Janis Lyn Joplin

1943 - 1970  (27 years)

• Name	Janis Lyn Joplin
  Born	19 Jan 1943	Port Arthur, Jefferson Co, Texas, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	4 Oct 1970	Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, California, USA
  Person ID	I5027	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2013

  
  

  Father	Seth Ward Joplin,   b. 19 May 1910, Texas, USA ,   d. May 1987, Prescott, Yavapai Co, Arizona, USA  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Dorothy East,   b. 15 Feb 1913, Texas, USA ,   d. 13 Dec 1998, Prescott, Yavapai Co, Arizona, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	24 Oct 1935	Amarillo, Potter Co, Texas, USA
  Family ID	F2214	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  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. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked Joplin number 46 on its list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and number 28 on its 2008 list of 100 Greatest Singers of All Time.