According to theconversation.com, in a study of 11,054 musician
deaths since 1950, 2.3% died at 56. Mathematically, not
surprisingly, the average age of death of musicians has been rising
(as it has been in the general population) from 50ish in the 50s,
to late-50s/60s in this decade – 20 years below the average age of
death in the general population. 12.2% (more than 2x the general
population) die from an accident, 4.6% from suicide and 4.9% from
homicide - the latter stat more than 5x the average population.
Finally, hip-hop, metal, punk and rap musicians on average die
earlier (the more recent nature of the genre likely a factor here)
at around the 30-year mark, while blues, jazz, country, gospel
musicians are more clustered around 60 years of age
Prince had hip problems for decades and had one operation before
he converted to the Jehovah's Witnesses. They forbid blood
transfusions, so he never had another and took pain killers
instead. Opioid overdose was the cause of death.
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When doves cry and musicians die
Posted by polish1 on 22nd of Apr 2016 at 09:24 am
According to theconversation.com, in a study of 11,054 musician deaths since 1950, 2.3% died at 56. Mathematically, not surprisingly, the average age of death of musicians has been rising (as it has been in the general population) from 50ish in the 50s, to late-50s/60s in this decade – 20 years below the average age of death in the general population. 12.2% (more than 2x the general population) die from an accident, 4.6% from suicide and 4.9% from homicide - the latter stat more than 5x the average population. Finally, hip-hop, metal, punk and rap musicians on average die earlier (the more recent nature of the genre likely a factor here) at around the 30-year mark, while blues, jazz, country, gospel musicians are more clustered around 60 years of age
Prince had hip problems for
Posted by a_l_ on 6th of May 2016 at 07:04 pm
Prince had hip problems for decades and had one operation before he converted to the Jehovah's Witnesses. They forbid blood transfusions, so he never had another and took pain killers instead. Opioid overdose was the cause of death.