27 Club Members In Order

How many 27 club members are there? There are 54 members of the 27 club.

Many celebrated artists come under the infamous list that is regarded as remarkable tragic coincidences. Below are some of the highly noteworthy artists in the club.

Amy Winehouse

Amy Winehouse in a fancy big red earhoops and an  embroided sweater.
Amy Winehouse in a fancy big red earhoops and an embroided sweater. ( Source : pinterest )

Amy Winehouse passed away due to accidental alcohol poisoning on July 23, 2011, in Camden Town, London, England.

Winehouse was announced dead at the scene itself after the police arrived at her house upon the call of her bodyguard who found her not breathing. 

Her intimate funeral held on July 26, 2011, at Edgwarebury Lane Cemetery was attended by her family and friends. Previously, the singer had admitted to using hard drugs including heroin and crack cocaine.  

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain passed away at the age of 27 in 1994
Kurt Cobain passed away at the age of 27 in 1994 ( Source : facebook )

The celebrated American musician Kurt Cobain breathed his last on April 5, 1994. He took his own life with a gunshot to his head.

It wasn’t his first attempt at self-destruction. He was rushed to the hospital after getting overdosed on the combination of Rohypnol and champagne. His wife Courtney Love stated this incident was his first attempt.

Courtney called the police to inform them that he had yet again attempted to take his own life by locking himself in a room with a gun on March 18, 1994.

It was on April 8 when an electrician who had arrived to install a security system discovered the singer’s body at his Lake Washington Boulevard home. 

The reports later pronounced that Cobain passed away on April 5, 1994, and his body had been inside the home for three days.

Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison is also the member of the 27 club who breathed his last in 1994.
Jim Morrison is also the member of the 27 club who breathed his last in 1994. ( Source : rollingstone )

Jim Morrison died of heart failure on July 3, 1971. He was discovered dead in the bathtub of his apartment at approx. 6 a.m. 

Several eyewitnesses including Marianne Faithfull claimed that Morrison’s breathed his last due to an accidental heroin overdose. That said, the lack of autopsy didn’t substantiate their statements.

Other members of the club are:

  • Fredo Santana, death: January 20, 2018
  • Dave Alexander, death: February 10, 1975,
  • Tomas Lowe, death: February 13, 2016
  • Pete Ham, death: April 24, 1975
  • Kristen Pfaff, death: June 16, 1994
  • Jim Morrison, death: July 3, 1971
  • Brian Jones, death: July 3, 1969
  • Robert Johnson, death: August 16, 1938
  • Alan Wilson, death: September 3, 1970
  • Jimi Hendrix, death: September 18, 1970
  • Chris Bell, death: December 27, 1978