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Amy Winehouse Funeral Set For Tuesday


Posted on Jul 25, 2011 @ 03:00PM - Add a comment

By Amber Goodhand - Radar Staff Reporter

Amy Winehouse will be laid in her final resting spot Tuesday during a small funeral, RadarOnline.com has learned.

Amy Winehouse will be laid in her final resting spot Tuesday during a small funeral, RadarOnline.com has learned.

The funeral will be private, attended by her parents, Janis and Mitch, her brother Alex and other close family members and friends, Winehouse’s rep confirmed.

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The 27-year-old Rehab singer was found dead Saturday morning in the bed of her London home by friend Tyler James.

Autopsy results were released Monday, but gave little insight into the cause of death, which remains at unknown. Toxicology test reports are expected to provide more answers and should be ready in two to four weeks.

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Amy Winehouse Joins Other Dead Rockers In Macabre '27 Club'


Posted on Jul 23, 2011 @ 06:00PM - 5 comments

By Radar Staff

When Amy Winehouse died Saturday, she instantly became a member of the bizarre '27 Club.'  That's an extraordinary group of famed musicians who all died at the young age of 27.

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The most famous member of the 'club', which is also referred to as 'Forever 27', is Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain who committed suicide on April 5, 1994 by shooting himself in the head following a heroin and Valium binge.

Kurt was married to Hole rocker Courtney Love at the time and the pair had a 2-year-old daughter, Frances Bean.

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Love's own band-member Kristen Pfaff died several months later, on June 16, 1994, from an opiate overdose. She was also 27.

Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix choked to death on his own vomit after overdosing on sleeping pills and red wine on September 18, 1970 and just weeks later, on October 4, singer/songwriter Janis Joplin died from a heroin overdose on October 4.  They were both 27.

The Doors front man Jim Morrison was found dead at 27.  He was discovered  in a bathtub in his Paris apartment on July 3, 1971 and was listed as having died from congestive heart failure, although no autopsy was carried out and Jim had a history of heroin abuse.

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Brian Jones, one of the founding members of The Rolling Stones, drowned at age 27 in a swimming poll on July 3,1967.

Robert Johnson is widely believed to be the original member of the '27 Club' after he was poisoned with strychnine and died on August 16, 1938.

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The legendary guitarist is said to have influenced scores of other musicians since his death including Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton, and even Brian Jones.

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PHOTOS: Rockers Who Are Part Of the 27 Club


Posted on Jul 23, 2011 @ 05:20PM - Add a comment
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Rockstars who have died at age 27, making them part of the 27 Club.

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