
The 27 Club, Explained
Culture Vulture
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Musicians Die Younger Than They Do at 27
There's been a lot of science done about this. And it turns out that it's no more common to die at 27, which is scary thinking about all of this shit we've just read out. But there were some interesting findings from a research paper done by Diana Theodorik Henny who was a professor of psychology and music. She found that musicians who die young are more likely to belong to a newer genre. Also two to three times more likely for British pop musicians with number one albums between 20 and 39 to die compared with the general population.
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