Janis Joplin were scattered from a plane into the Pacific Ocean. Joplin's death in October 1970 at age 27 stunned her fans and shocked the music world, especially when coupled with the death just 16 days earlier of another rock icon, Jimi Hendrix, also at age 27. (This would later cause some people to attribute significance to the death of musicians at the age of 27, as celebrated in the notional '27 Club'.) Music historian Tom Moon wrote that Joplin had "a devastatingly original voice", music columnist Jon Pareles of "The New York Times" wrote that Joplin as an artist was "overpowering
Ken Marcus the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival. The images of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, The Who, Simon & Garfunkel, Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones were rediscovered in 2005 during a studio remodel. His photograph of Jimi Hendrix is featured on the Jimi Hendrix album, "The Jimi Hendrix Experience: Live at Monterey", released on October 16, 2007. Ken Marcus appeared in the opening scenes of the Baywatch TV movie "Panic at Malibu Pier". His character is a photographer shooting a glamour layout on the beach. In the comic book series Rocketeer, Dave Stevens portrayed Ken as the nefarious "Marco of Hollywood" with