While her death was ruled accidental, Joplin’s publicist-turned-biographer Myra Friedman researched the cause of death after looking at the official documents at Los Angeles County coroner's office and said: "The heroin in her system might have killed her immediately. However, as per a 1983 book authored by Joseph DiMona and Los Angeles County coroner Thomas Noguchi, the evidence was removed from the scene by Joplin’s friend and later added there once they realized that the autopsy would reveal narcotics in her system. Reports said alcohol was present in the hotel room but no drugs or paraphernalia were found. Later, Cooke and two of his friends noticed her psychedelically painted Porsche 356 C Cabriolet in the hotel parking lot and when they entered room #105, they found her dead on the floor beside her bed. When Rothchild rang Landmark Motor Hotel and tried reaching out to Full Tilt Boogie's road manager, John Cooke, a close friend of Joplin said she wasn't there. That day, in the afternoon, Joplin didn't turn up for a recording session at Sunset Sound Recorders, and that worried producer Paul Rothchild. Her mysterious death still leaves many fans puzzled. The coincidence also gave birth to the term "27 Club". Shockingly, Jimi Hendrix died just 16 days before her at age 27 too. After that, her tracks like 'Piece of My Heart', 'Cry Baby', 'Down on Me', 'Ball and Chain' and 'Summertime'.īut it was her tragic death in October 1970 at age 27 that bewildered fans. Widely known for her powerful mezzo-soprano vocals and "electric" stage presence, she rose to fame following an appearance at Monterey Pop Festival. She remains one of the top-selling musicians in the United States, with Recording Industry Association of America certifications of 15.5 million albums sold.Janis Joplin mesmerized fans with her rock, soul and blues music.Rolling Stone ranked Joplin number 46 on its 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.She was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.It reached number one on the Billboard charts.
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