Some famous musicians died at age 27, and the recent antics of English singer-songwriter-rehabber Amy Winehouse have observers worried if she could be the next.
Radio yakker Danny Bonaduce raised the grim fear on his CBS3 commentary this morning, following news about problems on her concert tour.
On Saturday she was booed in Serbia for staggering, mumbling, looking lost, forgetting lyrics and disappearing from the stage, then on Sunday, without further explanation, she canceled dates this week in Istanbul and Athens.
The Grammy-winning Winehouse, who turned 27 in September, has been plagued by drug and alcohol troubles for years, and recently spent a week in rehab.
“She’s pretty far gone,” said Bonaduce, the Broomall-born ex-Partridge Family child star. “I’ve seen some of the tapes. . . . Nobody’s telling her no, and somebody needs to.” YouTube has several videos of the boofest in Belgrade.
But Bonaduce is far from the first to voice this concern.
Apparently, Winehouse herself started worrying about joining the likes of Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain – who all died at age 27 – several years ago.
In late 2008, Britain’s News of the World quoted Alex Haines, her former assistant and lover, as saying, “She reckoned she would join the 27 Club of rock stars who died at that age. She told me, ‘I have a feeling I’m gonna die young,’ ”
Also on the list: Rolling Stones’ Brian Jones, who was found dead in a swimming pool in 1969.
Contact staff writer Peter Mucha at 215-854-4342 or pmucha@phillynews.com.
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