I’ve seen people talk about actors and artists that had a terrible time.
My own would be Anne Rice. She wrote Interview with the Vampire after her young daughter died of Leukemia. Then her husband suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage. I suspect her Christian, anti-fanfic phase was a result of mental illness and manipulation from the publishers, although I don’t think she ever apologized.
Iain M Banks. Died in his 50s from pancreatic cancer, at the top of his game.
I’m also selfishly sad that we’ll never get any more culture novels.
Yeah that one hurt. Feel bad for him but I also feel bad for all his fans.
Feel bad for Roger Zelazny and his kids too.
I miss him
The only author who should write sequels is an AI 10 years from now.
I miss his books immensely.
Nothing has managed to completely fill the void the culture novels left (after reading them 5+ times)