Weird Coincidences Involving Musician Deaths 

What do you think? Did any of these musicians really predict their own deaths, or are these all just crazy coincidences?

Frank Zappa recorded "why does it hurt when i pee" in 1979. He died of prostate cancer in 1994.

John Denver's death wasn't due to 'engine failure.' The plane he was flying (for the first time) had two gas tanks. When one tank was running out, the pilot has to switch to the other tank. When gas tank #1 started to run out, Denver had to turn 90 degrees to his right to switch tanks. He actually practiced doing this with the head mechanic watching, just to make sure he could reach it. He could. But he failed to realize that when in the air, he'd be strapped down into the seat. The NTSB thinks that once he realized he couldn't reach the selector switch because he was strapped down, he panicked and pressed his right foot hard against the floorboard to reach the switch, but what he did was depress the rudder pedal, causing the plane to violently pitch, and since he was at only 500ft, he had no room for error. His plane rolled over and slammed into the ocean and some rocks.

What about George Micheal “last Christmas i gave you my heart” dies at Christmas of a heart attack

Jim Morrison of the Doors said he would be the next member of The 27 Club and he was

John Lennon should have been on this list. He actually said in an interview he'd probably be taken out by a lunatic one day.....

Predicting your own death doesn't mean much when you are the cause of your own death.

Robert Johnson was the first member of the 27 club

Here are some you left out: Allman Brothers guitarist Duane Allman died in a motorcycle crash on October 29, 1971. He was 24. 1 year and 13 days later, on November 11, 1972, Allman Brothers bassist Berry Oakley died in a motorcycle crash at age 24, only three blocks from where Duane had crashed. Weezer bassist Mikey Welsh posted a weird message on Twitter on September 26, 2011, which said “Dreamt I died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). Need to write my will today.” Shortly after, he posted “Correction - the weekend after next.” Sure enough, he died of a heart attack in his sleep in Chicago two weeks later. Alice In Chains singer Layne Staley had a huge problem with heroin addiction throughout his life. In an interview several months before his death, the last interview he would ever do, he said “I know I’m near death. I did crack and heroin for years. I never wanted to end my life this way.” Not only did he semi-predict his own death, but he died on April 5, 2002, eight years to the day that Kurt Cobain died. Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell committed suicide by hanging in May 2017. His best friend, Linkin Park singer Chester Bennington, sadly committed suicide 2 months later, on what would have been Chris Cornell’s 53rd birthday. Freddie Mercury and KISS drummer Eric Carr both died on the same day (November 24, 1991). How’s that for some odd coincidences?

Jeff Buckley was such an angel and had a voice like no other.....he was much too young when we lost him Rest In Peace 🖤🖤🖤🖤

Merle Haggard was such a badass. He pushed until his birthday just to give Death the finger

I like the way you give the Suicide Lifeline number at the end of every video that features someone who took his/her own life. You may have saved lives by doing so. Peace.

Where is Ronnie Van Zant he told his dad and so many others he wouldn't make it see 30 and he passed at age 29.

Prince : ( Let's Go Crazy ) "Are we gonna let the elevator Bring us down, oh, no let's go" He died in an elevator :(

I have ALS. Oddly it started almost to the day I began my writing career in 2011. It took a long time to figure out what was going on because the changes were so slow in coming. Like suddenly I couldn't whistle anymore. From one day to the next, I suddenly just couldn't make a sound... When I finally found out what it was, I'd already lost all desire for food or water. The problem (from my point of view) was that the book series I'd started writing wasn't finished. I figured dying before it was done would be rude. :) I got a feeding tube put in despite the fact that my body had apparently already decided it was done. Then a tracheostomy because I couldn't breathe since the muscle tone in my throat was causing it to collapse and choke me. I finished book 10 and re-edited the whole 1.2 million word series. The moral to this story? If there's something you're good at and you're pretty sure it's why you're here? Something that you just burn to do? Do it. When I found out death was coming in single-digit years, maybe months, it made a HUGE difference that I'd done what I'd always wanted to do. :) Like I was already at ease with the fact that I was going to die because my bucket list was all checked off. I can't emphasize it enough. DO IT. Want to travel Europe? Just go. Want to paint or sketch? Set your alarm an hour or two early and do it. I looked up how much sleep an adult really NEEDS and set my alarm for 3AM. 2 extra hours of writing every day. How? Coffee... :) I figured if single moms can live their lives like that, I can lose sleep to make my dreams come true. That crazy Shia Lebouf video where he's screaming "DO IT!"? I agree with every word. Just fucking do it. Get off the couch, turn off the TV and do it. You absolutely won't regret it, but I promise, at the end of your life? You'll deeply regret NOT doing it.

Singer Ian Curtis of Joy Division. Died May 18, 1980. Suicide by hanging. Singer Chris Cornell of Soundgarden. Died May 18, 2017. Suicide by hanging.

Janis Joplin once stated in an interview, "Face it- I'm not going to live to see 30." She died of a drug overdose at age 27 in 1970. Amy Winehouse, while recording with Tony Bennett, confessed to him, "You know, Tony, I don't think I'm going to live very long." It still haunts him to this day as she died shortly after their recording sessions. John Denver could have predicted how he was going to die in Rocky Mountain High: "And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun." Denver was flying an experimental aircraft illegally as his pilots license was revoked due to DUI arrests.

After Janis and Hendrix's deaths Jim Morrison said to his friends they were looking to number 3.

Hendrix who sang, “I’ll see you in the next world-and don’t be late, don’t be late...” died at 27.

I think Prince’s lyric “And if the elevator tries to take you down, go crazy”. Our souls know when to go.

The fact that Jeff Buckley's father Tim Buckley died at the age of 28 should have been mentioned. Especially since Jeff looked so much like his father. It's almost eerie how similar they look.

Regarding Jeff Buckley, also the lyrics from "So Real": "And I couldn't awake from the nightmare, that sucked me in and pulled me under Pulled me under"

Prince died in an elevator. from the song -Let's go crazy -"Are we gonna let the elevator Bring us down, oh, no let's go"

Death knows not to tell Merle Haggard anything. Merle Haggard tells Death when to be ready.

Took a drink for all of these artists and many more. Art lives on. Love to all of you!

Another coincidence is that the minute John Lennon died in hospital the Beatles song 'All My Loving ' came on the hospital radio. Noone other then the surgeons and the police officers that brought him in knew that he was there. I just find that so strange :/

I lost it when Peter came up. He is forever loved. Rest easy, Green Man 💚

I have always love John Denver's songs !!!❤🎼🎵🎶

"And i swear that I don't have a gun"; "I love you, I'm not gonna crack, I killed you, I'm not gonna crack"; "I'm married, buried..." -KC

John Denver's air craft's engine failed because it ran out of fuel. He was told to change a fuel tank switch that was never changed. I will always regret not seeing him live. What a talented person. (...

Ask Bob Dylan: they make deals. Theres a price...

Not only was John Denver gifted with a awesome Singing Voice, but ya have to Admit, he was also a good looking man, with awesome looking Blonde Hair... I was and am a Fan of his singing. May he REST IN PEACE 😇👍🏼

John Denver, You fill up my senses. Awesome tune.

There is a Jackie Wilson impersonator that looks and sounds so much like him that people convinced him to take a DNA test and he turned out to be his son! His mother was only 14 at the time she had him and never told him who his father was.

God. It has been 23 years. I remember, distinctly, the day John Denver died. It was a fuel switch problem. The handle was broken, and there was a set of vicegrips in it's place. It also was in a weird place, behind the pilot's head, instead of down, close to the pilots leg, or on the dash. It required him to turn, and use both hands to twist the fuel selector valve, to switch tanks. Experimental aircraft can be a pain sometimes. By the way, a lot of that footage is from the 1995 Wildlife Concert tour. I highly, highly, recommend watching it. It's an amazing concert. Eagles and Horses, Ponies, Potter's Wheel, Calypso, Amazon, You Say the Battle is Over, Me and My Uncle, Eagle and the Hawk, Dreamland Express, Leaving On a Jet Plane/Goodbye Again, Mathew, Bet on the Blues, The Harder They Fall, and Country Roads (the Fallout 76 song) are all among my favs. I'm a fan of John Denver. Lol

jeff buckley was just too good for this world

The Beatles' hit Come Together has John Lennon whispering Shoot Me. Dies from being shot. Wham's hit Last Christmas has the lyrics "Last Christmas I gave you my heart." George Michael dies of a cardiac arrest on Christmas Day.

If you, or anyone you know if having thoughts of suicide. Remember. When you hit rock bottom, the only way left is up and tomorrow is the first step on the way back.

When my grandmother passed she said she needed Merle haggard up in heaven to sing for her and two days later he passed away

This is a good video. Thank you for the minimum amount of facts but still perfect amount for us to understand the story. And that you for not having annoying aftereffect numbers breaking up in bestween.. this is good.

You are what you speak. Thanks for the post.

the last song Kurt Cobain recorded was called “you know you’re right” and it’s about him divorcing his wife courtney. the lyrics say things like “never speak a word again” and “always knew it would come to this” then he killed himself

Jeff Buckley's dad, Tim, also a musician, died young as well.

Dude how could you not mention the greatest musician of the 27 club, Jimi Hendrix........

Let's not forget Jimi Hendrix...he died at 27 too

In the Beatles song Come Together, Lennon can be heard whispering "shoot me" during the bass and drum fill sections. 11 years later someone would do just that. At that time he was in a good place getting his music career back on track after a long hiatus. He was looking forward to his 40's and the rest of the 80's. He all and likely would have reunited with the Beatles at some level as his relationship with Paul was good at the time, even if it was just a single or an appearance at Live Aid.

I grew up in the 60s and there were many musicians that died young. As for Jeff Buckley , his father Tim Buckley died at the age of 28yrs old from a drug overdose. Ronnie Vanzant of the Lynyrd Skynyrd band prior to boarding that fateful flight told a back up singer who didn't want to board the flight said " we all have to die sometime'. Ronnie said he would never live to see 30. He was 29 when he died.

Great video 👍👌❤️

Jim Croce, released posthumously, sang "moving ahead, so life won't pass me by." John Lennon, all throughout "Come Together" whispers repeatedly, "Shoot me."

I was there when my mother passed. She started seeing my great grand mother, looking back she knew it wouldn't be long.

I know for a fact that people can be completely in tune with their own body....My best friend ended up dying of stage 4 lung cancer when we were just 30. She was diagnosed with it at 27 and given less than 6 weeks but she was determined to stay around as long as possible even planning her own funeral and after years of cancer ravaging her she then called me and all our close friends and family to visit telling us that she'd be going the next day. I assumed she was planning on ODing on her morphine as many people with her diagnosis do.. but the next day she had her 3 kids and husband come up and say goodbye and asked if they were going to be ok, when she was satisfied that they were she announced that she was going to take her last breath and she did. No drugs involved.

Your channel is gold. Keep up the good work. I love grunge ! Big props let your employees know that they are awesome and deserve a raise

May they all Rest In Peace...

Missed Layne Staley, some of his later lyrics are absolutely chilling, detailing his impending death, starvation, isolation and drug overdose

I wonder if the illumimati had a part in some of these deaths

I think one of the main reasons the 27 club gets a lot more notice in the spooky department then others is the fact the fair percentage of the stars who have died at 27 all have the same rare blood type. RH O Negative, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, and Brian Jones all had this blood type. Pretty strange.

RIP Peter Steele

I'm just now learning that Avicii is dead and now I'm dead inside.

Hmmm, so an addict says that they think they will die young..... Mind-blowing...

Wasn't Hendrix also 27?

Very telling that so many musicians abuse drugs and alcohol to a great extent, and apparently many of them aren't in denial over it, yet it leads to their demise anyway.

Amy Winehouse was a beautiful lady,it's very unfortunate that she had to die.

Jeff Buckley wrote a song called nightmares by the sea

What about Prince? I heard he died in an elevator. "And if the elevator tries to break you down . . . . . go crazy . . . . . PUNCH A HIGHER FLOOR !" And he did. You can't get any higher than HEAVEN.

Prince dying in an elevator much?

“Not by design though” this world is so sad and brainwashed.

As for death self-predictions, when I was in my mid-teens I began to feel quite sure I was going to die before I was 30 in a car accident. I had a long history of visions and predictions that had come true, so I felt pretty sure, and yet had a strange acceptance of the fact. Later in my early 20s I took a job working at DHL as a courier (when it was wild and woolly, not all uniformed and proper like now), where I averaged about 200 miles a day driving like a madman to make hard deadlines (airline flights in particular, plus it was fun!). I wasn't concerned about my..."vision", but I was aware that it still felt very real. But the years went by, I worked for 2 more courier companies, and all was fine. And now I'm in my mid-60s. My point is, I felt VERY certain of my car crash before 30 ending, but it didn't happen. So I'm glad I didn't worry about it and just went on with life. And if you feel this kind of prediction for your life, I say, don't sweat it - whatever will be will be. Enjoy what you have, keep an eye on your health, and go forward in life with enthusiasm! Every day is a gift.

R.I.P. Also R.I.P. to The Her's band from the U.K.

Growing up, I convinced myself that I'd die at 27. Luckily.. after a terrible, life destroying and often deadly run with a pain killer addiction.. and a really uncomfortable experience waking up naked in the back of an ambulance after being dead for 30 mins or so.. I finally decided to check into a rehab. Which, I must admit was almost as terrible an experience as addiction (do to the programs denials about it being a heavily religious process - that I'm not on board with.) Anyways, it wasn't easy. And I certainly understand why most people go back to their old ways. It's was an experience that I wouldn't wish on anyone and years later, it's still a struggle - every day. I guess I technically died at 27, but fortunately I was narcamed back to life on the 2nd attempt. What a crazy thing man.

"I'm not gonna crack". "I swear that I don't have a gun". ~ Kurt Cobain

John Denver was not flying his own private plane. He was flying a single passenger type of plane, he had very little knowledge of. Some of the controls that he was used to being in front of him, were actually behind him. They think this may be all, or part, of the reason he crashed. He shouldn't have been flying at all, because his license had been suspended. That being said, it was still a tragedy, that we lost him so young. RIP John Denver.

Not famous or a musician, RIP Kenny Brown. Damaged by Drs, denied disability & further healthcare, took his life 3/31/19 at the age of 38. We will miss you my friend! A victim of the "death panel" called poverty.

Think about this: Scripture tells us that “out of the mouth we speak life and death” and then admonishes us to speak life. If they are speaking death and speaking specifics about death, it stands to reason they’re speaking death to themselves.

Damn didn’t even include Johnny Horton

You'd have to be high or have a death wish to want to swim in the 'Mighty' Mississippi River. I've seen that river. I've been on it. It is absolutely terrifying. Watched it pull huge buoys under like it was nothing. And they STAYED under. Buoys as big as a car....

My friend from work was very close friends of John Denver. He would come visit her on his private plane and they would smoke pot together. I told her that he needed to cut that crap because piloting that plane alone high on pot was dangerous. I told her he was going to die in that plane if he wasn't careful. I've always been a huge fan of his and didn't want to see him end his life so stupidly. On top of that I knew how much she cared about him so I was also looking out for her. A week after I said that to her she came to work crying. I asked her what was wrong. I didn't have a TV back then so I didn't see the news. She told me he had crashed the plane and died. I myself almost died! I felt so horrible about speaking those words to her the week before. I swear my face turned about 10 different shades of red as I mumbled my condolences and gave her a hug. To this day his death haunts me. I just wish he had listened to me. Maybe he would still be here.

Wasn't John Denver flying some kind of experimental plane or other which went out of control?

I was waiting to hear about Prince who died in an elevator and John Lennon who sang "the way things are going, they're gonna crucify me"

Ironically, Naya Rivera sang "If I Die Young" in the Corey Monteith tribute episode, which includes the lyrics "If I die young, burry me in satin, sink me in the river at dawn, send me away with the words of a love song"

Fearless prediction: James Taylor will die in a fire on a rainy day.

How is Ronnie Van Zant not on the list. He openly predicted for years he wouldn't live to see 30 (he didn't) and wrote Free Bird....about him being gone....years prior to his death. Talk about missing the most obvious one...

Totally forgot ab Marc Bolan

Thank you! I'm not the only one that noticed the Jeff Buckly coincidence!

My favorite prediction in music is when Brian Wilson wrote The Beach Boys classic "My Brother Dennis Is Going To Drown In 1983" for the unfinished Smile album

Linkin Park's "leave out all the rest" and Chester's death. And Avicii's posthumous track "S.O.S"

Ronnie van zant said that he wasn’t going to live to see 30 then died in the plane crash at the age of 29

Peter Steele is so underrated! He was a brilliant songwriter and performer

Had so many friends who told me they would die early . Some did . Some didn't . Some wish they had

What about where Cass Elliot and Keith Moon died in the same place a few years ago?

Juice Wrld called his death, I really wish he hadn’t, along with these other people.

My grandfather predicted his death and it still haunt's me to this day

My Grandma was in the hospital, doctors said get the family together, today is her last day. Granda said, no I'm not dying today, it will be later this year, Oct 15. She got better and did die on Oct 15.

when i called the suicide hotline, they put me on hold!!!! when they picked up again, they said "are you still there?" i waited a couple seconds and said boo!! as loud as i could. there was a weak scream, and then some choking sounds. i heard some sounds of things getting knocked over. someone in the backround said OMG! CALL 911!!! i hung up, and changed phone service the next day.

Is rumor true? Lennon replied I'll prob be popped off by some looney when asked how he'll die

My grandfather knew he’d pass on a Sunday. I saw him the day before he passed, he said he needed to take a nap. He fell into a coma, and passed at 12:06am on Sunday. He was dying of cancer. He was told he had 6 months to live when diagnosed, and died almost 6 months to the day.

RIP to all of those who passed

The John Denver one is a real stretch.

The 27 club is a thing because of Robert Johnson

Albert Hammond had a hit with "I dont wonna die in an air disaster", predicting just right that , he wouldn't die flying- though that can still happen as Hammond is still around :) But John Denver, even if he presaw what was going to happen, his engine didn't fail. He had just purchased this innovative "ducktail" plane in which the pilot had to keep balance by pumping fuel manually from left tank to right - and the pump handle was at the back over pilot's left shoulder. So when the thing did get unstable, Denver must 've panicked, unable to get the plane straight by hard pumping behind his back, while keeping the other hand on the column trying to stabilize the flight.. The technician guy who instructed him was in the documentary recounting all this, and the man seemed kind of uncomfortable when explaining he declined Denvers' invitation to fly with him - nor stopping him doing this first flight .. The air safety board let the guy off though.

dude, this is scary