"Rock Stars More Likely to Die Prematurely"

Call me crazy, but I'm going to guess that this study didn't exactly follow a conventional statistical methodology.

... And speaking of the premature death of the music industry, check out the NYT Magazine's cover story on Rick Rubin. The legendary music producer wants to take a stab at renovating the music business by concentrating on the the quality of the music (versus, say, the constantly changing platform on which it is heard).