Brian Jones, Rolling Stones 3-Jul-69 27 years, 125 days
Jimi Hendrix - Singer, Song writer, Guitarist 18-Sep-70 27 years, 295 days
Janis Joplin - Singer 4-Oct-70 27 years, 258 days
Jim Morrison - The doors, Singer, song writer 3-Jul-71 27 years, 207 days
Kurt Cobain - Nirvana, Singer, Lead Guitarist 5-Apr-94 27 years, 44 days
Amy Winehouse 23-Jul-11 27 years, 312 days
Charles R. Cross, who is Kurt Cobain's biographer, 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."