SYDNEY: It’s long been said that pop stars live fast and die young, but a new Australian study has added scholarly credibility to the adage, finding that US musicians die up to 25 years earlier than the general population.
“This is clear evidence that all is not well in pop music land,” said the University of Sydney’s Dianna Kenny, who analysed the deaths of 12,665 predominantly male American musicians between 1950 and June this year.
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