Janis Joplin died October 4th 1970 just 27 years old.
The Queen of Rock and a pioneer in a male-dominated rock industry of the late 1960s. Janis, or 'Pearl' as she was nicknamed, was a real box of emotions, vulnerable, self-concious, full of suffering but on stage, raw and powerful.
She died just 16 days after Jimi Hendrix and if there was any chance the impact of the 1960's would continue into the next decade it was abruptly over when these voices went missing.
Here she is on the Dick Cavett Show in great form. 2 months later she was gone.
