When Janis Joplin died at 27 on October 4, 1970, she left behind a groundbreaking musical legacy. But behind her powerful voice was reportedly a fragile soul who spoke of a yearning for "love" in a ...

There will simply never be another Janis Joplin. Growing up an outcast in Port Arthur, Texas, she continues to beguile generations more than five decades after her untimely death. Unfortunately, the ...

If anyone were going to have a posthumous party instead of a traditional, tear-filled wake, it would have been iconic rock singer Janis Joplin. Three weeks after she died of a drug overdose in a Los ...

Dr Michael Hunter is taking a look at the sudden death of rock and roll icon Janis Joplin, who died alone in her Los Angeles hotel. Her body lay undiscovered for 18 hours.