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Memo From Capt. Obvious - Rock Stars More Likely to Die Young
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I guess mom and dad were right, getting an education to “fall back” on is a wise idea. New studies show that pop and rock stars are more likely than, say, insurance salesmen or nurses, to die young. Researchers looked into the deaths of artists including Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix. They squinted at their clipboards and pronounced, “Yup, these folks died too early.” Drugs and alcohol were typically to blame.  The study found that, between two and 25 years after the onset of fame, the risk of death was two to three times higher for music stars than for members of the general population matched for age, sex, nationality and ethnic background.
In all, 100 of the stars studied had died — 7.3% of women and 9.6% of men. They included Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix.
The average age of death was 42 for North American stars and 35 for European stars.
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