Ill-fated ‘27 Club’
However, it was not drugs that claimed his life. Just weeks after taking an overdose of tranquilisers in Rome, Cobain, who was married to troubled rocker Courtney Love and best known for the hit Smells Like Teen Spirit, killed himself with a shotgun at his house in Seattle.
Jim Morrison
On July 3, 1971, the US Doors singer of the hits Light My Fire and the brooding masterpiece The End died in his bathtub in his Paris flat, alcoholic and obese, after suffering a heart attack. His grave is one of the most visited at the PereLachaise cemetery in Paris.
Janis Joplin
On Oct 4, 1970, US singer Joplin, known for her bluesy vocal style, died of a suspected heroin overdose. Her album Pearl was released posthumously and became her biggest seller.
Jimi Hendrix
Hendrix, the pioneering US guitar wizard whose hits included Purple Haze and Hey Joe, died on Sept 18, 1970. He choked on his own vomit in a hotel in London after swallowing sleeping pills and drinking red wine.
Brian Jones
Jones, who left the Rolling Stones after disagreements with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, had problems with drugs and alcohol. He drowned in the swimming pool on his estate in Sussex, Britain during the night of July 2-3, 1969 and was found by his girlfriend. An inquest recorded a verdict of death by misadventure. – AFP