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Brian Jones
Date of death:July3, 1969
Cause of death:Drownedin swimming pool.
Fame:Rolling Stones founder and guitarist / multi-instrumentalist.
Aged: 27 years
Brian Jones was an English musician and founding member of The Rolling Stones.
Jones was a gifted multi-instrumentalist
JimiHendrix
Date of death: September18, 1970
Cause of death: Asphyxiated on vomit after combining sleeping pills with wine.
Fame:Pioneering electric guitarist, singer and songwriter for The JimiHendrix Experienceand Band of Gypsys
Aged: 27 years and 295 days
JimiHendrixwas an American guitarist, singer and songwriter.
He is often considered to be the greatest electric guitarist in the history of rock music by other musicians and commentators in the industry, and one of the most important and influential musicians of his era across a range of genres
JanisJoplin
Date of death: October4, 1970
Cause of death: Probable heroinoverdose.
Fame: Lead vocalist and songwriter for Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band.
Aged: 27 years and 258 days
JanisJoplinwas an American singer, songwriter and music arranger.She was the singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist.
JimMorrison
Date ofDeath: July 3, 1971
Cause of death: Official cause of death listed as "heart failure"; however, no autopsy was performed.
Fame:singer, songwriter and video director for The Doors
Aged: 27 years and 207 days
Jim Morrison was an American singer, songwriter, poet, writer and filmmaker.
He was best known as the lead singer and lyricist of The Doors and is widely considered to be one of the most charismatic peoplein rock music history.
He was also the author of several books of poetryand the director of a documentary and short film.
KurtCobain
Date of death: April 5, 1994
Cause of death: Officially ruled as suicide by shotgun.
Fame: singer, guitarist and songwriter for Nirvana
Aged: 27 years and44 days
Kurt Cobain was an American singer-songwriter and musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the rock band Nirvana.
With the lead single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" from Nirvana's second albumNevermind (1991), Nirvana enteredbecame very famous and they popularized a subgenre of alternative rock called grunge


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