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Published: January 22, 2007 - 2:16 PM

Bored ONTD kids are some of my favorite people.

Average Age at Death of Included Rock Stars (1) 36.9 Years
Average Age at Death of Americans (2) 75.8 Years
(1) Computed from the included list.

NOTE: This is EVERY death of a Rock star we've found. This is NOT a "RIGGED" list to produce FALSE numbers, but an HONEST observation.

(2) From "The World Almanac and Book of Facts", 1997, p.973

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Speaking as a life actuary,... (Below threshold)

1. Posted by meep | January 23, 2007 5:45 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)

meep:

Speaking as a life actuary, this is not a standard procedure for determining life expectancies.

First, you have to define "Rock star". Some of the people on the list, while yes they were in a music band, are not who'd I'd consider either a star or a rock-n-roller.

Second, you have to include survivorship of rock stars who have not yet died (such as Mick Jagger or Paul McCartney). You can't say "Look, these people have died at age 40 and 50, so the average age at death is 45! By the way, totally ignore all those guys in their mid-70s over there."

In short, it is most certainly a rigged list.

1. Posted by meep | January 23, 2007 5:45 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)