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Originally Posted by HejiraNYC
In death, I am distraught- not because I will miss him or his music. I just find it sad that he was a truly damaged person who, despite having so much wealth, fame and talent, just could not escape his own demons in the end.
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Does wealth, fame, & talent really ever help anyone escape their demons? I think they probably helped create them, in his case. He had a terrible childhood by all accounts, and was apparently surrounded by leeches and sycophants as an adult, who I'm sure had a vested interest in his increasingly loose grip on reality. It's incredibly sad, but not entirely surprising that this happened.
It's interesting to me that what people are remembering is his musical talent, and not so much his grotesque personal life; I think it's unfortunate that it took him dying for that to happen, tho. And I say that as someone who was never a fan of his music.