Price of fame: Performers and sports stars die younger - GoFuckYourself.com

GrantMercury · 04-23-2013, 08:42 PM

We all know the names of the poor little dopes who were fried by fame. We know the ones who are on deck, too. Who the fuck would want to be famous, really? Sounds like a curse to me.

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(Reuters) - The price of fame can be high with an international study on Thursday finding that people who enjoy successful entertainment or sporting careers tend to die younger.

Researchers Richard Epstein and Catherine Epstein said the study, based on analysing 1,000 New York Times obituaries from 2009-2011, found film, music, stage performers and sports people died at an average age of 77.2 years.

This compared to an average lifespan of 78.5 years for creative workers, 81.7 for professionals and academics, and 83 years for people in business, military and political careers.

The Australian-based researchers said these earlier deaths could indicate that performers and sports stars took more risks in life, either to reach their goals or due to their success.

"Fame and achievement in performance-related careers may be earned at the cost of a shorter life expectancy," the researchers wrote in their study published in QJM: An International Journal of Medicine.

"In such careers, smoking and other risk behaviors may be either causes of effects of success and/or early death."

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/...93G1B820130417

AnimeFevers · 04-23-2013, 09:03 PM

Rich and famous but have a shorter life expectancy or 9 - 5 office job but have a longer life expectancy?

What would you choose?

TheSquealer · 04-23-2013, 09:06 PM

I would guess that as with all retarded reporting these days "sports stars" skews the numbers dramatically because some sports are deadly and "artists" includes a disproportionate number of junkies... but "hey, check out these unremarkable stats" makes for a crappy headline.

georgeyw · 04-23-2013, 09:06 PM

I'd rather be rich when it matters than alive when you have a bag to piss and shit in.

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