That's being a bit harsh but what is it with these rich successful rock stars and suicide and drugs?

I'm sure Dane knows a lot more about this than I do, but it seems to me that it's not the "normal" people who do extraordinary things.

Good point but lets not act like every rock star is offing themselves after getting high on drugs I'd still say they are the minority.

No shit and we still get stuck you.... The Brooklyn Brawler

I don't know why you idiots don't realize that if you hate my posts so much you can always PUT ME ON IGNORE...

You're welcome.

Nah, that's not really true.

Look at a guy like John Williams, the most successful film composer of all time. The guy is 85 years old and still cranking out music. He's never had substance abuse problems.

Actually, the overwhelming majority of successful artists don't have substance abuse problems but those who do/did/had generally came from a "scene", like Seattle, in which heroin was the drug du jour and claimed the lives of many from that scene (Andrew Wood, Layne Staley and more).

There are thousands of orchestral musicians in symphonies across Europe (and some in the States) that absolutely phenomenal that don't have substance abuse problems.

In this case, she was sexually abused, dealt with bipolar disease and anorexia and had previously tried to commit suicide.

Have some modicum of talent and suicide are mutually exclusive.

I find reading your post does wonders for my self esteem.

Well it shouldn't you are still going to wake up and be the same person tomorrow. It must suck.

RIP to a great talent. Some demons can't be slayed all alone.

Uh... You don't hear about all the musicians who never kill themselves because they don't make the news by killing themselves.