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Janis Lyn Joplin

Also Known As: "Pearl"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States
Death: October 04, 1970 (27)
California Landmark Motor Hotel, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States (accidental overdose of heroin and alcohol)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Seth Ward Joplin and Dorothy Bonita Joplin
Sister of Private and Private

Occupation: singer, songwriter
Managed by: Geoffrey David Trowbridge
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About Janis Joplin

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Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

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cremated - ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean

sources

  • Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. < link > Accessed 12 September 2024.
    • Name: Janis L Joplin; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 19 Jan 1943; Birth Place: Texas; Death Date: 4 Oct 1970; Death Place: Los Angeles.
  • Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. < link > Accessed 12 September 2024.
    • Name: Janis Lyn Joplin; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 19 Jan 1943; Birth Place: Jefferson, Texas, USA; Father: Seth Ward Joplin; Mother: Dorothy Bonita East; Roll number: 1943_0006.
  • Richard B. Hughes, "JOPLIN, JANIS LYN," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fjo69), accessed January 17, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association

About Janis Joplin (suomi)

brief biography and family

Janis Lyn Joplin (January 19, 1943 – October 4, 1970) was an American singer, songwriter and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist. Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time in 2004, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.

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cremated - ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean

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Janis Joplin's Timeline

1943
January 19, 1943
Port Arthur, Jefferson County, Texas, United States

Sources
Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Birth Index, 1903-1997 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Accessed 12 September 2024.

Name: Janis Lyn Joplin; Gender: Female; Birth Date: 19 Jan 1943; Birth Place: Jefferson, Texas, USA; Father: Seth Ward Joplin; Mother: Dorothy Bonita East; Roll number: 1943_0006.

1970
October 4, 1970
Age 27
California Landmark Motor Hotel, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
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