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A British study of more than 1,000 British and North America musicians from 1956 to 2005 by researchers at the Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University found 100 deaths. Who’s going to insure you when you’re a rock star and dirtbags are lining up to be your drug connection?  More than a quarter of all the deaths were related to drugs or alcohol abuse, said the study in the Journal of Epidemial Community Health.
"The paper clearly describes a population of rock and pop stars who are at a disproportionate risk of alcohol and drug related deaths," said Mark Bellis, lead author of the study.
"In the music industry, factors such as stress, changes from popularity to obscurity, and exposure to environments where alcohol and drugs are easily available, can all contribute to substance use as well as other self-destructive behaviors," the report said.
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