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Good Actors Who Were Alcoholics?

posted 4 years ago by BillHicksFan (10564)
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Richard Burton

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

spencer tracey

[–] BillHicksFan (10564) 4 years ago

You know, a lot of the names mentioned, especially yours, never showed that side of them on "real" TV.

[–] PaladinNJ (21510) 4 years ago

I thought he was a teetotaler.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

As he entered his sixties, years of drinking, smoking, taking pills, and being overweight left Tracy in poor health. On July 21, 1963, he was hospitalized after a severe attack of breathlessness.[239] Doctors found that he was suffering from pulmonary edema, where fluid accumulates in the lungs due to an inability of the heart to pump properly.

[–] ThatDogIsALiar (250) 4 years ago

Amy Winehouse. I mean she even has wine in her last name. And house, as if she lived inside the bottle.