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Submitted by nobody98 on 08/20/2008

What do Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, and Jim Morrison have in common (besides drugs)?  Wait; you cheated and looked at the title.  Didn’t you?

It’s called the 27 Club, a group of musicians who all died at the same age: 27.  From today (August 21st) to October 12th, the Proud Galleries will be holding an exhibition of photographs of the more iconic members of the 27 Club.

The linked video is of journalist Neil McCormick giving an overview of it.

Proud Camden presents Forever 27, a portrait of the much mythologised ‘27 Club’, the group of ill-fated rock stars whose lives have been tragically cut short at the age of 27. Featuring iconic images from a collaboration of world-renowned rock photographers, Proud Camden will present a definitive look at Rock & Roll’s most infamous member’s club… read more

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Music journalist Neil McCormick guides us through ‘Forever 27′ - a photographic exhibition of musicians who died at the age of 27.

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