Janis Lyn Joplin was a courageous person who stood up for what she believed in. She may not have always made the right choices, but she never seemed to care too much about getting in trouble. Despite her crazy ways, she worked hard to build her career as a singer. Janis was born on January 19, 1943 at 9:30 am. She was born in Port Arthur, Texas. Her parents were Seth Joplin and Dorothy East Joplin. Janis¹s …showed first 75 words of 1817 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1817 total…out, there were no limits. When Janis had moved to Venice it was one of the centers of the drug world. The more Janis got involved with music and the art scene, the worse things got. She started drinking all the time, and there was rarely a time when she wasn¹t drunk. She experimented with many more drugs and really put her life in danger. On October 4, 1970 Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose.