White lighters

So it seems that Hendrix, Morrison, Joplin and Jones each had a white lighter in their possession according to the autopsy report. 

The theory is discredited by the fact that Jim Morrison was found in the bath and also that the myth suggested it was a BIC lighter (which weren't invented until 1974). We are investigating further.

Religion and 27ers

What do you make of this?

• The new testament has 27 books.
• Of the 365 numbers mentioned in the bible, 27 of them are prime numbers if you include the number 1.
• 27 is the number of generations from David to the Christ in the Bible.
• According to visions of Mary Agreda, it was at the age of 27 that Jesus preluded to evangelisation

Saturn's return

Astrologists have a view about the age of 27.  Something called 'Saturn's Return' first appears in our zodiac charts between the ages of 27 and 30.  Saturn is thought to rule sorrow and regret, representing suffering and the 'door to infinite wisdom.' A well placed Saturn in your chart can bring huge success, but for those who aren't ready for it can bring a time of severe suffering. Saturn is known as the Grim Reaper...

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The nearlys...

Click here for other people in the public eye who died at 27 (not musicians)... > Go

Click here to find out the talented musicians who died young but didn't quite make the 27 Club... > Go

The number of death...

Jakob Boehme a German theologist called the number 27 as 'the death.'  He died in 1624.

Unproven?

Research published in The British Medical Journal in 2011 concluded that despite the myths, statistically musicians were not more at risk of dying at 27. Firstly shouldn't they be curing cancer something?  Secondly no Doctor I ever met could measure the effect of a wah wah pedal on 60,000 music fans and thirdly - I can't remember thirdly but I'm sure it was important.