85. "It's hard to wrap one's head around all the music artists...." In response to In response to 0
But i read a pretty convincing argument that 2016 really isn't an anomaly in the amount of famous musician deaths. It has to do with our popular tastes taking root in the 60's. In short....just about every year going forward is going to be similar....this is just the beginning of a wave of pop music deaths. Just think about how many beloved musicians we grew up with that are in their 70's now. It's just that most artists from the 50's didn't feel as connected to our generation as those from the 60's. So you have a steady toll of 60's and 70's musicians who are nearing more or less 'natural' ends and add in a few premature ones (which happen all the time anyways). Even the premature ones...we're talking about people in their 50's and 60's. Shit happens as you get old.