The Truth About Winehouse's Death Wish, And Why 27 Really Is An Unlucky Number For Rock Stars

Its called the 27th Club, and Amy Winehouse said she knew she'd join the 27 club.
Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and then Amy: all dead before their 28th birthday. While the 27 Club is essentially founded on coincidence, all six principal members can be said to have killed themselves, though they didn't all do so as directly as Kurt Cobain when he shot himself in the head.

After her first album, Frank, was released in 2003, when she was still only 20, Amy began to drink to excess. A nervous performer, she drank to calm down before a show, but then, she began drinking during the show.

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