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The Myth that Musicians Die at 27 Shows How Superstitions Are Made


Famous people who die at 27, such as Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Amy Winehouse, get even more famous because of the mythology surrounding that number—a look at how modern folklore emerges

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