The activist and breast cancer survivor earned Grammy and Oscar wins during a career spanning nearly four decades.

Fifty-five years ago today, on Feb. 27, 1971, five months after her death, Janis Joplin’s final studio album began a nine-week run at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album was Pearl. Released on Jan.

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) is accusing the Department of Justice of “muddying the waters” in its latest disclosure of the Epstein files by naming the late singer Janis Joplin in a new letter to Congress.