So the bad news is that Blue Oyster Cult is way off in their estimation of the death rate. Four all beef patties, four slices of bacon, a butterflied 100 all beef wiener, two slices of cheddar, a fried egg. T-shirts, posters, stickers, home decor, and more, designed and sold by independent. At the time "Don't Fear the Reaper" was released, the world population 4.1 billion, with a death rate 12.5/1000, which comes out to 140,000 per day. High quality Dont Fear The Reaper-inspired gifts and merchandise.
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To be fair to Blue Oyster Cult, I found the death rate from 1976 (with the help of my friend Stephen McNeil). Fear the Reaper: how content moderation rules are enforced on social media. Of course, those are the current numbers. Which makes the "daily death rate" roughly 149,000. Gus released it on the album Scream - Music from. Bruce Dickinson - yes, THE Bruce Dickinson - would be impressed.īoing Boing really explored the space, and it seems Reaper songwriter Donald "Buck Dharma" Roeser way understated the number of people who die each day in the lyric "another 40,000 coming every day":Īccording to the World Health Organization, around 54.5 million people die annually. Dont Fear the Reaper by Gus was written by Buck Dharma and was first released by Blue yster Cult in 1976. It's taken 38 years, but somebody has finally fact-checked Blue Oyster Cult's 1976 hard-rock hit (Don't Fear)The Reaper.