Died June 8, 2018, age 61, by hanging himself Was a celebrity chef, travel show host, and New York Times bestselling author. I wake up every morning and ask how long the success is going to last. Actors and Celebrities Who Committed Suicide. Morecambe admitted: "I'm one of those people who feel tense all the time. "I'm sure Eric would go home and would still be thinking, 'Well I hope that sketch is all right'." "Eric was the worry-guts type," said John Ammonds who produced the shows. Much-loved Eric Morecambe worried about maintaining his high standards, particularly in relation to the famous Morecambe and Wise Christmas specials. "The futility of my life and of every sort of activity is overwhelming," he wrote in his diary. Cook became an alcoholic and would drink heavily before going on stage while Moore struggled with depression for many years and spent a fortune on psychotherapy. Peter Cook and Dudley Moore took the comedy world by storm in the 1960s but found the pressures too much. I don't know who or what I am so I will not be able to help you. Sellers himself once bizarrely claimed: "If you ask me to play myself I will not know what to do. He was like a playground bully - he enjoyed making you cry." "And once his temper had gone he would delight in upsetting as many people as possible. "He would just go," said his son Michael. He was frequently depressed and had violent mood swings. The pain is too much," Milligan once admitted.įellow Goon Peter Sellers also had his inner demons. "He'd had a bad war." (Milligan suffered shellshock.) "I have got so low that I have asked to be hospitalised and for deep narcosis (sleep). Spike Milligan, an original member of The Goons and widely regarded as a comic genius, was a manic depressive and had several nervous breakdowns. Comedy is a marvellous world but it's so dangerous. If the next one doesn't either you begin to panic. You tell one joke - it doesn't get a good reaction. "As a comic you're out there on your own with the solo spotlight on you. "Comedy can be very frightening," says 90-year-old Jimmy Perry, a former comedy actor and creator of Britain's most enduring sitcom Dad's Army. Many of our greatest comics have struggled with the pressure of trying to make us laugh and many have battled with depression and other mental illnesses. Like Jack Benny in the US, Hancock was the most. "It was quite lonely and I was struggling." Forty-four years ago in June, British comedian Tony Hancock committed suicide. "I think it got to a point a year ago possibly when it was all a bit too much," she said. The popular comedian and television star admitted she found it tough at the top. But as Miranda Hart revealed in an interview on Desert Island Discs it hasn't all been plain sailing. Other famous comics who committed suicide include Tony Hancock, Richard Jeni, and Max Linder.Īre you surprised that so many comic actors have committed suicide? Take a look at this list and get in on the conversation in the comments section.She is the woman who has made millions of Britons laugh with her old-fashioned slapstick humour and gawky charm. He had had a history of depression, and was going through a divorce at the time of his death. In 1977, at the age of 22, Freddie Prinze committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. The comedian had suffered from depression throughout much of his adult life. Who are some of the famous comedians who committed suicide? In 2014, Robin Williams committed suicide by hanging at the age of 63. The unexpected deaths of these notable stand ups have led to increased awareness of the seriousness of mental illness, at a terrible price. Many of these comedians who killed themselves did so after suffering from depression for many years. Sometimes a quick joke hides a heavy heart. Sadly, there have been several notable comedian suicides that have shocked the world.
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