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December 24th, 2011 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda WEDNESDAY, Dec. 21 (HealthDay News) — Famous musicians are no more
likely to die at age 27 than at any other age, a new study indicates.
The fact that a number of rock stars — including Amy Winehouse, Jimi
Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Brian Jones and Kurt Cobain — died
when they were 27 makes that age appear particularly unlucky.
But this study examined the so-called “27 club” hypothesis, and found
that fame and a rock-and-roll lifestyle may increase rock stars’ risk of
death at any age.
The researchers compared the deaths of 1,046 famous musicians with data
from the general U.K. population. The musicians were solo artists and
members of bands who had a number one album in the U.K. charts between
1956 and 2007. They ranged from rock ‘n’ rollers and heavy metal stars to
crooners and even actors who voiced Muppets.
During the study period (a total follow-up time of 21,750
musician-years), 71 (7 percent) of the musicians died, according to study
author Adrian Barnett, of Queensland University of Technology in
Australia, and colleagues.
A mathematical analysis showed no peak in the risk of death at age 27,
but musicians in their 20s and 30s were two to three times more likely to
die prematurely than people in the general population.
There was a cluster of deaths among musicians aged 20 to 40 during the
1970s and early 1980s, but there were no deaths in this age group in the
late 1980s. This could be due to the development of better treatments for
heroin overdoses, or the fact that the hard rock that dominated the 1970s
gave way to pop in the 1980s, the researchers suggested.
So while the “27 club” is a myth, musicians do have a generally
increased risk of dying in their 20s and 30s, the study authors
warned.
“This finding should be of international concern, as musicians
contribute greatly to populations’ quality of life, so there is immense
value in keeping them alive (and working) as long as possible,” the study
authors wrote in the report published online Dec. 20 in the
BMJ.
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