Legendary musician Prince was found dead today at his home in suburban Minneapolis at age 57.
The circumstances of his death aren't currently known, but famous musicians have a tendency to die young.
Music fans and researchers ruefully note the existence of the "27 club," which includes famous artists - Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse, Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix among them - who met tragic early deaths at that age.
![Kurt Cobain tragically died in 1994.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/Z7AMGE7LKMYSDCN7QAXMMZ3V4A.jpg?auth=c6a56138db4d9956eb7d9486a9e2590742ee3c4b54771b212d33981c86748dac&width=16&height=11&quality=70&smart=true)
But research published at The Conversation by Dianna Theadora Kenny, a professor of psychology and music at the University of Sydney, finds that the 27 club is largely a myth.