Psychology: Fame may increase the risk of death

While fame may increase the risk of death for musicians, probably due to their rock and roll lifestyle, this risk is not limited to age 27
To test the “27 club” hypothesis, the authors compared the mortality of famous musicians with that of the UK population.
During this period (1956-2007) it was found that 71 (7 per cent) of the musicians died.
The authors used mathematical analysis to determine the significance of age 27.
They found no peak in the risk of death at this age, however musicians in their 20s and 30s were two to three times more likely to die prematurely than the general UK population.
The authors speculate that this could be due to better treatments for heroin overdose, or the change in the music scene from the hard rock 1970s to the pop dominated 1980s.