Statistics for Musicians Who Died Young

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Age	Time and Place	How	Song	Musician	% Correct
27	2011, London	Alcohol poisoning	Rehab	Amy Winehouse	89%
45	1991, London	AIDS complications	Bohemian Rhapsody	Freddie Mercury	89%
40	1980, New York	Shot by Mark David Chapman	Imagine	John Lennon	86%
42	1977, Memphis	Heart attack	Hound Dog	Elvis Presley	82%
25	1996, Las Vegas	Drive-by shooting	California Love	Tupac Shakur	80%
27	1994, Seattle	Suicide	Heart-Shaped Box	Kurt Cobain	79%
27	1970, London	Asphyxiation after taking sleeping pills	Purple Haze	Jimi Hendrix	65%
24	1997, Los Angeles	Drive-by shooting	Ready to Die	The Notorious B.I.G.	61%
44	1984, Los Angeles	Shot by father	Sexual Healing	Marvin Gaye	56%
35	1791, Vienna	Fever	Requiem	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	53%
22	1959, Iowa	Plane crash	Peggy Sue	Buddy Holly	49%
27	1970, Los Angeles	Heroin overdose	Piece of My Heart	Janis Joplin	44%
27	1971, Paris	Probable heroin overdose	The End	Jim Morrison	44%
21	1979, London	Heroin overdose, possibly murder	Anarchy in the U.K.	Sid Vicious	39%
17	1959, Iowa	Plane crash	La Bamba	Ritchie Valens	34%
23	1995, Texas	Shot by fan club president	Amor Prohibido	Selena	33%
28	1959, Iowa	Plane crash	Chantilly Lace	The Big Bopper	28%
35	1990, Wisconsin	Helicopter crash	Texas Flood	Stevie Ray Vaughan	20%
33	1980, London	Alcohol poisoning	Let There be Rock	Bon Scott	18%
29	1953, West Virginia	Drug and alcohol complications	Your Cheatin' Heart	Hank Williams	18%
26	1967, Wisconsin	Plane crash	Respect	Otis Redding	17%