Fame...

"You've got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying ... in sweat."

With this sentence begins the TV serie Fame, and I’m going to talk about the price and the consequences that entails the fame.

A lot of famous artist have been unable to withstand the pressure of being in the spotlight.
In particular there is a group known as the “club of the 27”. All the members of this group, mostly musicians, share the same features:

They were in the top of their careers, were very notorious, they hadn’t private life, their behaviour was outrageous and controversial and they often went on a binge and were addicted to alcohol and drugs.

Furthermore, the most particular feature is that all of them, have died at the age of 27, from this fact comes their name. Some were murdered and others committed suicide.

In conclusion, we can say that the fame has a high price if you don’t know how to deal with it.

Picture	Name	Date of death	How they died	What they did	Age
	Robert Johnson	August 16 1938	Strychninepoisoning	Played the blues, the first of the 27 club.	27 years, 100 days
	Brian Jones	July 3 1969	Drowned in a swimming pool[1]	Was in the band The Rolling Stones	27 years, 124 days
	Jimi Hendrix	September 18 1970	Too much wine, probably choked on vomit[2]	Played the guitar, sang and wrote songs forThe Jimi Hendrix Experience and Band of Gypsys	27 years, 295 days
	Janis Joplin	October 4 1970	Took too much heroin[3]	Sang and wrote songs for Big Brother and the Holding Company, The Cosmic Blues Bandand Full Tilt Boogie Band	27 years, 258 days
	Jim Morrison	July 3 1971	Heart Attack[4]	Sang and wrote songs for The Doors	27 years, 206 days
	Kurt Cobain	April 5 1994	Killed himself[5]	Sang, played guitar and wrote songs forNirvana	27 years, 44 days
	Amy Winehouse	July 23 2011	Drug overdose, or alcohol withdrawal[6]	Singer	27 years, 312 days