Heath Ledger tragedy: Are we in another epidemic of star deaths by overdose?
Yes overdose deaths recently started to show an alarming add to what could become an epidemic? The most recent was "Brokeback Mountain" star Heath Ledger, a few days after Brad Renfro in "The Client" has died. Ike Turner, but much higher than in younger men, and after a career record of drug abuse, died last month of it, inevitably previous causes.
years past, pin-up and TV star Anna Nicole Smith died in a state of mental anguish and physical medicine for a month after his teenage son, Daniel, died. Toxocology on victims showed he had consumed every eight or nine types of drugs, legal or otherwise, at the time of these tragedies will continue deaths.
hit the world of entertainment, are just the beginning of an epidemic like platoons artists seem to be on the march lemming-like into the abyss the same? Like many owners, must be read before the tragedy to go to those already made and police records criminal has continued for rehabilitation? Or some new teen idol who falls into the bottomless pit of the same drugs and alcohol?
recent titles to make arrests, car accidents, in and out of rehabilitation and other problems are well known to the show as Kelly Osbourne, Amy Winehouse, Kate Bosworth, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears, Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan, Kiefer Sutherland, Mel Gibson, Robert Downey, Jr., Rebecca DeMornay and dozens of others in terms of quality, rock, rap and pop stars.
jail time in addition to the rehabilitation of shelters, many have already served, even if, like the stars with legal represenation expensive, most received only a slap-in-the-wrist sentences for several days or weeks. It is doubtful that the prison or any other problems with the law will force them to change their lifestyle inflated ego, income in excess and self-determination destruction.
Decades ago, the headlines sounded the tragedies of Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin, Mama Cass, Jimi Hendrix, Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Sid Vicious, River Phoenix, John Belushi, John Candy and many others.
us in the direction of another age, to coincide with those too young and too many people outside of entertainment stars such as controlling of earlier generations has died long before their time because of their inability to prevent the abuse drugs and alcohol?
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