Janis Joplin dies

4 October 1970: Number 22 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicTime magazine called Janis Joplin "probably the most powerful singer to emerge from the white rock movement", thanks to her recordings both solo and with Big Brother and the Holding Company – and her astounding live performances. Her lifestyle, though, overwhelmed her talent – she died of a heroin overdose. Like Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison and, later, Kurt Cobain, she was 27 at the time of h...

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