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.
the way sp has been dehumanized and reduced to her death is astoundingly sad. i’m working my way through a deep dive on her, reading red comet alongside her complete journals and other works, and ive already learned so much about her psyche and circumstances - she was brilliant, ambitious, loving, felt so deeply and articulated that pain in such a unique, revolutionary and everlasting way