Fatty ArbuckleBad behavior: His movie career was cut short after a little scandal: alleged rape with a wine bottle and a dead showgirl.
End game: Heart attack at age 46.
Richard PryorBad behavior: Lit himself on fire freebasing cocaine while ill-advisedly drinking rum in 1980.
End game: Heart attack due to multiple sclerosis in 2005.
Lenny BruceBad behavior: His notorious drug use and profanity got him banned from almost every nightclub in America.
End game: Overdosed on heroin in 1966.
John BelushiBad behavior: The
SNL star lived the debauched real-life existence of
Animal House’s Bluto.
End game: A fatal cocaine-and-heroin speedball in 1980.
Chris FarleyBad behavior: Appetites ran toward excessive amounts of food, booze, and drugs. David Spade movies didn’t help.
End game: Massive overdose in 1997.
Mitch HedbergBad behavior: The deadpan cult comic hid his demons of drug addiction from friends and family.
End game: A heroin overdose in 2005.
