Jim Morrison died mysteriously at the age of 27 after a life of confrontation and chaos. He actively tried to cause riots from the stage. Dared cops to arrest him. Became someone else on the side of a highway. Was put in his place more than once by an irritated Janis Joplin. All these stories and more in the season two premiere of The 27 Club.
Sources: No One Here Gets Out Alive, by Jerry Hopkins & Danny Sugerman
The Lizard King: The Essential Jim Morrison, by Jerry Hopkins
Commando: The Autobiography of Johnny Ramone, by John Cummings
The Doors Interactive Chronological History