Grunge rocker Cobain fatally shot himself at his Seattle home in 1994, just weeks after recovering from a drug overdose. (Photo credit by AP Photo)
Jim Morrison of The Doors
"Light My Fire" singer Morrison was found dead in 1971 in the bathtub of his Paris apartment. His death is widely attributed to a heart attack, brought on by alcoholism and drug abuse, but an autopsy was never done. (Photo credit by AP Photo)
Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones
Jones, a Rolling Stones founder whose problems with drugs and alcohol were widely known, drowned in the swimming pool of his English estate in 1969. (Photo credit by AP Photo)
Janis Joplin
Joplin was found dead in 1970 in the bed of her motel room in Los Angeles The cause of death was listed as a heroin overdose, possible combined with alcohol. (Photo credit by AP Photo)
Jimi Hendrix
Hendrix, known for guitar work on such hits as "Purple Haze" and "Hey, Joe," choked on his own vomit in a London hotel room in 1970. He had taken sleeping pills and was drinking wine. (Photo credit by AP Photo)
Robert Johnson
Johnson died on August 16, 1938, at the age of 27, near Greenwood, Mississippi. (Photo credit by AP Photo)
