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.
I remember he was at an anime convention one year in 2006-2011ish (Otakon) when they were showing The Last Unicorn.
He was at a booth in the dealers room all by himself, so I went over and picked up a book of his short stories to get signed. He ended up talking to me for about five minutes, mostly about a friend of his who wasn’t doing so well…
Looking back at it after learning about that shady guy, I feel so bad he left that nice old man all by himself,. probably for hour, at that convention booth!
Peter has a new book coming out, you should check it out!