Yes, this is crass and insensitive, but it's also a fact of life. People die. People who have lived hard die younger (except for Keith Richards).

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I found this web site called "I Hope I Die Before I Get Hold". The site gives you the Top 100 ages of the oldest of the stars. It also does a pretty dang fine job of birthdays if you want to be more positive.

So the answer to the question, "Which Rock Star Will Cash It In Next?" is actually "who knows?".  After reviewing their Top 100, very few are "Rock Stars" and most are actually stars from another era (Why is Doris Day on this list?). Let me shorthand some of this for you. Of the names you've heard of, Chuck Berry is 89, Fats Domino is 87, Little Richard is 83 (are you starting to get a feel for this?).  Yoko Ono and Willie Nelson are 82.  Probably the biggest name in terms of somewhat modern day rock, would be Bill Wyman of the Rolling Stones at 79.

So in reality, there's still a ton of the stars of the 50's and 60's around, we just had a few of the 70's (Bowie & Frey) die young.  Even then, your favorite Rock Star's are getting older. Checking out a few other random 70's rock stars,  Paul Stanley of KISS turned 64 today,  Steve Perry of Journey is 66 and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull is 68. Looking at the 80's, Vince Neil is 54, Eddie Van Halen turns 61 this month.  Looking at the 90's Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam is 51 and James Hetfield of Metallica is 52.  Now looking at more current people, Corey Taylor of Slipknot has hit 42.  Compare all this to that young lady Lzzy Hale who is 32 or Ollie Sykes of Bring Me The Horizon who's 29.

Let's just hope, as a popular meme says, that the Grim Reaper takes a break from Rock Stars and starts looking at politicians instead.

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