Celebrities
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Nick Adams (1931-1968)
In 1968 and at the age of 36, actor Nick Adams joined the ranks of celebrities to face early death. Though his work didn't foster the same legacy as his dear friends Elvis Presley and James Dean, he too died from drug overdose. He played a rebel, he was a rebel and he died a rebel.
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Billie Holiday (1915-1959)
Born Eleanora Fagan in Philadelphia in 1915, the chips were stacked against her from the very start and never really gave her a break. Alcohol and drugs plagued every moment of her life. Somehow, despite the continuous knocks life dealt her, she managed to become one of the world’s most revered blues singers.