I can't say for sure one way or the other, but you don't say how complete this list is. Plus there are only 5 from 1911 to 2006 and they all died before age 60. Seems like there's something else at work here, something inherited perhaps. > [Original Message] > From: Paul Stone <pas@xxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 10/18/2006 10:09:56 AM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Writing while drinking > > At 04:21 AM 10/18/2006, you wrote: > > > > > Somebody did a study a few years ago on [symphony] conductors and > > > concluded that they suffer WAAAAAAAAAAAY more heart failure and > > > sudden death while performing than any other job. A lot of them have > > > died in public while 'performing'. > > > >This might be because they keep performing up until their eighties or > >nineties or even beyond. > > That could account for some of the older ones, but: > > Felix Mottl (died 2 July 1911) aged 55 > Eduard van Beinum (died 13 April 1959) Aged 58 > Joseph Keilberth (died 20 July 1968) aged 60 > Carl Barnett (died 23 April 1974) aged 59 > Giuseppe Sinopoli (died 20 April 2001) aged 54 > > were all heart failures due to things other than old age. And these are > just the ones who died ON the stage. > > p > > ########## > Paul Stone > pas@xxxxxxxx > Kingsville, ON, Canada > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html