An SNL death I didn't expect .. Jan Hooks (13 Viewers)

[DCSaints_Fan]

I'm not sure that's accurate

Off the top of my head, all causes (including cancer, which is often a black swan event, but thats what Hooks died of so fair game I guess), and actors/actresses under 60 (Hooks was 57) I can think of (not including those who SNL regulars):
River Phoenix
Corey Haim
John Candy
Heath Ledger
Paul Walker
Chad Boseman
Michael Williams (Omar on the Wire)
Robert Chew (Prop Joe on the Wire)
Anne Heche

And thats just the actors, the music biz and artists would add alot more

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

Not sure what prompted this bump, but the only thing I thought was missing from the SNL 50 show was an 'In Memoriam" segment. Sandler's song and the old Belushi short were the closest things to it.

 

[guidomerkinsrules]

Off the top of my head, all causes (including cancer, which is often a black swan event, but thats what Hooks died of so fair game I guess), and actors/actresses under 60 (Hooks was 57) I can think of (not including those who SNL regulars):
River Phoenix
Corey Haim
John Candy
Heath Ledger
Paul Walker
Chad Boseman
Michael Williams (Omar on the Wire)
Robert Chew (Prop Joe on the Wire)
Anne Heche

And thats just the actors, the music biz and artists would add alot more

and that's significantly more (or even just more) than athletes who died young
or teachers or librarians or insurance salespersons or nurses...?

 

[Madmarsha]

Not sure what prompted this bump, but the only thing I thought was missing from the SNL 50 show was an 'In Memoriam" segment. Sandler's song and the old Belushi short were the closest things to it.

What prompted it? I can tell you exactly. I went looking for a clip of the skit where she says "I.am.a.barfly" and ended up on an SNL deep dive that you are sometimes required to do and rediscovered that I had completely forgotten that Jan Hooks had died in 2014. I also found out that other people think of the way she said that exact line and not just me. It's amazing to me that someone who attacked characters the way she did (Tammy Faye Bakker, Candy Sweeney, Nancy Reagan, Bette Davis, etc) had severe stage fright.

 

[DCSaints_Fan]

and that's significantly more (or even just more) than athletes who died young
or teachers or librarians or insurance salespersons or nurses...?

NFL players have about average life expectancy last I checked

I don't know about Hollywood actors/actresses

I guess the point is anecdotes aren't data. There's been hundreds of SNL cast members. In a big enough population, you'll find examples of life spans well below average

 

[Mr. Sparkle]

NFL players have above average life expectancy

I don't know about Hollywood actors/actresses

I guess the point is anecdotes aren't data. There's been hundreds of SNL cast members. In a big enough population, you'll find examples of life spans well below average

There's a cluster of super-famous showbiz deaths at age 27.

Jim Morrison
Brian Jones
Amy Winehouse
Kurt Cobain
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Pigpen McKernan
Basquiat


Just a weird statistical anomaly.

 

[Madmarsha]

There's a cluster of super-famous showbiz deaths at age 27.

Jim Morrison
Brian Jones
Amy Winehouse
Kurt Cobain
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Pigpen McKernan
Basquiat


Just a weird statistical anomaly.

Gram Parsons (just shy of his 27th)

 

[sfidc3]

NFL players have about average life expectancy last I checked

Then you haven't checked very well, life expectancy for NFL players is 59.6 (and it very much varies by position), compared to all US men at 77. So nearly 20 years shorter life.....there is absolutely no mystery why.....

 

[DCSaints_Fan]

Then you haven't checked very well, life expectancy for NFL players is 59.6 (and it very much varies by position), compared to all US men at 77. So nearly 20 years shorter life.....there is absolutely no mystery why.....

I've been googling and that numbers like that seems to come up quite a bit. But I don't know where they are getting that number. Its possible are only including players of the younger generation (lets say the ones who played in the 80s/90s) who have already died. But this is a very flawed methodology because it doesnt' include the players who HAVEN'T died yet.

I really wish I had access to raw data but its hard to come by. But we can maybe get a good idea by looking at a small sample size. Here's the 1957 Cleveland Browns roster (don't know why I picked that, maybe because it was Jim Browns rookie year)all of whom are now dead, and their age when they died, rounded to the nearest year. According to pro-football-reference.com

Joe Amstutz 86
John Borton 69
Pete Brewster 89
Jim Brown 87
Milt Campbell 79
Lew Carpenter 79
Preston Carpenter 77
Tom Catlin 77
Frank Clarke 85
Don Colo 95
Galen Fiss 75
Len Ford 46
Herschel Forester 88
Bobby Freeman 71
Bob Gain 87
Lou Groza 77
Chet Hanulak 89
Art Hunter 77
Henry Jordan 42
Ken Konz 79
Warren Lahr 45
Mike McCormack 83
Walt Michaels 90
Ed Modzelewski 86
Chuck Noll 82
Tommy O'Connell 83
Don Paul 75
Milt Plum 90
Bill Quinlan 83
Ray Renfro 68
Billy Reynolds 71
Fred Robinson 94
Stan Sheriff 61
Jim Ray Smith 93
Paul Wiggin 90
Junior Wren 74

The mean is 78.4, which is actually higher than the US average (for males) of 77.4

 

[zeetes]

Not sure what prompted this bump, but the only thing I thought was missing from the SNL 50 show was an 'In Memoriam" segment. Sandler's song and the old Belushi short were the closest things to it.

honestly, i don't know either.