At the age of 27, Robert Johnson died near Greenwood, Mississippi. Gayle Dean Wardlow, a Mississippi journalist, went in search of Robert Johnson’s death certificate and found it in 1968. Although the cause of death is still questionable, there have been a number of theories offered. However, there are three markers made to remember him by. Oh, and also mumble rappers, e-cigs, hashtags, memes and legalization of pot. He stated that Robert Johnson … The cause of his death was unknown, only that he died near Greenwood, Mississippi. This decade will be known for the rise of smartphones, social media, internet stardom, and always being connected to the web. The front of the death certificate simply says "no doctor" under "cause of death." Robert Johnson was twenty- seven years old when he died on August 16, 1938. Discover what happened on this day. Also, no one knows where Robert Johnson was buried. The man who owned the property where Johnson died supposedly wrote that the cause of death was complications from syphilis. On the official Mississippi coroner's report, it stated: Cause Of Death ''No doctor''. The most common theory is Johnson was poisoned by the jealous husband of a woman with whom he had flirted with. Robert Leroy Johnson is part Generation Z (also known as iGeneration). Some think he was poisoned, although a note on the back of his death certificate says the cause was syphilis. Robert Johnson was born in 2010s. The back of the death certificate has a brief statement indicating the owner of the plantation was briefly interviewed and thought Johnson had died of syphilis. Johnson died a year later at age 27, under mysterious circumstances. Robert Leroy Johnson was a blues singer and musician. Poisoning, was the generally accepted reason, until LaVere came across a document which had a statement from the landowner on which Johnson died.