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Roger721
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Hi everyone. This thread's name is based in a name coined in a brazilian magazine.

In that magazine, a story commented about a weird fact: mostly in the 70's, several music stars whose name contained the letter 'J' died with exactly 27 years of age! Examples of that are:

-> Jimi Hendrix
-> Janis Joplin
-> and Jim Morrison


It's worth noting that all these three singers died of overdose.

And there were other similar cases such as Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse (both died with 27 years of age but didn't have the letter "J" in the name).

This just seems more than a coincidence... scary isn't it?

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iMogwai
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This just seems more than a coincidence... scary isn't it?


Not really... And Kurt Cobain didn't die of an overdose. He shot himself.
Gantic
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Amy Winehouse's middle name is 'Jade'. OMG?

HahiHa
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Amy Winehouse's middle name is 'Jade'. OMG?

OMG!

Actually this seems like a 'i' curse. All above mentioned people, without exception, had at least one 'i' in their name.
Gosh... I have i's in my name too! Luckily I'm no music star.
Roger721
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And Kurt Cobain didn't die of an overdose. He shot himself.


Yeah, he did. But I was talking about the three singers that were mentioned earlier: Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin.

Amy Winehouse's middle name is 'Jade'. OMG?


O-M-G! IT IS JADE, INDEED! Scary...

*look around*

Actually this seems like a 'i' curse. All above mentioned people, without exception, had at least one 'i' in their name.


But if it was the I curse, lots of other singers would be deceased now, I guess. I guess that the key word in the curse is the number 27: every singer mentioned here was 27 year old.

Thank god I ain't 27-years-old! :]

(Gantic, you're a taverner? I didn't knew about that :P)
FloydTC
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hey wait, thats how old I am. I still have 3 months left, then Im safe. although I am not a musician, I dont do drugs, and I dont have a j in my name.

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OMFG WHAT A COINCIDENCE

But seriously, there are a ton of musicians in the "27 Club". Read up more about it here (on Wiki).

Roger721
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I didn't knew that there was a Wikipedia page on that...

I think I will be a wrestler: then I can live longer than 27 years :P

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