Rock stars die earlier than general population!

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A recently-published study in the Journal of Epidemial Community Health, compiled by researchers at the Center for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University, has determined that rock stars are more likely than other people to die before reaching old age -- brilliant! "More than 1,000 British and North American artists, spanning the era from Elvis Presley to rapper Eminem, found they were two to three times more likely to suffer a premature death than the general population." Nope, not a put-on.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 4, 2007 at 8:25 AM

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The Winchester says ...

In other scientific news: The moon orbits the Earth.

Posted by The Winchester at September 4, 2007 9:10 AM

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swordandpen says ...

From the "Apparently, we don't have anything better to do" file. Somebody should do a study on money wasted on useless research.

Posted by swordandpen at September 4, 2007 9:12 AM

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le corbeau says ...

They need to be working on important research like this:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/08/25/nwiggle125.xml

Posted by le corbeau at September 4, 2007 9:21 AM

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Wrecktum says ...

Too small a sample size for any meaningful analysis.

Posted by Wrecktum at September 4, 2007 9:36 AM

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T. S. Idiot says ...

Please explain, then, Fats Domino, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, and, especially, Jerry Lee Lewis.

Posted by T. S. Idiot at September 4, 2007 9:56 AM

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Rich S. says ...

I was about to say that they should instead be studying the longevity of those that survive the "rough patch" of early success. I'll bet that Keith Richards turns out to have the half-life of Cesium.

Posted by Rich S. at September 4, 2007 10:26 AM

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