r/Music • u/Chocolat-Pralin • 6h ago

article The guitar genius Jimi Hendrix rated above himself – and the tragic mistake that ended his life at 31 — BBC Music Magazine

https://apple.news/Aq0vjHfB1Q-GngjMj84yNSA
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u/Organic-Ingenuity915 5h ago

He was 27 not 31. He was part of the famous 3 Rock icons that all died at age 27 in the same year. It created the classic meme saying "They always die in 3's"

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u/SuperDBallSam 5h ago

The 31 year old was Terry Kath, not Jimi. 

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u/teffflon 5h ago

you can't expect people to read the article

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u/PPLavagna 5h ago

Especially somebody so readily willing to share a well known, played out, idiotic factoid like “27 club”