# Dying Young (not the movie)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-young-not-the-movie/76645>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 16, 2001, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-young-not-the-movie/76645 "2001-08-16T21:57:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
**Page:** 2

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**Author:** ![liza\_217](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@liza\_217](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liza_217)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-young-not-the-movie/76645/21 "2001-08-20T02:34:42Z")

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Johnny Thunders (New York Dolls, J.T. and the Heartbreakers)  
age 39 -drug O.D.

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**Author:** ![Nocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9fc348/32.png) [@Nocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nocturne)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-young-not-the-movie/76645/22 "2001-08-20T05:32:24Z")

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Michael Hutchence of INXS, age 37 I think. Auto-erotic asphyxiation gone horribly wrong (and no, I’m not being funny).

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**Author:** ![muffinman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@muffinman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muffinman)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2001, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dying-young-not-the-movie/76645/23 "2001-08-20T07:09:54Z")

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How about Kid Rock’s Midget?

Joe C.

Died at age 26 in 2000

Freaky huh?

I thought he was more like 6

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