Jack White: I Escaped Rock'n'roll Year Of Death

Date: 17 Jul 2003 10:20:23 -0700
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White: I Escaped Rock'n'roll Year Of Death
July 17, 2003
White Stripes rocker Jack White is surprised he escaped with just a
badly broken finger after his car crash last week because age 27 is
the "year of the rock'n'roll death".
The star, who celebrates his 28th birthday in September, collided with
another vehicle whilst driving with his Hollywood star girlfriend
Renee Zellweger in his home city of Detroit, Michigan and has had to
cancel several live gigs because of the injury to his guitar playing
finger.
But White happily describes the incident as a "warning", noting that
fellow rockers Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison all died
aged 27.
He says on his website, "I broke my finger, three breaks, car wreck,
horrible left turn in front of me, no chance of escape, air bag, the
air near my fingers, devil in my left hand, doctors say no way, lot's
of pain, typing with one finger, made it through year of rock n' roll
death, got off with just a warning.
"Apologies to those wishing to see my hand live, soon enough I'm
sure."