Fame is more likely to kill rock stars, not being 27 years old

Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 18:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The list of well known musicians who have died at age 27 may look like more than a coincidence – Amy Winehouse, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, and Brian Jones to name a few – but their age is unlikely to have been the cause of their demise, according to research in the Christmas issue published in the British Medical Journal today.

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