I had a late night last night and woke up today feeling very morbid, fragile and very mortal. I also felt as though I hadn't written a damn word and after knocking off a review of the dreaded Cinderella (no, not the Hair Metal boys 2 Middle Aged men though they are fairly dreaded in their own right) I snoozed at my desk when I should have been working and searched pix of Amadeus Mozart when I should've been either writing or working (or, God knows, sleeping).
Which got me to thinking about dead rock stars and how old they were when they croaked so folks, here we go:
Aaliyah – 22
Amadeus Mozart – 35
Amy Winehouse – 26
Big Bopper – 28
Big L – 24
Biggie Smalls – 24
Bobby Fuller – 23
Brian Jones – 27
Buddy Holly – 21
Curtis Mayfield – 57
Darby Crash – 22
Dean Martin – 78
Eddie Cochran – 21
Elvis Presley – 42
Hank Williams – 29
Ian Curtis – 23
Jackie Wilson – 49
James Brown – 73
Johnny Cash – 71
Judy Garland – 47
Kurt Cobain – 26
Liberace – 67
Mama Cass – 32
Marvin Gaye – 44
Michael Jackson – 50
Ricky Nelson – 45
Roy Orbinson – 52
Sid Vicious – 22
Stevie Ray Vaughn – 35