Janis Joplin
Died at 27 (October 4, 1970)
Janis Joplin, the American rock singer, was only 27 years old when she died of a heroin overdose. She recorded four award-winning albums during her lifetime and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame posthumously, in 1995.
This photo shows Joplin at her last concert ever, at Harvard Stadium on August 12, 1970. 40,000 fans were in attendance. She was dead less than two months later. The photo was buried in photographer Peter Warrack’s archives until 2015.
