Shocking headline: Rock stars more likely to die prematurely
Am I the only one who thought this study might have been a waste of money?
LONDON (Reuters) - Rock stars -- notorious for their "crash and burn" lifestyles -- really are more likely than other people to die before reaching old age.
A study of more than 1,000 mainly 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.
Between 1956 and 2005 there were 100 deaths among the 1,064 musicians examined by researchers at the Centre for Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University.
Also in the realm of "duh" from the study: More than a quarter of all the deaths were related to drugs or alcohol abuse.
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