Hoffman's Death a Reminder to Value Skill of Great Artists in Life

Hoffman's death a reminder to value skill of great artists in life
It is why his death, apparently in the grip of drug addiction, is so sad. However. … When someone is robbed of us so young – think James Dean, Kurt Cobain, now Hoffman, we allow the tragedy to perhaps give us a somewhat skewed view of their talent. Read more on Yorkshire Post

Miley Cyrus: I'm proud because I quit smoking cigarettes
While Miley downplayed the incident, her father (singer Billy Ray Cyrus) expressed concern that Miley could end up like the tragic stars Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain and Anna Nicole Smith, all of whom suffered years of drug addiction and died young. Read more on Examiner.com

William S. Burroughs And Lawrence, Kansas: Linked Inexorably
Burroughs was openly gay, and wrestled with heroin addiction much of his life. He lived … It would be hard to develop a complete list, but Patti Smith, Laurie Anderson, Jello Biafra, Norman Mailer, and Kurt Cobain, came to visit Burroughs. “I spent a … Read more on KCUR