Judy Garland (1922-1969)
Have you ever seen a photograph of Judy Garland at the end of her life? If you know her only as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, you might see that later photograph and think, "Hey, that's nice... a child star who had an impressive career and lived to a ripe old age." That is, If you consider 47 ripe and old.
Read more ... Kurt Cobain (1967-1994)
Oh poor Courtney Love... style icon, inspiration to musical gods, junkie, and murderer? It's been 20 years since Kurt Cobain's untimely death, but a new documentary is bringing to light old allegations.
Read more ... Preakness Stakes-winning jockey Kent Desormeaux has gone to alcohol rehabilitation in Utah. Sources say he will return in time to ride Exaggerator in the Belmont Stakes Saturday June 11. "It was time to take a sober look at my life and take this step," Desormeaux said in a brief statement issued through his agent J.R. Pegram. Hmmm... jockey... alcohol.. somewhere in here there is a short snort joke.
Read more ... Shocking Not-so Shocking Drug Abuse by Kelly Osbourne
The wild child of the legendary Black Sabbath singer and a long term drug addict, Ozzy Osbourne, has admitted the fact that she had downed 50 painkillers a day in a shocking height of drug addiction that almost took away her life.
Read more ... Ray Rice's fiance may be a knock-out. But the star NFL football player turned the tables by decking the poor woman in an elevator.
Read more ... WWE Hall of Famer Tammy Sytch -- aka "Sunny" -- has been released from prison and is currently on her way back to a rehab center ... TMZ Sports has learned. The 44-year-old wrestling legend was locked up back in September for violating her probation stemming from a DUI case.
Read more ... On May 6, 2015 Mavericks High School Principal Krista Morton (45) was arrested in Palm Springs, Florida after being caught by police in a parked marijuana-filled car, partially unclothed with a student from her school. Our question: if a teacher gets it on with a student, he gets high fives from his buddies all the way down the hall. But wow... making it with a principal... what does that get him? Arrested!
Read more ... Robin Williams (1951-2014)
Decades ago, when Robin Williams was just starting to become famous with his madcap, stream-of-consciousness performances on “Mork and Mindy,” one would have made a good bet that he would eventually kill himself through substance abuse. It can be safely said that many of his comedic performances occurred while he was high on cocaine. However, Williams’ recent death by suicide was not directly related to his substance abuse problems.
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