Big Star and solo

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1951|1|12|1978|12|27}}

|

style=white-space:nowrap|{{sort|De Fleur, Zenon|Zenon De Fleur}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1951|9|9}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1979|03|17}}

| Car crash

| Guitarist of the Count Bishops

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1951|9|9|1979|3|17}}

| {{sfnp|Sounes|2013|p=304}}{{Cite book |last=Simmonds |first=Jeremy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtpkCgAAQBAJ&q=zenon+de+fleur&pg=PA121 |title=The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches |date=2012 |publisher=Chicago Review Press |isbn=978-1-61374-478-9 |pages=1221–122 |language=en |access-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406080211/https://books.google.com/books?id=PtpkCgAAQBAJ&q=zenon%20de%20fleur&pg=PA121 |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|D.|Boon}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1958|4|1}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1985|12|22}}

| Car crash

| Guitarist, lead singer of punk band Minutemen

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1958|4|1|1985|12|23}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Alexander|Bashlachev}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1960|5|27}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1988|02|17}}

| Defenestration, possible suicide

| Poet, rock musician and songwriter

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1960|5|27|1988|2|17}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Amar Singh|Chamkila}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1960|7|21}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1988|03|8}}

| Murder

| Singer, songwriter, musician, and composer

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1960|7|21|1988|3|8}}

|{{Cite news |last=Khan |first=Murtaza Ali |date=January 25, 2019 |title=In search of Chamkila |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/in-search-of-chamkila/article26078936.ece |access-date=2024-02-08 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=April 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404033109/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/in-search-of-chamkila/article26078936.ece |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Jean-Michel|Basquiat}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1960|12|22}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1988|08|12}}

| Drug overdose

| Painter and graffiti artist; formed the band Gray

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1960|12|22|1988|8|12}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Pete|de Freitas}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1961|8|2}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1989|06|14}}

| Motorcycle accident

| Drummer of Echo & the Bunnymen

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1961|8|2|1989|6|14}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Finbarr|Donnelly}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1962|4|25}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1989|6|18}}

| Drowning

| Singer of Five Go Down to the Sea?

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1962|4|25|1989|6|14}}

|{{Cite web |last=O'Driscoll |first=Des |date=June 13, 2014 |title=Recalling the great nights of Cork's Arcadia |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-20271898.html |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Irish Examiner |language=en}}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Chris|Austin}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1964|2|24}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1991|03|16}}

| Plane crash

| Country singer and guitarist/fiddle player for Reba McEntire

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1964|2|24|1991|3|16}}

|{{Cite web |title=The Curse of 27 |url=https://www.angelfire.com/music5/archives/curse27.html |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Angelfire |archive-date=December 19, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219192213/https://www.angelfire.com/music5/archives/curse27.html |url-status=live }}

style=white-space:nowrap|{{sort|Voev, Dimitar|Dimitar Voev}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1965|5|21}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1992|09|05}}

| Cancer

| Poet, founder of the Bulgarian new wave band New Generation

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1965|05|21|1992|09|05}}

|{{cite web | url=http://temadaily.bg/publication/4793-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5-%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80-%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8F/ | title=Show Dimitar Voev its pig! "Voev is the Bulgarian representative in mythologizing "Club 27"" | publisher=TEMADaily | date=October 17, 2012 | access-date=June 25, 2015 | archive-date=October 11, 2013 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131011002350/http://temadaily.bg/publication/4793-%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B5-%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80-%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8F | url-status=live }}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Mia|Zapata}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1965|8|25}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1993|07|7}}

| Murder

| Lead singer of the Gits

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1965|8|25|1993|7|7}}

|

{{sortname|Kurt|Cobain}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1967|2|20}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1994|04|5}} {{circa}}

| Suicide

| Founding member, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Nirvana

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1967|2|20|1994|4|5}} {{circa}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Kristen|Pfaff}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1967|5|26}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1994|06|16}}

| Drug overdose

| Bass guitarist of Hole and Janitor Joe

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1967|5|26|1994|6|16}}

|

align="left"| Andrés Escobar

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1967|3|13}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1994|7|2}}

|Murder

|Footballer

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1967|3|13|1994|7|2}}

|{{cite news|access-date=December 20, 2022|date=July 2, 1994|first=Maria|last=Isabel García|quote=Requiere registrarse para poder acceder a la información.|title=Escobar muere a manos de unos fanáticos|url=https://elpais.com/diario/1994/07/03/deportes/773186405_850215.html|work=El País|archive-date=December 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222073125/https://elpais.com/diario/1994/07/03/deportes/773186405_850215.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|access-date=February 11, 2023|date=March 1, 2022|first=Eduardo|last=Parra|quote=Entre las muertes de famosos más impactantes se cuenta la del futbolista colombiano Andrés Escobar, no sólo por la violencia con la que se ejecutó, sino también por la enorme injusticia que supuso su asesinato.|title=Muertos a los 27: Las 30 celebridades integrantes del fatídico Club de los 27|url=https://www.cinconoticias.com/muertos-a-los-27-celebridades-club-de-los-27/|work=Cinconoticias|archive-date=April 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412022144/https://www.cinconoticias.com/muertos-a-los-27-celebridades-club-de-los-27/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|access-date=December 20, 2022|date=October 31, 2022|first=Eva|last=Güimil|title="Al tío lo van a matar": la herida por el asesinato del futbolista Andrés Escobar intenta cerrarse 28 años después|url=https://elpais.com/icon/2022-11-01/al-tio-lo-van-a-matar-la-herida-por-el-asesinato-del-futbolista-andres-escobar-intenta-cerrarse-28-anos-despues.html|work=El País|archive-date=May 22, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230522160515/https://elpais.com/icon/2022-11-01/al-tio-lo-van-a-matar-la-herida-por-el-asesinato-del-futbolista-andres-escobar-intenta-cerrarse-28-anos-despues.html|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Richey|Edwards}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1967|12|22}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1995|02|1}}

| Disappeared; later declared legally dead

| Lyricist and guitarist of Manic Street Preachers

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1967|12|22|1995|2|1}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortnameStretch|dab=rapper}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1968|4|8}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1995|11|30}}

| Murder

| Rapper

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1968|04|08|1995|11|30}}

|{{Cite web |last=Stanley-Ayre |first=Sarah |date=February 27, 2015 |title=The Myth of the 27 Club {{!}} City Pages |url=http://www.citypages.com/music/the-myth-of-the-27-club-6646135|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711123300/http://www.citypages.com/music/the-myth-of-the-27-club-6646135 |archive-date=July 11, 2015 }}

{{sortname|Ken|Steadman}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1969|06|26}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1996|09|20}}

| Car crash

| American film and television actor

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1969|6|26|1996|9|20}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Fat|Pat}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1970|12|4}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1998|02|3}}

| Murder

| American rapper and member of Screwed Up Click

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1970|12|4|1998|2|3}}

|

Louie Spicolli

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1971|2|10}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1998|2|15}}

|Drug overdose

|Professional wrestler

|27 years, 5 days

|{{Cite book |last=Reynolds |first=R.D |title=The Death of WCW: WrestleCrap and Figure Four Weekly Present |publisher=ECW Press |year=2004 |isbn=978-1554902552 |pages=125}}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Freaky|Tah}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1971|5|14}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1999|03|28}}

| Murder

| American rapper and member of the hip-hop group Lost Boyz

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1971|5|14|1999|3|28}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|KamiKami (musician)|Kami}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1972|2|1}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1999|06|21}}

| Subarachnoid hemorrhage

| Drummer of Malice Mizer

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1972|02|01|1999|06|21}}

|{{Cite web |last=Griffen |first=Brendan |date=March 28, 2014 |title=Music and Mortality |url=http://brendangriffen.com/music-and-mortality/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140621114337/http://brendangriffen.com/music-and-mortality/ |archive-date=2014-06-21 |website=brendangriffen.com}}

scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap" |{{sortname|Rodrigo|Bueno|Rodrigo (musician)}}

| style="white-space:nowrap" |{{dts|1973|5|24}}

| style="white-space:nowrap" |{{dts|2000|06|24}}

| Car crash

| Cuarteto singer

| style="white-space:nowrap" |{{ayd|1973|5|24|2000|6|24}}

|

{{sort|McCabe, Sean|Sean Patrick McCabe}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1972|11|13}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2000|08|28}}

| Asphyxia

| Lead singer of Ink & Dagger

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1972|11|13|2000|8|28}}

|

{{sort|Serrano Serrano, María|María Serrano Serrano}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1973|11|26}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2001|11|24}}

| Plane crash

| Singer of Passion Fruit

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1973|11|26|2001|11|24}}

|

{{sort|Thuy Trang}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1973|12|14}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2001|9|3}}

| Car crash

| Vietnamese-American actress, known for her role as Trini Kwan on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1973|12|14|2001|9|3}}

|{{Cite web |last=Kantor |first=Jonathan H. |date=November 30, 2022 |title=All The Unfortunate Members Of The 27 Club |url=https://www.nickiswift.com/1120722/all-the-unfortunate-members-of-the-27-club/ |access-date=2024-02-08 |website=Nicki Swift |language=en-US |archive-date=January 15, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115232202/https://www.nickiswift.com/1120722/all-the-unfortunate-members-of-the-27-club/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|Rico|Yan}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1975|3|14}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2002|3|29}}

|Acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis

| Filipino actor

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1975|3|14|2002|3|29}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Jeremy|Ward|Jeremy Ward (sound technician)}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1976|5|5}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2003|05|25}}

| Drug overdose

| The Mars Volta and De Facto sound manipulator

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1976|5|5|2003|5|25}}

|

{{sortname|Jonathan|Brandis}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1976|4|13}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2003|11|12}}

|Suicide

|American actor

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1976|04|13|2003|11|12}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Pat|Tillman}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1976|11|06}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2004|04|22}}

| Killed in action by friendly fire

| Professional football player and United States Army specialist

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1976|11|06|2004|04|22}}

|{{cite book |last1=Edwards |first1=Chance |title=The 27 Club: Curse or Coincidence?: The Incredible True Stories Behind Entertainment's Most Enduring Urban Legend |date=July 27, 2021 |publisher=Nysa Media |url=https://www.amazon.com/27-Club-Coincidence-Incredible-Entertainments-ebook/dp/B0974ZGQ35 |access-date=April 13, 2024}}

align="left" |{{sortname|Andrea|Absolonová}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1976|12|26}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2004|12|9}}

|Glioblastoma

|Porn actress

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1976|12|26|2004|12|9}}

|

{{sort|Ottoson, Bryan|Bryan Ottoson}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1978|3|18}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2005|04|19}}

| Drug overdose

| Guitarist of American Head Charge

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1978|3|18|2005|4|19}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Valentín|Elizalde}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1979|2|1}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2006|11|25}}

| Murder

| Mexican banda singer

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1979|2|1|2006|11|25}}

|

{{sort|Morris, Damien "Damo"|Damien "Damo" Morris}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1980|5|22}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2007|12|19}}

| Bus accident

| Member of Australian deathcore band the Red Shore

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1980|5|22|2007|12|19}}

|{{citation| url=http://ultimateclassicrock.com/rockers-who-died-at-age-27/| title=Rockers Who Died At age 27| date=September 18, 2015| access-date=May 15, 2018| archive-date=April 7, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190407054757/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rockers-who-died-at-age-27/| url-status=live}}

style=white-space:nowrap|{{sort|Grinstead, Orish|Orish Grinstead}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1980|6|2}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2008|4|20}}

| Kidney failure

| Founding member of the R&B group 702

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1980|6|2|2008|4|20}}

|{{cite web |first=Jim |last=H |date=January 21, 2010 |url=https://www.historicmysteries.com/the-27-club/ |title=The 27 Club |website=Historic Mysteries |access-date=June 29, 2017 |archive-date=March 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308221248/https://www.historicmysteries.com/the-27-club/ |url-status=dead }}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Jade|Goody}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1981|06|05}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2009|03|22}}

| Cervical cancer

| Reality-television personality

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1981|06|05|2009|03|22}}

|{{Cite news|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/tv/is-jade-goody-the-latest-victim-of-club-239121|work=Birmingham Mail|orig-date=Originally published March 25, 2009|date=October 23, 2012|access-date=May 1, 2023|last=Mercury|first=Sunday|title=Is Jade Goody the latest victim of Club 27?|archive-date=September 23, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923085605/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/tv/is-jade-goody-the-latest-victim-of-club-239121|url-status=live}}

{{sortname|Dash|Snow}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1981|07|27}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2009|07|13}}

| Drug overdose

| Artist

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1981|07|27|2009|07|13}}

|{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2009/07/18/messy_life_clicheacuteed_death_for_prince_of_hipsters.html|title=Messy life, clichéd death for prince of hipsters|date=July 18, 2009|access-date=September 15, 2019|work=Toronto Star|first=Stephen|last=Marche|archive-date=December 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209080135/https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2009/07/18/messy_life_clicheacuteed_death_for_prince_of_hipsters.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/dash-snow-remembered-by-new-york|title=Dash Snow Remembered By New York|date=July 15, 2009|access-date=September 15, 2019|work=Gothamist|first=Jen|last=Carlson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209080140/https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/dash-snow-remembered-by-new-york|archive-date=December 9, 2019}}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Amy|Winehouse}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1983|9|14}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2011|07|23}}

| Alcohol poisoning

| Singer-songwriter

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1983|9|14|2011|7|23}}

|

style=white-space:nowrap|{{sort|Turner, Richard|Richard Turner}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1984|7|30}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2011|08|11}}

| Aortic rupture

| Trumpet player, collaborator with Friendly Fires

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1984|7|30|2011|8|11}}

|{{cite web |last=Smith |first=K. Alexander |title=Richard Turner of Friendly Fires: 1984–2011 (Archived) |work=Paste Magazine |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/08/richard-turner-trumpet-player-for-friendly-fires-d.html |access-date=August 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821070632/http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2011/08/richard-turner-trumpet-player-for-friendly-fires-d.html |archive-date=August 21, 2011 }}

style=white-space:nowrap|{{sort|Bogner, Nicole|Nicole Bogner}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1984|03|22}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2012|01|06}}

| Severe disease

| Singer for Visions of Atlantis

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1984|03|22|2012|01|06}}

|

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Sahara|Davenport}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1984|12|17}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2012|10|01}}

| Heart failure

| Drag queen

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1984|12|17|2012|10|01}}

|{{cite web |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/what-is-the-27-club-celebrity-members-of-the-cult-phenomenon-from-kurt-cobain-to-janis-joplin-and-amy-winehouse-2922426 |title=What is the 27 Club? |date=July 23, 2020 |publisher=The Scotsman |access-date=May 30, 2023 |archive-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230510224841/https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/what-is-the-27-club-celebrity-members-of-the-cult-phenomenon-from-kurt-cobain-to-janis-joplin-and-amy-winehouse-2922426 |url-status=live }}

align="left"|{{sortname|Christian|Benítez}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1986|5|1}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2013|7|29}}

|Respiratory failure

|Footballer

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1986|5|1|2013|7|29}}

|{{cite web|access-date=July 17, 2021|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428114338/https://www.diariolibre.com/deportes/bentez-la-maldicin-de-los-27-ataca-los-atletas-JCDL395408|date=July 31, 2013|url-status=live|title=Benítez: La 'maldición' de los 27 ataca los atletas|trans-title=

Benítez: The 'curse' of 27 attacks athletes|language=es|url=https://www.diariolibre.com/deportes/bentez-la-maldicin-de-los-27-ataca-los-atletas-JCDL395408|work=Diario Libre}}

{{sortname|Slađa|Guduraš}}

|August 11, 1987

|December 10, 2014

|Road accident

|Pop artist and actress

|27 years, 121 days

|{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Cronström |date=May 7, 2015 |url=https://yle.fi/a/7-923737 |title=Hall of Fame eller Hall of Shame |trans-title=Hall of Fame or Hall of Shame |language=sv |work=Yle.fi |access-date=March 31, 2025 |quote=One of the countless legends in rock music claims that 27 is a particularly dangerous age. As proof, they usually list a number of musicians who died at that age, the so-called 27 club.}}

align="left"|{{sortname|Stuart|Baggs}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1988|7|23}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2015|7|30}}

|Asthma attack

|Businessman

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1988|7|23|2015|7|30}}

|{{cite web | url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/celebritynews/apprentice-star-stuart-the-brand-baggs-dies-aged-27-10427402.html | title=Apprentice star Stuart 'The Brand' Baggs dies aged 27 | date=July 30, 2015 | access-date=March 8, 2024 | archive-date=March 8, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308092753/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/celebritynews/apprentice-star-stuart-the-brand-baggs-dies-aged-27-10427402.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-isle-of-man-33729248 |title=Apprentice star Stuart Baggs death: Family 'shattered' |publisher=BBC News |date=2015-07-31 |accessdate=2024-12-30}}{{cite web | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/stuart-baggs-death-alan-sugar-celebrities-and-former-apprentice-contestants-pay-tribute-10427657.html | title=Lord Sugar, celebrities and former Apprentice contestants pay tribute to Stuart Baggs | website=Independent.co.uk | date=July 31, 2015 }}

style=white-space:nowrap|{{sort|Lowe, Thomas|Tomas Lowe}}

| May 1988

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2016|02|13}}

| Car crash

| bassist of Viola Beach

| style=white-space:nowrap|27 years, 9 months

|{{cite web |author=Staff |title=The curse of the '27 Club' strikes again after Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-36573442 |website=BBC News |date=June 20, 2016 |access-date=January 8, 2024 |archive-date=January 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108221836/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-36573442 |url-status=live }}

style=white-space:nowrap|{{sort|Fekete, Thomas|Thomas Fekete}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1988|7|1}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2016|05|31}}

| Cancer

| Guitarist of Surfer Blood

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1988|07|01|2016|05|31}}

|{{cite web |last1=Hartmann |first1=Graham |title=27 Rockers Who Died At The Age of 27 |url=https://loudwire.com/rockers-who-died-at-the-age-of-27/ |website=Loudwire |access-date=June 23, 2022 |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524064640/https://loudwire.com/rockers-who-died-at-the-age-of-27/ |url-status=live }}

style="white-space:nowrap" |{{sortname|Anton|Yelchin}}

| style="white-space:nowrap" |{{dts|1989|3|11}}

| style="white-space:nowrap" |{{dts|2016|06|19}}

| Car crash

| Actor, Chekov in the Star Trek reboot series

| style="white-space:nowrap" |{{ayd|1989|03|11|2016|06|19}}

|{{Cite news |date=June 20, 2016 |title=The curse of the '27 Club' strikes again after Star Trek actor Anton Yelchin dies |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-36573442 |access-date=2024-02-08 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=January 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108221836/https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-36573442 |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|ShotShot (rapper)|Shot}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1989|12|01}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2017|09|21}}

| Diabetes

| Russian rapper

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1989|12|01|2017|09|21}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://ftimes.ru/330789-klub-27-chto-eto-spisok-muzykantov-pesnya-pamyati.html|script-title=ru:Клуб 27, список известных музыкантов, причины смерти, видеопосвящение|title=Klub 27, spisok izvestnykh muzykantov, prichiny smerti, videoposvyashcheniye|trans-title=Club 27, list of famous musicians, causes of death, video dedication|language=ru|date=May 2, 2020|website=FTimes.ru|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-date=March 4, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304120338/https://ftimes.ru/330789-klub-27-chto-eto-spisok-muzykantov-pesnya-pamyati.html|url-status=live}}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Kim|Jong-hyun|Jonghyun}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1990|4|8}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2017|12|18}}

| Suicide

|Vocalist and lyricist of Shinee

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1990|04|08|2017|12|18}}

|{{cite news |title=K-pop star Kim Jong Hyun joins the ill-fated '27 Club' |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/k-pop-star-kim-jong-hyun-joins-the-ill-fated-27-club |access-date=May 17, 2021 |work=The Straits Times |agency=Agence France-Presse |date=December 19, 2017 |language=en |archive-date=April 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407034338/https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/k-pop-star-kim-jong-hyun-joins-the-ill-fated-27-club |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=Frater |date=December 18, 2017 |url=https://variety.com/2017/music/asia/jonghyun-of-k-pops-shinee-dead-dies-at-27-1202643601/ |title=Jonghyun of Korean Pop Group Shinee Dies at 27 |newspaper=Variety |access-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-date=December 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218075127/https://variety.com/2017/music/asia/jonghyun-of-k-pops-shinee-dead-dies-at-27-1202643601/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|Fredo|Santana}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1990|7|4}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2018|1|19}}

| Idiopathic epilepsy

|American rapper

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1990|07|04|2018|01|19}}

|{{cite news |first=Seamus |last=Duff |date=January 20, 2018 |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/fredo-santana-dies-stars-join-11882402 |title=As Rapper Fredo Santana 'Dies Aged 27', Other Stars Who Make Up Tragic Club 27 – Including Amy Winehouse, Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain |newspaper=Daily Mirror |access-date=January 20, 2018 |archive-date=July 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705005237/https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/fredo-santana-dies-stars-join-11882402 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/08/11/the-cause-of-chicago-rapper-fredo-santanas-death-has-been-determined|title=The cause of Chicago rapper Fredo Santana's death has been determined|website=The FADER|access-date=November 24, 2019|archive-date=April 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417222918/http://www.thefader.com/2018/08/11/the-cause-of-chicago-rapper-fredo-santanas-death-has-been-determined|url-status=live}}

{{sortname|Tyler|Skaggs}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1991|07|13}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2019|07|01}}

| Asphyxia due to drug use

|American professional baseball starting pitcher

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1991|07|13|2019|07|01}}

|{{Cite web |title=The 27 Club Is Tragic—See All the Stars Who Died at the Young Age |author=Chelsea Duff |work=In Touch Weekly |date=July 16, 2021 |access-date=June 15, 2021 |url=https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/what-is-the-27-club-see-all-the-celebrities-who-died-at-the-young-age/ |archive-date=April 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406161448/https://www.intouchweekly.com/posts/what-is-the-27-club-see-all-the-celebrities-who-died-at-the-young-age/ |url-status=live }}

{{sortname|Benjamin|Keough}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1992|10|21}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2020|7|12}}

| Suicide

|Elvis Presley's grandson, son of Lisa Marie Presley and brother of Riley Keough

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1992|10|21|2020|7|12}}

|

{{sort|Killa, Murda|{{ill|Murda Killa|ru}}}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1993|3|9}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2020|7|13}}

|Asthma attack provoked by the use of alcohol and antidepressants

|Russian rapper

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1993|3|9|2020|7|13}}

|{{Cite web|language=ru|url=https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2020/07/16/a_13154275.shtml|script-title=ru:Стала известна причина смерти российского рэпера Murda Killa|title=Stala izvestna prichina smerti rossiyskogo repera Murda Killa|trans-title=The cause of death of the Russian rapper Murda Killa became known|website=Газета.Ru|date=July 16, 2020 |access-date=2021-10-06|archive-date=2021-10-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211006152902/https://www.gazeta.ru/culture/2020/07/16/a_13154275.shtml|url-status=live}}

{{sort|Yoo, Ju-eun|{{ill|Yoo Ju-eun|ko|유주은}}}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1995|5|03}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2022|8|29}}

|Suicide

|Korean actress

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1995|5|3|2022|8|29}}

|{{cite web |author= |date=August 29, 2022 |url=https://kumparan.com/kumparank-pop/diduga-tewas-bunuh-diri-yoo-joo-eun-menambah-deretan-club-27-1yktQcESn68/full |title=Diduga Tewas Bunuh Diri, Yoo Joo Eun Menambah Deretan Club 27 |language=Indonesian |trans-title=Allegedly Dead by Suicide, Yoo Joo Eun Adds to List of Club 27 |work=kumparan.com |access-date=August 29, 2022}}

{{sortname|WalkieWalkie (rapper)|Walkie}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1995|5|24}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2022|9|30}}

|Suicide

|Russian battle rapper

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1995|5|24|2022|9|30}}

|{{Cite web|url=https://bloknot-krasnodar.ru/news/sotsseti-soobshchili-o-gibeli-repera-walkie-v-kras-1526933|script-title=ru:Соцсети сообщили о гибели рэпера Walkie в Краснодаре|title=Sotsseti soobshchili o gibeli repera Walkie v Krasnodare|trans-title=Social networks reported the death of rapper Walkie in Krasnodar|language=ru|website=Bloknot-krasnodar.ru|access-date=March 14, 2023|archive-date=January 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130145149/https://bloknot-krasnodar.ru/news/sotsseti-soobshchili-o-gibeli-repera-walkie-v-kras-1526933|url-status=live}}

{{sort|Trappa, Yung|{{ill|Yung Trappa|ru}}}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1995|8|14}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2023|2|2}}

|Overdose

|Russian rapper

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1995|8|14|2023|2|2}}

|[https://www.rap.ru/news/15822 Yung Trappa умер. Rest in peace]

align="left" |{{sort|Figueroa, Julián|{{ill|Julián Figueroa|es|Julián Figueroa (cantante)}}}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1995|5|27}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2023|4|2}}

|Myocardial infarction and Ventricular fibrillation

|Singer, actor, and composer

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1995|5|27|2023|4|2}}

|{{cite web|access-date=April 14, 2023|archive-date=April 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412104815/https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/famosos/club-de-los-27-julian-figueroa-se-suma-lista-artitas-muertos|date=April 10, 2023|url-status=live|title=Julián Figueroa se suma al 'Club de los 27'; ellos son los artistas que murieron a esta edad|trans-title=Julián Figueroa joins the 'Club of 27'; they are the artists who died at this age|url=https://www.milenio.com/espectaculos/famosos/club-de-los-27-julian-figueroa-se-suma-lista-artitas-muertos|work=Milenio|language=es}}{{cite web|access-date=April 14, 2023|archive-date=April 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412184248/https://www.foxsports.com.mx/2023/04/10/el-club-de-los-27-por-que-se-relaciona-con-julian-figueroa/|date=April 10, 2023|url-status=live|title=El Club de los 27: ¿Por qué se relaciona con Julián Figueroa?|trans-title=The Club of 27: Why is it related to Julián Figueroa?|language=es|url=https://www.foxsports.com.mx/2023/04/10/el-club-de-los-27-por-que-se-relaciona-con-julian-figueroa/|work=Fox Sports}}

{{sortname|MohBadMohBad|MohBad}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1996|1|3}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2023|9|12}}

|Undetermined

|Nigerian rapper

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1996|1|3|2023|9|12}}

|{{cite news |first=Sunny Green |last=Itodo |date=September 16, 2023 |url=https://dailypost.ng/2023/09/16/mohbad-light-dims-for-a-rising-star/ |title=Mohbad: Light Dims for a Rising Star |work=Daily Post Nigeria |access-date=September 24, 2023 |archive-date=November 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231105183829/https://dailypost.ng/2023/09/16/mohbad-light-dims-for-a-rising-star/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Chance|Perdomo}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1996|10|19}}

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2024|3|30}}

|Motorcycle accident

|Actor

|style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1996|10|19|2024|3|30}}

|{{cite news|author=|date=April 3, 2024|title=What is The 27 Club? The infamous urban legend that adds Chance Perdomo's name to it|url=https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/movies/2024/04/03/660daffeca474124078b456c.html|work=Marca|access-date=April 7, 2024|archive-date=April 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407043556/https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/movies/2024/04/03/660daffeca474124078b456c.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news |first=Meredith |last=Jacobs |date=March 30, 2024 |url=https://www.tvinsider.com/1129586/chance-perdomo-dead-motorcycle-accident-gen-v-chilling-adventures-of-sabrina/ |title=Chance Perdomo Dies: 'Gen V' Star Was 27 |work=TVInsider |access-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330220052/https://www.tvinsider.com/1129586/chance-perdomo-dead-motorcycle-accident-gen-v-chilling-adventures-of-sabrina/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row" style=white-space:nowrap|{{sortname|Dutty|Dior}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|1996|11|30}}

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{dts|2024|04|06}}

| Undetermined

| Rapper

| style=white-space:nowrap|{{ayd|1996|11|30|2024|04|06}}

|{{cite web |url=https://www.vg.no/rampelys/i/Q7p248/dutty-dior-er-doed |title=Dutty Dior (27) er død |accessdate=2024-04-07 |author=Thomas Talseth, Siri B. Christensen |work=Verdens Gang |date=2024-04-07 |language=no}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/artisten-dutty-dior-er-dod-1.16834079 |title=Artisten Dutty Dior er død |accessdate=2024-04-07 |author=Sunniva Nerbøberg, Ola Mjaaland |work=NRK |date=2024-04-07 |language=no}}

See also

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book |last=Sounes |first=Howard |date=2013 |title=27: A History of the 27 Club through the Lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse |publisher=Da Capo Press |isbn=978-0-306-82168-4 |author-link=Howard Sounes |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/27historyof27clu00soun }} pp. 304, [https://books.google.com/books?id=SCv_AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA306 306.]
  • {{Skeptoid| id=4907|number=907|title=The Science of the 27 Club|date=October 24, 2023}}

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