Talented and yet, as the article discusses, crippled by severe alcoholism for the “last two decades” of his life. The last years of his life sound utterly miserable. From his miserable childhood onward, this man had a lot of ups and downs in life.
“Talented and yet, as the article discusses, crippled by severe alcoholism for the “last two decades” of his life. The last years of his life sound utterly miserable. From his miserable childhood onward, this man had a lot of ups and downs in life.”
And a lot of entertainers have problems, eventually get clean and sober, and stay that way.
Those with 20+ years clean and sober (reported-by good sources) include Eric Clapton, Elton John, Alice Cooper, Ringo Starr, Anthony Hopkins, Craig Ferguson, Paul Williams, ...and many, many more.