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Janis Joplin would have been 81 years old today had she not died of a tragic heroin overdose at 27, nevertheless, she had an enormous cultural impact during her short life. Known for a raspy voice that channeling the singers of her youth, Janis was “a rock and roll woman to her toes, a blues singer of unparalleled passion, and the greatest white female performer to emerge from the tempest of the late 1960s,” writes biographer Myra Friedman.… read more.