Throughout my life, one of the meaningless fleeting thoughts that occasionally crosses my mind is 'how old am I vs. how old was *such and such a celebrity* when s/he died?'
- Sid Vicious (21)
- Buddy Holly (22)
- River Phoenix (23)
- James Dean (24) [Did you know Lee Harvey Oswald was also only 24 when he died? I didn't]
- Randy Rhoads (25), ex-Ozzy, Quiet Riot guitarist
- Otis Redding (26)
- There is that group of "27s" (Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, blues guitarist Robert Johnson, Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones, Pigpen from Grateful Dead, Hole bassist Kristen Pfaff, and newest member Amy Winehouse)
- Brandon Lee, star of "The Crow", son of Bruce lee, Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon, Heath Ledger (28)
- T-Rex frontman Marc Bolan (29)
- Def Lep guitarist Steve Clark (30)
- Rapper Eazy-E (31)
- Flo Ballard (Supremes), Keith Moon (The Who), Karen Carpenter, Keith Moon, Cass Elliott (Mamas & Papas), Led Zep drummer John Bonham, Brittany Murphy -- all 32
- AC/DC's Bon Scott, John Belushi, Sam Cooke, Chris Farley, and ...uh Jesus (33)
- Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley, Jayne Mansfield, "Facts of Life" actress Dana Plato (34)
- Stevie Ray Vaughn (saw his last concert, BTW), Wu Tang Clan's Ol' Dirty Bastard, Andy Kaufman, Mozart (35)
- Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott, Bob Marley, Marilyn Monroe, Princess Di (36)
- Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC, Michael Hutchence, Bobby Darin, astronaut Christa McAuliffe (37)
- Toto's Jeff Pocaro, JFK Jr, Harry Chapin, "Dimebag" Darrell, track star Florence Griffith Joyner, Corey Haim (38)
- MLK, Malcom X (39)
- Edgar Allen Poe, John Lennon, "Rock Me Amadeus" singer Falco -- did you know he was dead? -- (40)
- Jane Austen, Paula Yates (TV presenter, ex of Michael Hutchence, Bob Geldof), model Margaux Hemmingway (41)
That was a really long and pointless build up to the fact that as of today, I will be 42 years, 7 months, 9 months: The age to the day when Elvis Presley died.
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