Sheldon Reynolds, Janie Hendrix’s former husband, passed away at the age of 63. The musician was best recognized for his stint in the Commodores and for playing a significant role in Earth, Wind, and Fire. Philip Bailey, a former bandmate, announced his passing in a Facebook memorial.

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Who is Janie Hendrix?

Janie Hendrix is the ex-wife of Sheldon Reynolds. She is also the adopted sister of Jimi Hendrix. She was also the president and chief executive officer of Experience Hendrix, LLC. Hendrix and Reynolds married in 2001. In the spring of 2006, Hendrix and Reynolds separated, and the couple dissolved their marriage in July 2007.

At the age of 27, Jimi Hendrix passed away in September 1970 after choking on his own vomit while drunk. Hendrix passed on to his father, Al, all his inheritance. After Al passed away in April 2002, he left his adopted stepdaughter, Janie, his whole estate, leaving nothing for Hendrix’s brother, Leon. The estate is believed to be worth over $80 million.

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Later, a complete courtroom drama erupted over the inheritance, during which Janie asserted that she had not only successfully handled Jimi’s estate but had also contributed to the sustained global popularity of Hendrix’s albums. Other family members, however, revealed that the 1960s icon hardly knew his stepsister Janie Hendrix, his inheritor.

Leon Hendrix also claimed that Janie Hendrix influenced their father to write him out of the will in 1997 and to deny him the 25 percent trust funds he was originally allotted. He filed suit against his stepsister to win back his share of the estate.

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Details concerning Hendrix’s last day and death are still disputed. He is often cited as one example of an allegedly disproportionate number of musicians dying at age 27, including Brian Jones, Alan Wilson, Jim Morrison, and Janis Joplin in the same era, a phenomenon referred to as the 27 Club.