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.
She also wrote diary entries that sound like poetry when you read it. It also shows the struggles of her mind, her intellect, and loneliness. However, the entries in the last few days or weeks of her life were destroyed by her husband Ted Hughs. He burned them, and refused to reveal what was in them.
That’s okay—we can guess…