Solo rock stars are twice as likely to die prematurely as counterparts who perform in groups, a study published in the journal BMJ Open said.
British researchers examined the fate of 1,489 rock and pop performers who had risen to fame in a study period that spanned half a century. A total of 137, or 9.2 percent, died prematurely, at 45.2 years of age on average for North American stars and 39.6 for those in Europe.
Substance abuse and car crashes accounted for nearly 40 percent of deaths, according to the probe.
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Among the 114 US soloists documented in the study, 23 percent died at a younger age than the general population. In Europe, too, 9.8 percent of soloists died young, compared to 5.4 percent of group performers. Stars who became famous before 1980 were much likelier to have died young.
(AFP)
刊登在《英國醫學期刊》的研究說，單打獨鬥的搖滾明星，早死機率是在團體演出的同儕的兩倍。
英國研究人員檢視一千四百八十九名搖滾與流行歌曲藝人的命運，他們在這份涵蓋半世紀的研究期間成名。其中共有一百三十七人，也就是百分之九點二早死，北美明星平均四十五點二歲，歐洲明星平均三十九點六歲。
根據這項調查，近四成的死亡是因濫用毒品與車禍引起。
研究記載的一百一十四名美國單打獨鬥的藝人，百分之二十三死亡的年齡比一般人早，在歐洲也一樣，百分之九點八的單打獨鬥藝人早死，團體藝人早死的比率則是百分之五點四。一九八○年前成名的明星，早死機率較高。
（法新社／翻譯：自由時報國際新聞中心）
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