27

A lot of celebrities have died at age 27:

• Pope John XII; Patrician of Rome and Pope; 964; cause unknown
• William Lane “Master Juba”; American dancer and entertainer; 1852; cause unknown
• Joseph Merrick “The Elephant Man”; English sideshow performer and celebrity; 1890; dislocation of the spine
• Alexandre Levy; composer, pianist and conductor; 1892; cause unknown
• Louis Chauvin; ragtime musician; 1908; neurosyphilitic sclerosis
• Rupert Brooke; English poet, known for his idealistic war sonnets written during the First World War; 1915; sepsis from mosquito bite
• Henry Moseley; English physicist; 1915; killed in action
• Robert Johnson; blues singer and musician who recorded a very famous and influential set of 29 songs; 1938; cause unknown but probably strychnine poisoning
• Ghazi of Iraq; king of Iraq; 1939; suspicious car accident
• Nat Jaffe; swing jazz pianist; 1945; complications from high blood pressure
• Jesse Belvin; R&B singer, pianist and songwriter; 1960; car accident
• Rudy Lewis; vocalist of The Drifters; 1964; drug overdose
• Malcolm Hale; original member and lead guitarist of Spanky and Our Gang; 1968; carbon monoxide poisoning 
• Dickie Pride; rock and roll singer; 1969; overdose of sleeping pills
• Brian Jones; Rolling Stones founder, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist; 1969; drowned
• Alan "Blind Owl" Wilson; leader, singer and primary composer of Canned Heat; 1970; barbiturate overdose, possible suicide
• Jimi Hendrix: pioneering electric guitarist, singer and songwriter for The Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys: 1970: drug overdose, although there are allegations of murder
• Janis Joplin; lead vocalist and songwriter for Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Kozmic Blues Band and Full Tilt Boogie Band; 1970; probable heroin overdose
• Arlester "Dyke" Christian; frontman, vocalist and bassist of Dyke & the Blazers; 1971; murdered
• Jim Morrison; lead singer, lyricist and video director for The Doors, and poet; 1971; reported as heart failure
• Linda Jones; soul singer; 1972; complications from diabetes
• Leslie Harvey;  guitarist for Stone the Crows; 1972, electrocution
• Ron "Pigpen" McKernan; Founding member, keyboardist and singer of the Grateful Dead; 1973, gastrointestinal hemorrhage associated with alcoholism
• Roger Lee Durham; singer and percussionist of Bloodstone; 1973; fell off a horse and died from the injuries
• Wallace Yohn; organ player of Chase; 1974; plane crash
• Dave Alexander; bassist for the Stooges; 1975; pulmonary edema
• Pete Ham;  keyboardist and guitarist, leader of Badfinger; 1975; suicide by hanging
• Gary Thain; former bassist of Uriah Heep and The Keef Hartley Band; 1975; heroin overdose
• Cecilia; singer; 1976; car accident
• Helmut Köllen; bassist for 1970s prog rock band Triumvirat; 1977; carbon monoxide poisoning
• Chris Bell; Singer-songwriter and guitarist of power pop band Big Star and solo; 1978; car accident
• Jacob Miller; reggae artist and lead singer for Inner Circle; 1980; car accident
• Bobby Sands;  Irish Republican Army volunteer, prison hunger striker and member of the UK parliament; 1981; starvation
•  D. Boon; guitarist, lead singer of punk band the Minutemen; 1985; van accident
• Alexander Bashlachev; poet, rock musician and songwriter; 1988; Fall from a height, probable suicide
• Jean-Michel Basquiat; painter and graffiti artist; formed the band Gray; 1988; Speedball overdose
• Pete de Freitas; drummer for Echo & the Bunnymen; 1989; motorcycle accident
• Steve Olin; American baseball player; 1993; boating accident
• Mia Zapata;  Lead singer of The Gits; 1993; murdered
• Kurt Cobain; founding member, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for Nirvana, 1994,  suicide by gunshot
• Kristen Pfaff; Bass guitarist for Hole and Janitor Joe; 1994; heroin overdose
• Andrés Escobar Saldarriaga; Colombian soccer player; 1994; murder
• Richey Edwards; lyricist and guitarist for Manic Street Preachers; 1995; disappeared; officially presumed dead
• Richey James Edwards; American spree killer; 1997; suicide
• Fat Pat; rapper and member of Screwed Up Click; 1998; murdered
• Freaky Tah;  rapper and member of the hip hop group Lost Boyz; 1999; murdered
• Rodrigo Bueno;  cuarteto singer; 2000; car accident
• Sean Patrick McCabe; lead singer of Ink & Dagger; 2000; Asphyxiation
• Maria Serrano Serrano; background singer for Passion Fruit; 2001, plane crash
• Jeremy Michael Ward; The Mars Volta and De Facto sound manipulator; 2003; heroin overdose
• Jonathan Brandis; American actor, director, and screenwriter; 2003; from injuries he suffered after he hanged himself
• Pat Tillman; American football player and soldier; 2004; gunshot from friendly fire
• Lea De Mae; Czech athlete, model and pornographic actress; 2004; brain cancer
• Bryan Ottoson; Guitarist for American Head Charge; 2005; prescription drug overdose
• Valentín Elizalde; Mexican banda singer; 2006; murdered
• Dash Snow; New York artist; 2009; drug overdose
• Amy Winehouse, singer-songwriter; first British woman to win five Grammy Awards in single ceremony, 2011, alcohol poisoning
• Richard Turner; Trumpet player, collaborator with Friendly Fires; 2011; cardiac arrest