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Sorry about the late post, I was out far too late yesterday evening, and I missed the last train out of down town. I had to bike for 2 hours to get home, ugh. Anyways, as I’m sure many of you are aware, Amy Winehouse died today, at the age of 27. There is a semi-common urban legend that for celebrities, and musicians in particular, 27 is something of a cursed age. Jimmi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, and others all died at age 27. I was intrigued by this idea. It’s entirely possible that 27 is just the median age in a distribution of ages for celebrities dying from drugs and alcohol, and that this has been picked up on in the pop culture. So, I figured I would do some back-of-the envelope type research to see if this idea is plausible. Continue reading
