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Nigel-Leaney.jpgBy Nigel Leaney

The mystique and romance surrounding the premature death of music and film icons is an illusion that we need to banish


The only famous five that I got excited about as a kid was the wholesome creation of Enid Blyton. We now live in an age of greater nihilism and since Kurt Cobain decided to blow his head off in 1994 he became the fifth member of the 27 Club, a tribute to five rock legends (the others being Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Brian Jones and Jimi Hendrix) who all died aged 27, largely through taking a surfeit of drugs and alcohol.

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