Mereka yang Meninggal di usia 27

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Sebuah godam menghantam panggung rock pada 4 Oktober 1970. Janis Joplin meninggal dunia. Perempuan rocker itu, lead vocal dan penulis lagu cemerlang yang tergabung dalam Big Brother and the Holding Company (setelah sebelumnya berkelana dari panggung ke panggung bersama The Kozmic Blues Band dan Full Tilt Boogie Band), ditemukan tak bernyawa di kamar rumahnya. Joplin, yang semasa hidup dikenal biang pesta, doyan mabuk, diindikasi overdosis heroin.

Ini hantaman kedua dalam kurun waktu dua bulan. Sebelumnya, pada 18 September, dunia rock kehilangan dewa gitar. Jimi Hendrix tewas akibat kelebihan mengkonsumsi obat tidur (ia mencampurnya dengan obat-obatan lain dan meminumnya dengan wine).
Tak sampai satu tahun, musisi hebat lain menyusul meninggal secara tragis. Jim Morrison, frontman band The Doors. Juga karena kelebihan mengkonsumsi obat-obatan terlarang (meski ada spekulasi bahwa ia dibunuh). Dua tahun sebelumnya, tepatnya 3 Juli 1969, mantan gitaris The Rolling Stone, Brian Jones ditemukan tewas tenggelam di kolam renang rumahnya.
Sejak kematian Morrison, di ranah rock mencuat satu “takhyul”. Usia 27 menjadi usia yang rawan bagi rock star. Usia kutukan! Keempatnya menghembuskan nafas terakhir dalam usia 27 dan memang kutukan tak berhenti sampai di sana.
Tahun 1994, tepatnya pada tanggal 5 April, pentolan Nirvana, band grunge paling masyhur di dunia, Kurt Cobain, bunuh diri. Usianya juga 27. Bahkan setelah Cobain, masih ada 13 kasus lagi. Teranyar adalah Amy Winehouse. Total jumlah musisi (plus seniman pematung dan pelukis kelas dunia) yang meninggal dalam usia 27 berjumlah 45 orang.
Fenomena ini, yang disebut sebagai “27 Curse” (ada juga yang menyebut: “Forever 27 Club”) menarik untuk ditelisik. Apakah memang kematian mengejutkan musisi terkenal pada usia 27 ini hanya sebuah kebetulan? Ataukah memang ada benar-benar sebuah kutukan?(ags)
March 26, 1908Neurosyphilitic sclerosisRagtime musician
Nat JaffeAugust 5, 1945Complications from high blood pressureSwing jazz pianist
Jesse BelvinFebruary 6, 1960Car crashR&B singer, pianist and songwriter
Rudy LewisMay 20, 1964Drug overdoseVocalist of The Drifters
Malcolm HaleOctober 31, 1968Carbon monoxide poisoning from a faulty space heaterOriginal member and lead guitarist of Spanky and Our Gang
Dickie PrideMarch 26, 1969Overdose of sleeping pillsRock and roll singer
AlexandraJuly 31, 1969Car accidentSinger
Alan WilsonSeptember 3, 1970Barbiturate overdose, possible suicideLeader, singer and primary composer ofCanned Heat
Arlester “Dyke” ChristianMarch 13, 1971ShotFrontman, vocalist and bassist of Dyke & the Blazers
Linda JonesMarch 14, 1972Diabetic comaSoul singer
Leslie HarveyMay 3, 1972Electrocution by live microphone after touching it with his wet handsGuitarist forStone the Crows
Ron “Pigpen” McKernanMarch 8, 1973Gastrointestinal hemorrhage associated with alcoholismFounding member, keyboardist and singer of theGrateful Dead
Roger Lee DurhamJuly 27, 1973Fell off a horse and died from the injuriesSinger and percussionist ofBloodstone
Wallace YohnAugust 12, 1974Died in a plane crash along with three other band membersOrgan player ofChase
Dave AlexanderFebruary 10, 1975Pulmonary edemaBassist for the Stooges
Pete HamApril 24, 1975SuicideKeyboardist and guitarist, leader of Badfinger
Gary ThainDecember 8, 1975Drug overdoseFormer bassist ofUriah Heep and The Keef HartleyBand
CeciliaAugust 2, 1976Car crashSpanish singer
Helmut KöllenMay 3, 1977Carbon monoxide poisoningBassist with 1970s German prog rock bandTriumvirat
Chris BellDecember 27, 1978Car crash: ran into a telephone poleSinger-songwriter and guitarist of power pop band Big Star and solo
Jacob MillerMarch 23, 1980Car crashJamaican reggae artist and lead singer for Inner Circle
D. BoonDecember 22, 1985Lying down in the back of a van when it veered off road, he was ejected from the vehicle and broke his neckGuitarist, lead singer of punk band theMinutemen
Alexander BashlachevFebruary 17, 1988SuicideRussian poet, rock musician and songwriter
Jean-Michel BasquiatAugust 12, 1988Speedball overdosePainter and graffiti artist; formed the band Gray
Pete de FreitasJune 14, 1989Motorcycle wreck on his way back from filming a music videoDrummer forEcho & the Bunnymen
Mia ZapataJuly 7, 1993MurderedLead singer of The Gits
Kristen PfaffJune 16, 1994Officially ruled as an accidental heroin overdoseBass guitarist for Hole and Janitor Joe
Richey EdwardsFebruary 1, 1995Disappeared; officially presumed dead November 23, 2008Lyricist and guitarist for Manic Street Preachers
StretchNovember 30, 1995MurderedRapper
Fat PatFebruary 3, 1998MurderedRapper and member of Screwed Up Click
Freaky TahMarch 28, 1999MurderedRapper and member of the hip hop group Lost Boyz
Sean Patrick McCabeAugust 28, 2000Asphyxiated on vomit after ingesting too much alcoholLead singer of Ink & Dagger
Rodrigo BuenoJune 24, 2000Car accidentArgentineCuarteto singer
Maria Serrano SerranoNovember 24, 2001Plane crashBackground singer forPassion Fruit
Jeremy Michael WardMay 25, 2003Heroin overdoseThe Mars Voltaand De Factosound manipulator
Bryan OttosonApril 19, 2005Prescription drug overdoseGuitarist forAmerican Head Charge
Valentín ElizaldeNovember 26, 2006MurderedMexican bandasinger
Orish GrinsteadApril 20, 2008Kidney failureFounding member of ’90s R&B group 702
Lily TemboSeptember 14, 2009Severe gastritisZambian musician


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