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abe · Sep 5, 2007, 05:51 PM

Rock stars more likely to die prematurely
Tue Sep 4, 2007 9:40AM EDT

By Tim Castle

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.

As well as Presley, the toll of those dying before their time included Doors singer Jim Morrison, guitar hero Jimi Hendrix, T Rex star Marc Bolan and Nirvana's Kurt Cobain.

More than a quarter of all the deaths were related to drugs or alcohol abuse, said the study in the Journal of Epidemial Community Health.

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Rock stars more likely to die prematurely | Health | Reuters

Originally Posted by centerchannel68

I'm pretty sure that everybody who's tried pot has tried alcohol before that. And everybody who's tried alcohol has done caffiene before that. So technically, caffiene is the gateway drug. As for ' only losers smoke pot'.... well, I guess the creator of the west wing, Arnold, Art Garfunkel, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Ben Franklin, Bill Gates, Bill Murray, Bing Crosby, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, Burt Reynolds, Bruce Lee, Cab Calloway, Carl Sagan, Carlos Santana, Carrie Fischer, Charlie Sheen, Charlize Theron, Chris Farley, Chris Rock, Conon O'Brian, David Hockeny, Diego Rivera, Drew Barrymore, Duke Ellington, Francis Ford Coppella, Nietzche, George Washington, the Grateful Dead, Harrison Ford, Howard Stern, Hunter S Thompson (duh), Jack Kerouac, Jack Nicholson, James Brown, Janis Joplin, Jennifer Aniston, Jim Morrison, Jimmy Hendrix, John Belushi, JFK, Johnny Cash, John Wayne, Julia Roberts, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Ken Kesey, Kurt Cobain, Led Zeppelin, Lewis Carroll, Louis Armstrong, , etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc are all total losers.

Everybody on here is a loser too:

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In fact, I think you should pretty much burn your entire music collection, since basically every musician digs pot.

http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lou...t/#post3380097

And in light of these findings every musician should re-examine their consumption of drugs and alcohol.

nonhuman · Sep 5, 2007, 05:53 PM

Holy crap! I never saw that coming! My whole world view has been turned on its head!

abe · Sep 5, 2007, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by nonhuman

Holy crap! I never saw that coming! My whole world view has been turned on its head!

I'm happy to have expanded your horizons and broadened your vistas.

nonhuman · Sep 5, 2007, 06:10 PM

Thanks. I'm still a little light-headed from the shock. Damn near blew my ticker there.

TheoCryst · Sep 5, 2007, 06:34 PM

Wow, those poor musicians... Something really should be done to protect all the innocent rock stars out there from this horrible, unanticipated fate.

abe · 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by nonhuman

Thanks. I'm still a little light-headed from the shock. Damn near blew my ticker there.

I'm sorry. If you continue feeling light headed call this guy.

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SpaceMonkey · Sep 5, 2007, 08:13 PM

I wonder if any of these researchers at Liverpool John Moores University are good buddies with the researchers from that similarly groundbreaking study at Indiana University.

lpkmckenna · Sep 5, 2007, 09:03 PM

In other news: water is wet, sky is blue, dogs are loyal, cats are aloof ...

Dakarʒ · Sep 5, 2007, 09:34 PM

We all know the numbers are skewed by Keith Richards anyway.

sek929 · Sep 5, 2007, 09:39 PM

What does rockstars OD'ing have to do with a post about weed made by Ca$h?

Dakarʒ · Sep 5, 2007, 09:48 PM

It's somewhat amusing to have one controversial poster quoting another to start the topic. Double so because ca$h is currently banned.

sek929 · Sep 5, 2007, 10:15 PM

Ca$h is never banned, he is simply an anomaly in the equation of the NN server. He will come again and save Zion...err I mean the Lounge

Dakarʒ · Sep 5, 2007, 10:20 PM

Dude, if ca$h is anyone, it's Agent Smith. Always replicating into another account, hunted by the system (Admins).

abe · Sep 5, 2007, 11:37 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

What does rockstars OD'ing have to do with a post about weed made by Ca$h?

More than a quarter of all the deaths were related to drugs or alcohol abuse, said the study in the Journal of Epidemial Community Health.

How ironic is it that I'd be called on by you to point this out?

abe · Sep 5, 2007, 11:39 PM

Originally Posted by Dakarʒ

It's somewhat amusing to have one controversial poster quoting another to start the topic. Double so because ca$h is currently banned.

I'm not as much controversial as I am misunderstood and persecuted.

abe · Sep 5, 2007, 11:43 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

Ca$h is never banned, he is simply an anomaly in the equation of the NN server. He will come again and save Zion...err I mean the Lounge

So that would make Ca$h a Zion...err I mean a Loungist?

sek929 · Sep 6, 2007, 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by abe

How ironic is it that I'd be called on by you to point this out?

There hasn't been a single reported death due to THC overdose, so my original statement stands.

abe · Sep 6, 2007, 05:24 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

There hasn't been a single reported death due to THC overdose, so my original statement stands.

That's a sign of 'potular brain saturation.' The afflicted person can't imagine anything beyond the obvious.

Even when he read it just a few days ago. Can we say, "short term memory loss?"

Making a wrong turn at this important crossroads in your life could have deadly consequences. In 2001, an estimated 38,000 high school seniors in the U.S. crashed after driving under the influence of marijuana and 46,000 crashed after driving under the influence of alcohol.

http://www.netscape.com/viewstory/20...asp&frame=true

http://forums.macnn.com/89/macnn-lou...e-best-buzz/3/

So will you ask your original statement to be seated?

sek929 · Sep 6, 2007, 05:29 PM

Now you're talking about car crashes involving inexperienced drivers. Convenient that the leading cause of death for that age group is car accidents in general.

Tired teens crash. Inattentive teens crash. Stoned teens crash. Sober teens crash. Fat kids, skinny kids, even kids with chicken pox crash.

Stop changing the subject and answer my original question.

What does a post that Ca$h made about marijuana have to do with rockstars dying of alchohol and drug overdoses?

Peter · Sep 6, 2007, 05:32 PM

poor Doofy

abe · Sep 6, 2007, 05:38 PM

Originally Posted by sek929

Now you're talking about car crashes involving inexperienced drivers. Convenient that the leading cause of death for that age group is car accidents in general.

Tired teens crash. Inattentive teens crash. Stoned teens crash. Sober teens crash. Fat kids, skinny kids, even kids with chicken pox crash.

Stop changing the subject and answer my original question.

What does a post that Ca$h made about marijuana have to do with rockstars dying of alchohol and drug overdoses?

I think someone is getting cranky. Does someone need a dube?

abbaZaba · Sep 6, 2007, 08:28 PM

do you post anything other than one sentence and a two paragraphs from a new article?

design219 · Sep 6, 2007, 10:59 PM

Originally Posted by lpkmckenna

In other news: water is wet, sky is blue, dogs are loyal, cats are aloof ...

This thread is like this thread. Research of the obvious. Well, it's good researchers stay employed I guess.

turtle777 · Sep 7, 2007, 12:04 AM

You are starting threads of the kind that you got banninated for from the PL.
Getting bored again, or are you out of meds ?

-t

abe · Sep 7, 2007, 05:43 AM

Originally Posted by turtle777

You are starting threads of the kind that you got banninated for from the PL.
Getting bored again, or are you out of meds ?

-t

Ah, so to avoid falsely accusing me and getting yourself in trouble you just bring up stuff hoping the mods will be impressed by the number of times when, in YOUR biased opinion, I'm doing something that justifies banning.

Well, not every one of my threads is as popular as the others, where you complain that they are too popular.

You've posted before that you'd rather I not have a voice here at all, so I guess we all know a vendetta/obsession when we see it.

Whenever I do start a thread you are always there to start a fight, that's called harassment and it is a bannable offense and I'll start reporting you for it if you do it again. Fair and last warning on that, by the way.

And finally, you are OFF TOPIC.

Stop trolling and derailing and harassing me and my threads.

Just crawl away and "Push it. Push it real good."

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abe · Sep 7, 2007, 05:46 AM

Originally Posted by abbaZaba

do you post anything other than one sentence and a two paragraphs from a new article?

What's it to you anyway, Mr. Two-Stars?

design219 · Sep 7, 2007, 07:31 AM

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Dakarʒ · Sep 7, 2007, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by design219

The four and a half star sneeches are the best sneeches on the beaches!

They should really release all those onto a DVD.

Kevin · Sep 7, 2007, 08:47 AM

To be honest abe, pot smoking and people being dead from drugs rarely have anything to do with each other.

I am betting that report on the teenage pot smoking death thing was skewed too. I am sure other drugs like alcohol where involved as well. Just because you were high when you were in an accident means that that accident was caused BY pot.

I've been in accidents before while being high, and it's been the other person's fault.

Pot smokers usually drive SLOWER and are more PARANOID (Defensive) than the average driver.

Though I could see how really STRONG pot could impair the driving of someone that is already inexperienced in driving. Hell a aspirin probably could as well.

And I am certainly not pro-pot. While not always, pot tends to make potheads out of people. And they can't do anything, or have any fun unless their is weed involved after the pothead stage starts.

I think also if sek was honest too, he'd agree that there are people that shouldn't smoke pot because it becomes their whole reason to live. If you've smoked pot for any length of time, you've come to know these people.

So I kinda disagree with you both