Music Musicians who died at 27 K-pop star Jonghyun died Monday By Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight, is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen. EW's editorial guidelines Published on December 18, 2017 07:09PM EST Close 01 of 09 Musicians who died at 27 VCG via Getty Images; Redferns; Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The famed "27 Club" is not a club in which anyone would want membership. Consisting of musicians who died at the age of 27, its members include Jimi Hendrix and Amy Winehouse. K-pop star Jonghyun, the lead singer of South Korean boy band Shinee, died Monday, joining the long list of massive talents who died too young. Click through to see some of the other members. 02 of 09 Brian Jones Redferns The founder of the Rolling Stones died July 3, 1969. 03 of 09 Jimi Hendrix Redferns The legendary guitarist and singer-songwriter died on Sept. 18, 1970. 04 of 09 Janis Joplin Redferns This singer and counter-culture icon, known for her popular cover of "Piece of My Heart," died Oct. 4, 1970. 05 of 09 Jim Morrison Getty Images The Doors frontman died on July 3, 1971. 06 of 09 Ron "Pigpen" McKernan Redferns This founding member of the Grateful Dead died on March 8, 1973 07 of 09 Kurt Cobain Frank Micelotta/Getty Images The Nirvana frontman died April 5, 1994 08 of 09 Amy Winehouse Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images The singer-songwriter, who rose to fame thanks to her powerhouse pipes and candid lyrics, died July 23, 2011. 09 of 09 Jonghyun VCG via Getty Images The Korean pop star (real name Kim Jong-hyun) died Dec. 18, 2017, his label SM Entertainment said in a statement.