JIM MORRISON-The singer reportedly died on July 3, 1971 again, at the age of 27 of heart failure in the bathtub of his Paris apartment.

DAVE ALEXANDER OF THE STOOGES -Dave Alexander, who joined Iggy Pop and the Asheton brothers to form the Stooges in 1967, died at age 27 in 1975 of pneumonia and an inflamed pancreas.His drinking problems reportedly contributed to his untimely demise five years later.

AMY WINEHOUSE Amy Winehouse was already considered a tragic figure when she passed away from alcohol poisoning on July 23, 2011.

PETE HAM OF BADFINGER-On April 23, 1975, just three days shy of his 28th birthday, Badfinger singer and guitarist Pete Ham killed himself, reportedly because he was despondent over his poor financial situation and an ongoing battle with the bands manager, Stan Polley.According to Rolling Stone, Ham left a note near his body declaring, Stan Polley is a soulless bastard. His bandmates said the manager had withheld financial information from them.

JANIS JOPLIN-Janis Joplin, solo star and singer for Big Brother and the Holding Company, died at age 27 on Oct. 4, 1970 of a heroin overdose. The distinctive vocalist had endured a long history of drug and alcohol problems.According to Rolling Stones account, Joplin was found dead in L.A.s Landmark Hotel, with fresh needle marks on her arm and 4.50 clutched in her hand. It has been suggested that her dealer accidentally sold her and several other clients an overly strong dose of the drug.

JIMI HENDRIX-who died of asphyxiation in his girlfriends London apartment on Sept. 18, 1970,a combination of red wine and sleeping pills reportedly, stronger than expected took that all away from us.

ROBERT JOHNSON-Hes rumored to have sold his soul to the Devil, and to have died after being poisoned by the jealous boyfriend of a woman he was talking to, just as famed talent scout John Hammond was trying to hand him a one-way ticket to fame and fortune.

BRIAN JONES OF THE ROLLING STONES-On July 3, 1969, just a month after being kicked out of the famous group he had helped form the Rolling Stones guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones drowned in his own swimming pool.

KURT COBAIN-The April 5, 1994 suicide of Kurt Cobain was a dreadful paradox: totally unexpected, yet in retrospect somehow all too predictable. The Nirvana singer had been in the public spotlight for less than three years when he took his life, both cementing the theory of the 27 Club and silencing the wary voice of a generation with a single shotgun blast.

KRISTEN PFAFF OF HOLE-The music world was still reeling from Kurt Cobains untimely demise when Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff died of a heroin overdose on June 16, 1994, at the age of 27.

MIA ZAPATA OF THE GITS-The Gits were an up-and-coming Seattle punk band on the verge of big things in the booming alternative 90s when singer Mia Zapata was abducted early in the morning of July 7, 1993, after leaving a friends Capitol Hill apartment. Her body was discovered less than two hours later she had been beaten, raped and strangled to death at the age of 27.

PIGPEN OF THE GRATEFUL DEAD-Keyboardist and vocalist Ron Pigpen McKernan of the Grateful Dead died at age 27 on March 8, 1973 from internal hemorrhaging caused by excessive drinking.