Do I have to list all I can think of ? J. Morrison, elvis, mama cass, hendrix, belushi, c. Farley, t. Hardin janis, len bias, judy garland, jon Bonham, lenny bruce, truman capote, brian epstein, Bruce lee, keith moon, river phoenix, freddie prinze,hank williams & my man from little feat, lowell george!! And i'm sure there are many more but my mind is blank ! Think that is 20
Elvis Presley Janis Joplin Jimi Hendrix Jim Morrison - The Doors Gram Parsons - Allen-Parsons Project Hillel Slovac - Red Hot Chili Peppers Sid Vicious - Sex Pistols Brian Epstein - Manager Of The Beatles John Belushi Chris Farley Lenny Bruce Freddy Prinz Sr. Heath Ledger Ike Turner Judy Garland Robert Pastorelli Brad Renfro Marilyn Monroe Dana Plato River Phoenix Kieth Moon - The Who Anna Nichole Smith
Let's see ... Danny Gans (a performer here in Las Vegas), David Carradine, Andy Kauffman, John Belushi, Chris Farley, [I don't know about Jacko; hate to credit it to that prematurely], Freddie Prinze, Janis Ian, Anna Nicole Smith, Heath Ledger, Elvis, Jimi Hendrix, Lenny Bruce, Paul Butterfield, Toy Caldwell (Marshall Tucker Band), Ken Caminiti (former major league baseball player), Max Cantor, Truman Capote, Steve Clark, Kurt Cobain, Montgomery Clift, Tommy Dorsey, Brian Epstein, John Entwistle (The Who), Howie Epstein (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), Sigmund Freud, Andy Gibb, River Phoenix, Paul Gonsalves (Duke Ellington, Dana Plato, Margaux Hemingway, Abbie Hoffman, Howard Hughes, Bruce Lee, Marilyn Monroe, Christina Onasis, Keith Moon, Jim Morrison (The Doors), Daniel Smith (Anna Nicole Smith's son), Louie Spicolli (professional wrestler), Vinnie Taylor (ShaNaNa), Ike Turner, Sid Vicious, and Hank Williams.
We've brainstormed for a couple of hours now and are calling it quits! I don't think there's anything left in my long-term filing area! LOL!! :-)
I have no idea the actual number....but I know the number is up there. In music alone I can name Joplin, Jim Morrison, Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain, Ike Turner, Bon Scott (ACDC), Steve Clark (Def Leppard), Andy Gibb, Keith Whitley, Hank Williams Sr., Elvis and Hendrix right off the bat and I know there are a whole lot more. Then who can forget Heath Ledger, Marilyn Monroe, Anna Nicole Smith, River Phenoix, Hugh O'Connor and Bruce Lee. Chris Farley and John Belushi, And I think ironical is Sigmund Freud.
John Belushi, Elvis Presley(maybe)((not really very funny)), Andy Gibb, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Chris Farley, Janis Joplin, Norma Jean(Marilyn Monroe), Keith Ledger, Keith Whitley, Hank Williams Sr., River Phoenix, Keith Moon, Michael Jackson?, Anna Smith, Judy Garland, Sid Vicious, Ike Turner, Kurt Cobain, Brian Epstein, Lenny Bruce, Louie Spicolli, Steve Clark, Mama Cass and Brad Renfro. I would say Bruce Lee but I don't believe he died from marijuana allergies, I did add Curt Cobain though, even though I think he actually shot himself while on heroin.
There are a lot of them, and I can't remember all of them. Janis Joplin, Cass Elliott, John Belushi,Heath ledger. I think RHD pretty well nailed it. I don't know anymore than that.
Sorry nassy, too many to list, they either need a drug to wake them up, energize them or put them to sleep so they can get some rest, it can be prescription drugs or recreational drugs , it seems they don't realize a drug is a drug in any form or no matter how you acquired it, all in all it would be too much typing to list them all, they either died from the drug or because of the toll the drug use had on the body over the years ie Ray Charles......the best to you doll
SOOOO many to name..... I have decided that I dont want to be rich... If I get headache, I take Tylenol... The rich seem to skip the Tylenol and go right to the hard stuff. I can take an extra Tylenol occasionally if needed.... But when you're rich... Seems an extra will kill you... No thanks... I'd rather be poor and alive.
I was going to google this and give a whole big long list but then i thought of something else how many have died because of of others giving them drugs/helping them get into the habit in the first place...then we would have to list all the doctors and nurses that went against their oath to do no harm...i was watching today's news about michael jackson actually calling up his fulltime nurse and begging to be given a drug that had the potential for causing instant death in order to just get 8 hours of sleep..it amazes me when potential big money can be made from a patient ethics go out the window...i especially like(dislike) managers/people surrounding stars of any kind that help them down the path to destruction(borrowing from were on the eve of destruction)...you would think the people around these stars would do everything in their power to protect their friend/boss/meal ticket so to speak..to me it is amazing that no one around these stars are blamed/sent to prison for assisting in their deaths by supplying them with these drugs/narcotics/poisons...so many many stars lost to a river of drugs flowing behind the scenes..i just searched for a list on celebs that have died from drugs and there are thousands upon thousands that have died from drugs and drug interactions(alchohol)...en.wikipedia.org
Jeepers, I can't remember them all in one sitting, but most are listed by everyone on here. We all have pressures to deal with in life, but those in the public eye, those that entertain us for a living, those are the ones who have pressures we just can't imagine. It's never ok, no matter what your pressures are, to choose this avenue to deal with those pressures, but that said, it seems a great deal of entertainers still choose drugs to cope. And we (me included) just cheer them on and cry when they're gone and act shocked when the tox results show drugs.
I could name dozens, but I choose to not to because I want nothing to do with idiots who kill themselves with overdoses of illegal drugs all in the name of getting high.
