{"id":2178147,"date":"2025-11-26T21:04:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2178147"},"modified":"2025-11-26T21:04:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T21:04:04","slug":"famous-musicians-are-indeed-at-risk-of-a-premature-death-new-study-shows-fame-knocks-on-average-four-years-off-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/famous-musicians-are-indeed-at-risk-of-a-premature-death-new-study-shows-fame-knocks-on-average-four-years-off-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFamous musicians are indeed at risk of a premature death\u201d: New study shows fame knocks on average four years off your life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"fd08df80-1e6c-4d95-85c8-e699b1f9a622\"><strong>It\u2019s official: fame really does mess you up. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A new <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/jech.bmj.com\/content\/early\/2025\/11\/19\/jech-2025-224589\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/jech.bmj.com\/content\/early\/2025\/11\/19\/jech-2025-224589\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">study<\/a> that has been published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has shown that famous singers have a 33% higher mortality risk compared with those who live outside the public eye.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"fd08df80-1e6c-4d95-85c8-e699b1f9a622-2\">The study looked at 324 famous solo artists or lead singers and compared them with less famous musicians of a similar age, gender and nationality, ethnicity and musical genre. It showed that those singers that found fame died on average at the age of 75, but those who lived less celebrated lives lived until the age of 79 \u2013 an extra four years.<\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pt-3 pb-4 mb-4 border-solid border-y border-neutral-300\">\n<span class=\"font-article-heading block pb-3 !text-base font-bold uppercase sm:text-sm text-[#333]\"><br \/>\nBest picks for you<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Interestingly, band membership helps. Singers who front groups have a 26% lower risk of early death compared to their solo counterparts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"NvQTTA9raJU\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-NvQTTA9raJU\" data-yt-video-token=\"NvQTTA9raJU\" title=\"Bros - When Will I Be Famous? - YouTube\">\n<span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Bros &#8211; When Will I Be Famous? &#8211; YouTube<\/span><br \/>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"play-button\" viewbox=\"0 0 234.67 165.33\"><path fill=\"red\" d=\"M229.763 25.817c-2.699-10.162-10.65-18.165-20.748-20.881C190.716 0 117.333 0 117.333 0S43.951 0 25.651 4.936C15.553 7.652 7.6 15.655 4.903 25.817 0 44.236 0 82.667 0 82.667s0 38.429 4.903 56.85C7.6 149.68 15.553 157.681 25.65 160.4c18.3 4.934 91.682 4.934 91.682 4.934s73.383 0 91.682-4.934c10.098-2.718 18.049-10.72 20.748-20.882 4.904-18.421 4.904-56.85 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The often sudden change from living a private life to one in which you are constantly scrutinised and under pressure to perform is something some artists never truly adjust to. As we know, many use drugs and drink as coping mechanisms, which invariably makes things worse.<\/p>\n<p>It should also be pointed out that the study looked at musicians who were active between 1950 and 1990, in other words the \u2018heroic\u2019 era of pop\/rock, when music was the world\u2019s dominant art form. The artists who rose to fame between those years shaped the landscape we know so well, but often at the expense of their own mental health. They possessed no map. They (and the managers and record companies who worked alongside them) were making it up as they went along.<\/p>\n<p>Announcing the results of the study, its senior author Michael Dufner, Professor of Personality, Psychology and Diagnostics at Witten\/Herdecke University in Germany, said: \u201cIt\u2019s worrying because it indicates that famous musicians are indeed at risk of a premature death,\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-pwLhiTvGkhbuDMsRErumS\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-pwLhiTvGkhbuDMsRErumS slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Want all the hottest music and gear news, reviews, deals, features and more, direct to your inbox? Sign up here. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Asked what today\u2019s artists should do, he said it was important to appreciate how unhealthy the touring lifestyle could be, with easily available drugs and deep isolation from close friends and family. \u201cA good measure against these could be to take a step back regularly,\u201d meet family and old friends, and \u201ccritically evaluate one\u2019s lifestyle\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2025\/nov\/25\/being-famous-singer-raises-risk-early-death-research\" target=\"_blank\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2025\/nov\/25\/being-famous-singer-raises-risk-early-death-research\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\">Guardian<\/a>, Dr Sally Anne Gross, author of the 2020 book Can Music Make You Sick? backed up the study\u2019s findings: \u201cFame, it would seem, is toxic,\u201d she said. It \u201coperates to isolate the individual\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>So what can be done to alleviate that toxicity? \u201cThere are many people working within the music industry, from music managers to music executives, who are genuinely trying to improve the working conditions and environment. However, fame presents different challenges. You can\u2019t just go to rehab to give up the habit \u2013 it is not in the control of the artist themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.musicradar.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s official: fame really does mess you up. A new study that has been published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has shown that famous singers have a 33% higher mortality risk compared with those who live outside the public eye. 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