jimi hendrix, janis joplin, jim morrison, kurt cobain. amy winehouse all died when they were just 27 years old. in a recent interview amy winehouse's father said she'd been going through some rough stuff of late but he also said in the last few weeks she was, to use his words, doing absolutely fantastic. paramedics say when they arrived there was nothing they could do to save winehouse. her autopsy could be completed today. peter alexander, nbc news, london. >>> in this country, this is shaping up to be one long, hot summer. consider this. last week 845 records were broken or tied. it's blistering heat wave but is it about to break? janice huff is outside on the plaza to tell us. what is it looking like in terms of relief? >> doesn't feel that bad this morning and we're expecting cooler temps in the northeast today. so, it really depends on where you live. yes, the northeast will get some relief. yesterday we had record heat as you mentioned earlier. boston in the 90s. 100 degrees in new york city. but today in the 80s to around 90. the j

you know, kurt cobain was 27 when he died.ple think there's some cultish connection here. but it's important to realize that many, many musicians have died and they weren't 27 at the time. but perhaps there's something to it. perhaps by the time these young stars reach this age, they're burnt out from all the touring, from the hard living, from the drain of the spotlight. but i think more than likely, it's just coincidence, don. >> because there were a number of singers who die at 21, yet there's not a 21 club. sad that these people died at that age, but i'm not really sure that it is a trend or a curse, as they say. twitter is employeei iblowing u celebrities mourning the death of amy winehouse, shanon. >> absolutely. one of the most heart-felt tweets i would like to share with you came from kelly osbourne, who was really good friends with amy winehouse. in fact, she actually helped winehouse enter rehab at one point. she said, "i can't even breathe right now. i'm crying so hard. i just lost one of my best friends. i love you

jimi hendrix, janice joplin, kurt cobain. amy winehouse, all died when they were just 27 years old. and in a recent interview, amy winehouse's father said she'd been going through some rough stuff of late, but he said in the last few weeks, she was absolutely fantastic. those were his words. sadly when paramedics arrived today they said there was nothing they could do to help winehouse. police tell us an autopsy could be completed within the next 24 hours. lester? >> peter alexander in london tonight. thank you. >>> we're back with more news, including today's high speed rail disaster right after this. >>> tragedy in china tonight, a collision between two high-speed trains has left at least 32 people dead. two cars derailed and plunged at least 65 feet off a bridge. one of the trains had lost power after being struck by lightning. the other train crashed into it from behind. >>> and we have more tonight on the debt crisis and the big sticking point between the two parties, whether tax increases will be part of the final plan.

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janis joplin and kurt cobain.his is the track "rehab." ♪ make me go to rehab >> reporter: a defiaia answer about her refusal to get help. but they were taking her toll. this was her in 2004, this i i just three years later. with the physical decline came arrests for drug possession. seemed to spend as much time in police stations as she did on stage. soon the suicidal lifestyle affected her performance. just last month she was booed off stage here in belgrade. the tour was canceled. her own videos sometimes seem to echo the fears of friends and family about where it was all leading. her father said that he already prepared her eulogy. tonight, their worst fears came true. simon mcgregor-wood. >> the sad headline from london tonight. >>> we turn back to this country and this incredible heat wave that just won't let up. look at the maps tonight, six of cities with 100-degree readings again this evening. with so many americans waiting for this to break, tonight a heat wave fact check. three things about the heat that

hendrix, joplin, kurt cobain. >> jim morrison. it's a little creepy. what is it about that age?ifestyle and those demons for all those guys. >> she was such a talented artist. what a waste. >> rest in peace. we'll be right back, everybody, stay with us. what a waste. >> rest in peace. we'll be right back, everybody, stay with us. >>> now to the story of one woman who made a promise to herself, a promise many of us have made but never followed up on. >> very true. well, this woman kept that promise and now she's seeing her world like never before. it's her way of filling what she calls the hole in the doughnut. >> >>> now to the story of one woman who made a promise to herself, a promise many of us have made but never followed up on. >> very true. well, this woman kept that promise and now she's seeing her world like never before. it's her way of filling what she calls the hole in the doughnut. >> i like that, the hole in the doughnut. >> there's so many beautiful places in the world. bali was gorgeous. parts of thailand are gorgeous. my name is barbara weibel. i'm the owner and

greats such as janis joplin, kurt cobain, jimi hendrix and jim morris, they too all died at the young we say sad, for a lot of people not necessarily surprising because of her struggles with what a talent. what a waste of talent. that album she had a couple years ago. >> arthel: "back to black." every song is a hit. >> rick: every song. >> arthel: sad news. we move on. we have new details on the most important poll before the iowa caucuses. we'll tell you the republican hopefuls who made the list and those who didn't. the key. >> rick: plus, president obama meeting with congressional leaders in crucial debt talks. we'll get a progress report from capitol hill. don't go away. ime to eat like i should. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes, which can help lower a1c. [ ma announcer ] glucerna. helping people with diabetes find balance. a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more amecans, many in small tow

same age as jimi hendrix, jim morrison janis joplin, and kurt cobain.ho also struggles with addiction, had this to say -- when you love someone who suffers from addiction, you await the phone call telling you that it's too late, that she's gone. addiction can, of course be treated. but the addict must want to quit. amy winehouse was either unwilling or just unable to fight it. now, an inquest will open into amy winehouse's death in just about an hour from now. she had been working on a new album before she died. there are talks that might be released. george, hard to believe that during her lifetime, she only released two albums. >> and had such an impact. nick, thanks very much. we just saw russell brand. part of his tribute that he posted over the weekend to amy winehouse and married to katy perry. and abc's bianna golodryga had a chance to talk to perry, about their reaction to the death of their friend. >> i feel really sad. and i just hope she finds peace. >> reporter: you and your husband tweeted about it wrote about it, as well, about her passing

i think that just like people kurt cobain, jimi hendrix, janis joplin who also died at the age of 27,really is their music, and it will be with her as well. dmroo it really just is an odd coincidence that you named so many talented artists that passed away at the age of 27. her parents, though, the winehouses, issued a statement in the wake of her death. it said our family has been left bereft by the loss of amy, a wonderful daughter, sister, niece. she leaves a gaping hole in our lives, and we should appreciate privacy and space at this terrible time." >> i think that for a lot of us when we see someone who is a celebrity, we forget that they are a child, they are a sister, they are an aunt, a niece to someone. in respect to her family collectively, as people look at the troubled life that she led, some might fault her family for maybe not gathering around her, but they did attempt to put her into rehab over and over and over again. >> they did. her parents were very deeply involved with her. her dad, mitch, her mother, janice, and, yes, she had been to rehab five times. i mean, they

. >> when river phoenix and kurt cobain overdosed from heroin and then you started hearing robert downey jr. and this one and that star and that celebrity, all of a sudden it made it like not only acceptable but expectable. >> the colombian cartel used its established cocaine routes through central and south america that were faster and cheaper than the old routes used to move heroin through france and later asia. that's how the french connection game colombian connection. but when cali cartel members were arrested in 1995 a whole new generation of heroin traffickers took their place. >> right now anyone in colombia that has a route basically to the united states could be a substantial heroin trafficker. >> as opposed to these big centralized drug king pins are we talking about really more mom and pop operations? >> exactly. >> with a profit margin of $200,000 a kilo, just over two pounds, drug smugglers began figuring out new and better ways to smuggle heroin into the country. in corn flakes, in furniture, hidden in human couriers, on cruise ship passengers, even in kidney beans. >> you

especially those who died before their 27th birthdays including janis joplin, jimi hendrix, and kurt cobainr big story resonating online, the president's speech and that august 2nd deadline to raise the country's debt ceiling. we saw lots of americans looking up the names of their own house and senate members. and also questions about how many times the debt ceiling has been raised in the past. house speaker john boehner remains a hot search topic. a lot of people want to know h h to pronounce his name. they are also clarifying the details of his proposed deficit reduction plan as he and the white house continue to wrestle for a solution. some big business news kept the web buzzing this week. word that walmart will try to take on netflix and now offer online movie rentals sent lookups for walmart video up 1,100%. mcdonald's revamped happy meals also set up big buzz in the search world. and of course the start of nfl training camp after the owners and players struck a deal also struck a major chord online. and finally, it's hot. and the reason high temps are sending more people online to loo

history of tragedy has been written after 27th pirt day, janis joplin, jimi hendrix, jim morrison and kurt cobainir 27th year. amy jade winehouse, a singer who somehow seemed destined to die young, has now joined their sad club. >> osgood: a report from our anthony mason in london. can you remember what you were doing on july 24, 2010, one year ago today? amateur camera people around the world can because they recorded it and sent it to producer ridley scott and director kevin mcdonald. they in turn took the 4500 hours of video and whittled it down to a feature length movie called life in a day which opens next friday. we'll be previewing an excerpt from life in a day throughout the morning beginning right now with the beginning. ♪ (alarm ringing) (rooster crowing) >> osgood: in the spotlight just ahead, the circus of the sun. the stronger the rapids, the more we loved it. took some wild risks when i was young. but i was still taking a risk with my cholesterol. anyone with high cholesterol may be at increased risk of heart attack. diet and exercise weren't enough for me. i stopped kidding myself.

jim morrison, janis joplin, jimi hendrix, kurt cobain, brian jones. what do you make of this?heir lives where they've had a lot of success, a lot of money, and they've experimented and gone through a lot of the excesses and i think it just catches up with them. they become exhausted. their bodies give out. you know, they're not thinking clearly. just really a sad, sad ending p p. >> it is a sad ending. in terms of her legacy overall, though, i think in terms of her being a household name it's probably more because of her antics because she never progressed past that fabulous second album. >> well, she never got to make that third great record. and she's the one who opened the door for adele who's number one all over the world now, and made it popular to sing organically from the heart again and not use all these effects. and you know, remember that picture of her, one of the saddest pictures i ever saw was a picture of her running down the street in only her bra, crying with her arms out, looking so desperate for help. it broke my heart when i saw that picture because the papa

unfortunately puts her in a club with a lot of other music stars who died at the same age, like kurt cobaince joplin, jimi hendrix. >>> one bay area company seems to be zipping past the down economy. we'll take you outdoors to the business boom seen in the tough times. >>> another unseasonably cool day around the bay. what you can expect outside your door for the afternoon. >>> it may be july, but it's not too late to go skiing. the resort had a record number of inches this year and some of it is still there. skiers and borders did not have to worry about dressing in layers. >> you can wear it any day of the week. it could be raining, snowing, it could be hot. it's actually good sunscreen. >> a spokesperson says this is the latest they have ever opened for a day of snowboarding and skiing. >>> so surreal. i love summer in tahoe. let's get to rosemary. yesterday was gorgeous here, can we see more of that today? >> if yesterday was gorgeous, expect more of the same today. a live look at some of the sunshine beginning to burn through those clouds. the giants play this afternoon, 1:05. at&t par

year-old musicians who have died tragically just talking about that, jim morrison, janice joplin, kurt cobainmmy henfrix all 27 years old. he was a polish immigrant and helped guide the war and bosnia and tributes have been pouring in, president obama called the general a statesman. he was 75 years old. the heatwave not over yet, juliet. are you ready for the heatwave. >> it's like 100 already. >> clayton: it's almost going to be over, almost over. >> going to be 90's now, cooling down a little bit. after triple digits, how does 90 sound? and maria molina has the weather including some severe storms. >> the system that brings relief to the hot areas, northeast and parts of the great lakes is bringing in severe storms and we have incredible footage to show you out of chicago, we currently are in actually a flash flood warning because the storms drove through in the overnight hours and some areas up to four inches of rain and some flights canceled out of the region and localized flooding occurring throughout flooding some roads out there and we're expecting more storms already early this mornin