Other musicians who died at 27

Other musicians who died at 27
Some lists include other musicians who died at age 27. Cobain and Hendrix biographer Charles R. Cross writes, "The number of musicians who died at 27 is truly remarkable by any standard. [Although] humans die regularly at all ages, there is a statistical spike for musicians who die at 27.




Name
Date of death
Cause of death
Claim to notability
January 17, 1892
Unknown.
Composer.
March 26, 1908
Neurosyphilitic sclerosis.
Ragtime musician.
August 16, 1938
Unknown, but typically credited to strychninepoisoning.
Bluesman. Recorded very famous and influential set of 29 songs that influenced many famous musicians after him, considered the first of the unofficial 27 club.
August 5, 1945
Result of complications from high blood pressure.
Blues musician.
February 6, 1960
Car crash.
R&B singer and songwriter.
Rudy Lewis
May 20, 1964
Drug overdose.
Vocalist of The Drifters.
Malcolm Hale
October 31, 1968
Carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty space heater.
Original member of Spanky and Our Gang.
March 26, 1969
Overdose of sleeping pills.
British rock and roll singer.
September 3, 1970
Barbiturate overdose, possible suicide.
Leader, singer and primary composer of Canned Heat.
Arlester "Dyke" Christian
March 13, 1971
Shot.
Frontman and vocalist of Dyke & the Blazers.
March 14, 1972
Diabetic coma.
R&B singer.
March 8, 1973
Gastrointestinal hemorrhage associated with alcoholism.
Founding member, keyboardist and singer of the Grateful Dead.
Roger Lee Durham
July 27, 1973
Fell off a horse and died from the injuries.
Singer and percussionist of Bloodstone.
Wallace Yohn
August 12, 1974
Died in a plane crash along with three other band members.
Organ player of Chase.
February 10, 1975
Pulmonary edema.
Bassist for the Stooges.
April 24, 1975
Suicide by hanging.
Keyboardist and guitarist, leader of Badfinger.
December 8, 1975
Drug overdose.
Former bassist of Uriah Heep.
May 3, 1977
Carbon monoxide poisoning.
Bassist with 1970s German prog rock band Triumvirat.
December 27, 1978
Car crash: ran into a telephone pole.
Singer-songwriter and guitarist of power pop band Big Star and solo.
March 23, 1980
Car crash.
Jamaican reggae artist and lead singer for Inner Circle.
December 22, 1985
Lying down in the back of a van when it veered off road, he was ejected from the vehicle and broke his neck.
Guitarist, lead singer of punk band the Minutemen.
February 17, 1988
Suicide by jumping.
Russian poet, rock musician and songwriter.
August 12, 1988
Speedball overdose.
Painter and graffiti artist; formed the band Gray.
June 14, 1989
Motorcycle wreck on his way back from filming a music video.
Drummer for Echo & the Bunnymen.
July 7, 1993
Murdered.
Lead singer of the Gits.
June 16, 1994
Officially ruled as an accidental heroin overdose.
Bass guitarist for Hole and Janitor Joe.
c. February 1, 1995
Disappeared; officially presumed deadNovember 23, 2008.
Lyricist and guitarist for Manic Street Preachers.
February 3, 1998
Shot.
Rapper and member of Screwed Up Click.
Freaky Tah
March 28, 1999
Shot.
Popular rapper and member of the rap group Lost Boyz.
Sean Patrick McCabe
August 28, 2000
Asphyxiated on vomit after ingesting too much alcohol.
Lead singer of Ink & Dagger.
November 24, 2001
Background singer for Passion Fruit.
May 25, 2003
Heroin overdose.
The Mars Volta and De Facto sound manipulator.
April 19, 2005
Prescription drug overdose.
Guitarist for American Head Charge.
November 25, 2006
Murdered.
Mexican banda singer.
c. April 20, 2008
Kidney failure.
Founding member of '90s R&B group 702.
September 14, 2009
Severe gastritis.
Zambian musician.