event · Oct 1970

Janis Joplin

On October 4th 27-year-old singer Janis Joplin is found dead in her Hollywood hotel room of a heroin overdose. A leading figure in the San Francisco music scene, Joplin was in Los Angeles finishing recording sessions for her second solo album.

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