20 Worst Junkies in Hollywood History

[@thiefluton7877]

Robin Williams died during a mental episode while fighting Lewy Body Dementia.

[@denisekinzle1672]

I was sorry to see him there.

[@cathygiuliana9089]

Me too Denice!😔

[@Jane-Roe1126]

@@cathygiuliana9089 but they were telling the truth.

[@suefranklin8177]

☹

[@sandywagner9154]

I agree, the background music is distracting.

[@DavidGilmore-q9d]

The music is a terrible distraction

[@RandyMauck]

Life sucks don't it

[@freedmm3122]

The music is horrible ! Leave it off! Pleeese

[@Mozza-g2m]

I completely agree!!! It sounds like 40s musical, it's making me want to pick up a bottle again. Yes, I'm an alcoholic and substance user. I totally understand what all these people went through, and in some cases, they are still going through . ACDC wrote a song called Highway to Hell. Addiction is Hell, and the road to perdition, having an addictive personality disorder, is Hell

[@VictoriaStrittmater]

Completely inappropriate.

[@aldito7586]

Just looked at the very first picture. Did not watch the video. I'll take your word for it...

[@JustinBray-rr7re]

THIS VOICE ALSO NEEDS SOME .... WORK

[@VickieOrtiz-z4o]

Robert Downey Jrs face came up with David Bowie name. WTH

[@TheDarkDutchman]

Yeah, at 6:49 that was hilarious...🤣

[@WendyCoy-f2v]

I laughed 😂

[@carlocadona9635]

A real goof !!! They don’t even look anything alike.

[@dottiesullivan6410]

It’s cause they don’t care a rats ass about the people that they’re down playing they’re just trying to make a buck

[@Ron4885]

🤣🤣 😉

[@bordercollie1140]

I despise the word junkie, I think addict is a lot more apt.

[@Bugsy-3468]

Same thing. Back in the day it was junkie.

[@bordercollie1140]

@Bugsy-3468 It's not the same thing and I'm speaking from experience. I bet if you knew someone who was black you wouldn't call them the n word just because it was the same thing back in the day.

[@sallycockerline9637]

Junkie is a word that should be despised; addiction is a terrible thing but calling another name will not diminish what it is. Calling it something else doesn't make it any less repulsive.

[@Bugsy-3468]

@ addiction is a terrible thing. I have fed my share of addicts, my girlfriend’s sister has been a junkie for 20 years. However you say it, it’s the same thing.

[@bordercollie1140]

@@Bugsy-3468 What do you do, just constantly feed addicts? It must be hard going from house to house 24/7 feeding all these addicts? My cousin's girlfriend's roommate's father's best friend's niece's Grandfather is on fentanyl is strung out too. There's 24 of us who take turns everyday for an hour feeding him, poor bastard hasn't even a second of the day to himself to even shoot up, he's been clean for over 20 years since myself and the rest of the Nobel peace committee started being Martyrs to him. It's hard for me personally because my hour is from 4-5a.m. and there's no rotation so I've got to get out of bed at 2a.m. every morning and drive 50 miles there and back, so it's time to go to work again I get home and start work at a needle exchange center where I work as a Drug's Counsellor until 5 and then it's straight home to bed 'cos I gotta get up again at 2 to feed that old junkie bastard again. It's rough my friend, when you gotta wipe your ass with sand paper.

[@simonmaverick9201]

I thought drug addiction was serious until I watched this video - the upbeat music sets the tone well.

[@kellyannpage1469]

Yes the music is annoying. Bye bye

[@andifisaytoyoutomorrow0]

Don't forget to include one of the slower yet equally devastating drugs, nicotine. I've battled it for 45 years.

[@caroleckstein3541]

@@andifisaytoyoutomorrow0 Luckily I overcame it 20 years ago and the thought of ever inhaling it again makes me nauseous as it should do.

[@davidbradley5969]

47 years for me. Although, this year I am going to make an genuine effort to quit.

[@carlhaldeman420]

Your success will be determined by the strength of your decision. The longer you go without, the easier it gets. ​@@davidbradley5969

[@roseykimmins7523]

Yea big band music doesn’t go with people dying from pills, overdoses, etc .

[@karinmoore3112]

I beg to differ. Too many big band greats succumbed to self medication.

[@karinmoore3112]

I do not even agree with disrespectful NAME OF THIS VIDEO. Junkies. Hollywood Junkies 😡

[@Ginger-s1z]

Tommy Dorsey died the same way as Jimi Hendrix

[@SandraSanchez-re1xv]

My late mom and aunt were heavily chaperoned teenage singers with several touring big bands in the early-mid ‘50s. Yup, alcohol, pills and heroin. The music is almost ironic.

[@beckiebuist803]

I lived in LA/Hollywood for several years, I lived a stones throw away from the hotel where Janis died. I always got a weird, creeped out vibe walking by that place. I got a weird, creeped out vibe from Hollywood in general... it's a sick place.

[@denisekinzle1672]

I always felt an attraction to her music. Sad

[@iCarilloninChrist]

@@denisekinzle1672 *_She is legendary to this day._*

[@silvasun5326]

Delivered with a complete and utter absence of any understanding of what people living with addictions have to deal with….and the music is appalling.

[@lesleyhogg2495]

Why the background music?

[@bordercollie1140]

Amy Winehouse's promising career? The woman was a genius and was massive all over the world, I think that promise was fulfilled.

[@KUWAITI_LADY]

Please do not use music in the background because it overshadows the commentator’s voice .

[@JulieGreen-k3n]

Yeah, I agree. Can the music please

[@michelleclark3976]

I was just thinking the same thing.

[@MuayThai2508]

Please don't comment on the creator's creation.. They did it in 50's style television.. If you don't like it, make your own video.. But you're probably too busy commenting on other people's work on KZbin.. 🥲

[@KUWAITI_LADY]

@@MuayThai2508 : shut up . It’s non of your businesss . I was not addressing you in my comment, so keep your mouth shut . Understood ? I have the full right to express my opinion and comment on any video .

[@MuayThai2508]

@KUWAITI_LADY It's none of your business that they wanted to put music in the video.. But there you went, complaining out of nowhere.. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Like it was your business.. And, please, tell me to shut up more.. I'll get even more ar**s*d...

[@ghazard3344]

Since when does Robert Downey Jr. go by the name “David Bowie”??? 😂😂😂😂 Wrong entertainer. 😊

[@rexnegron1778]

Drew Barrymore was wise to separate herself from the Hollywood scene

[@ellendolloff9127]

Do not put marijuana in the likes of alcohol, cocaine or herion. The herb is the gift of the universe to people in pain.

[@anthonyperno1348]

Agreed. As a lifelong weed guy, I can tell you that the withdrawal symptoms of weed are two or three days of being grouchy. Then it's over. The real risk of weed is that you might become unproductive . Weed heads don't start fights or even argue. They don't even drive fast. Lol Anger and violence is an ugly gift of the speeds, e.g., cocaine, meth.

[@ellendolloff9127]

@anthonyperno1348 it has never made me unproductive. 70yr old widow been using it since I was a teen. Night time is only time it makes me lazy and that is wonderful to me.

[@anthonyperno1348]

@ellendolloff9127 I'll be 70 in February. Life long.

[@trevordinsmore2194]

Correct and it is NOT addictive.

[@AweproductionsLLC]

The so called gift of marijuana gave my son schizophrenia. People don’t realize if there is a genetic component to schizophrenia, marijuana can trigger it. At 37 passed away.

[@JoanneStreet-r1o]

One must say this Robin Williams was diagnosed with a rare type of dementia,& the his condition was only going to get worse 😢😢

[@danadyd59]

It's Lewy Body Dementia. It's not that rare. And, he took the coward's way out without regard to his family.

[@JoanneStreet-r1o]

@danadyd59 you obviously have no empathy or compassion and know nothing about this sensitive subject. I'm trained in this area!

[@lauriebatz3296]

@@danadyd59 no one is a coward that takes their own life. Unless you have had a family member or friend that was mentally suffering and took their own life you would not call them a coward. Some believe their family would be better off. My son had horrible addiction and so much crumbling around him, he shot himself in the head

[@cindee1794]

The biggest shock for me was when Philip Seymour Hoffman died, I had no idea he was ever an addict. I'm surprised Leif Garrett wasn't on this list. If anyone deserves to be here, he certainly does.

[@Boobaby-t4x]

They didn't mention Chris Farley's food addiction he was a big boy all that running around and all those antics no wonder he died so young and then drugs on top of it... Really sad...

[@sciencenotstigma9534]

Please don’t call people junkies. They are human beings with substance use disorders. People with substance use disorders have usually endured trauma and terrible physical or emotional pain. It’s not an issue of semantics, or being overly sensitive. I’m not a fragile flower. I’ve studied substance use disorders in a Master’s program, and that’s my field. I’ve seen people denied medical care for other conditions, and otherwise suffering because of stigma around an extremely difficult neurological condition. Neuroscience has found SUDs to be far more difficult and devastating than I think most people know.

[@danadyd59]

😅😅😅

[@simonmaverick9201]

I agree. The term 'junkie' is a terrible ignorant lay term for people with substance misuse disorders.

[@vickyostenson6361]

So junkies shouldn’t be held accountable for their behavior? I have nothing but sympathy for the children because chances are the adults around them failed them.

[@cathygiuliana9089]

I lost my youngest son to a fentanyl overdose November 11, 2023! He would have been 46 yrs old today, December 26. To hear someone describe him as a “junkie” is more painful than losing him! He was a good, loving and devoted son! He worked so hard and took excellent care of me! So to hear somebody call him this means they knew nothing about my son or how he led his life! So kindly keep your mouth shut when commenting on people you know absolutely nothing about! Only shows your ignorance! 😞💔

[@cathygiuliana9089]

Excellent comment! Bless you for your choice of profession. I am a retired RN who lost my son a little over a year go to à Fentanyl overdose! My heart is shattered to pieces and my life will never be the same ! 💔😞

[@WilliamGerhardt]

Not sure if these iconic figures would would fall under the "Hollywood" tragic lifestyle, but I'm just going to throw them out there,... Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, James Brown, Brian Jones, Keith Richards, John Bonham, Rick James,..the list of names goes on and on. I'm really surprised that Nick Nolte wasn't included in this as well.

[@JimCaldwell-x1l]

Bon Scott

[@BigJilmsGamingChannel]

lets talk about peoples tragic addictions to some smooooth jazzz......tss ta ta tsss ta ta tssss lol

[@gregorywomack6142]

.. and the parents of these young underage children were not some how charged with child endangerment, abuse, neglect or something. Today parents would be held responsible if not accountable. Wow!

[@greendragon4058]

I there's only so much you can do but when they turn 18 that's it they're on their own unfortunately I don't like it when parents get blamed for their child's actions when the kids are over the age of 18 it's a hard thing to accept the new😢 it's so sad to see It's hard to break the cycle of addiction

[@beckyflower7297]

It’s still happening

[@TomHarrison-x8v]

“Junkie” is a horribly offensive term, you should be ashamed

[@johnschofield9496]

WOW ! You're offended by a word, but not by the destructive actions. You must be a Democrat.

[@christinKilmetz-m8z]

Drug and alcohol addiction is incurable, incurable just like many forms of cancer. The type of care for a cancer patient will do exactly the same thing for the cancer patient as when done for addicts or alcoholic patients. It will worsen or improve the disease. Thus, treating both the same behaviorally, not medicinally or medically, is the key to success. What can be done is the pattern of management that provides success and dignity and anonymity in care.

[@ghoststarstalk]

"They said go to rehab, I said no-no-no"....... [A. Winehouse tune].

[@HernandezJan]

Well, almost.

[@jencrochetingradtech5913]

When I was a kid in the late 70’s or early 80’s Dennis Hoppers mother came to a mission that’s is in my area. My mother and she became friends and my mom received Christmas cards from her for many years. She was very nice and not pretentious at all. I know this isn’t about the Mother’s of actors but I thought it was interesting anyway

[@discobikerAndRosie]

They ALL abuse substances. The producers encourage it. Once it affects their performances, then they cut em loose.

[@CenturyCelebrity21st-f3m]

Sad to see so many talents ruined by drugs. Hope this is a wake up call for everyone.

[@carmenblanchard3596]

ADDICTION IS SOMETHING WE ALL SHOULD FEAR. IF YOU DONT KNOWINGLY TRY IT, YOU CANT BECOME ADDICTED. TRUER WORDS HAVE NEVER BEEN SPOKEN, JUST SAY NO!

[@cherylbrowning3488]

Best comment 👌

[@corinnepmorrison1854]

Amen…🙏🏻❤️

[@timelessrewindus]

Addiction is a disease, and it's important to approach it with compassion.

[@rexnegron1778]

Garland was a true tragedy

[@christinagould9807]

My mom is named after Judy Garland

[@henrikharbin5521]

The biggest one for me was Ace Frehley. He started with alcohol in1964, when he was 13, and he's admitted to cocaine and other drugs. He first tried cleaning up after a police chase and arrest in 1983. He's been clean since 2008 and he's now 73 years old. He still records and plays live.

[@iCarilloninChrist]

*_Yah Ace is a very unique and talented individual ... and a very good artist too._*

[@MegKampen]

I can concentrate because of that horrible music which doesn't go with the video!

[@dottiesullivan6410]

I agree it’s like they’re mocking the people that need help

[@christinagould9807]

The music is a distraction

[@dottiesullivan6410]

The pleasant sick sound of music that you have playing in the background while you talk about the tragedies of addiction and mock the people who you pretend to care about

[@jillhaas578]

I lived down the street from Kathy Smith, who injected Belushi the night he overdosed. She was a real name dropper, before she was arrested. I hope she learned her lesson

[@annedeoedipus7849]

Pretty sure that’s not how you spell Robert Downey Jr.

[@Rusty-METAL-J]

I'll forever link Judy Garland to her absolutely sweet pipes. Act: Quite well Sing: I thank she should have but this 1st on her resume.

[@xx7secondsxx]

Winehouse's eating disorder was VERY VERY destructive in her appearance and health. Her brother says that he feels she wouldn't have passed away like/when she did if she had been eating and taking care if her health in the manner. Poor poor girl💔💔💔😇😇🙏

[@joleneswanson85]

Stop showing Marisa Abela pics interchangeably with Amy Winehouse. They don't even look that alike. I'm sure there are MORE than enough pics of Amy to fill a segment.

[@iCarilloninChrist]

@joleneswanson85 *_Thank you !!! Totally unnecessary and how stupid do they think we are ???!!!_*

[@RKt-d1y]

I loved amy whinehouse her voice was incredible

[@bec1036]

The showgirl music doesn't suit the episode at all 🙉

[@fayecarpenter1939]

Hollywood is very bad for the actors and the people that watch them. This has to stop

[@LisaUdkoff]

The horrible music is wrong when talking about serious subjects

[@brainworthy]

It seems, from the video clips, that they were addicted to cigarettes as well.

[@angie-bk1yc]

Seems like it's a necessity for celebs to drink and do drugs. Money and fame will never fill that space where Jesus is supposed to be.

[@randymanchester6993]

Jesus represents The Sun, our savior. Yes, let the light in.

[@nicoletrandel2966]

A lot of this I blame on the doctors that are prescribing these medications. Yes granted the actors and actresses have enough money where they can get whatever they want. But if a doctor who's prescribing this medication cease of the person is out of control using the medication they should not be prescribed them the medication. They're probably getting to go somewhere else where they're going to get the medication. But it's called ethics and integrity. If you know someone has an addiction you just do not keep prescribing them medications. But they do it because they're making millions of dollars off these stars and they don't care. They figure if they want the medication if they're dumb enough to take it well then we're going to be smart enough to make money off of them and keep giving them what they want. Although I don't know how smart that is. They have to live with their own conscience

[@iCarilloninChrist]

*_Michael Jackson was a prime example of this malpractice !!_*

[@kingofallmediums2123]

Courtney Love, the girl next door 🚪 if the girl next door 🚪 is on heroine 🦸‍♀️ 😂😂😂😂😂 😮😮😮😮😮- Jeff Ross

[@cindee1794]

Heroin. A heroine is the female version of a hero, which Courtney Love certainly is not!

[@iCarilloninChrist]

*_IKR? When was Courtney Love ever "the girl next door" type !!! I doubt anyone could imagine her in this type._*

[@EHDROCK]

No, it wasn't "Iron Man" that catipillared Robert Downey Jr. back to stardom, it was his falling in love with this very beautiful and loving woman, Susan Levin, some 20 years agao. And it was and is, Susan Levin who breathed new life into this our Robert Downey Jr. He's now on top of his game and the best he's ever been, right and we can thank Susan Levin for that? Love conquers all.

[@user-ec6xd2ig4c]

It doesn't matter if they are celebs. They're still dumb for messing up their lives.

[@rexnegron1778]

Elvis manager was the reason for his downfall tom Parker got into trouble not paying his taxes Elvis, trying to help him, feeling grateful to parker for helping him get rich and famous, so that's what happened

[@Lilione111]

I’ve always considered junkies as heroin users…not cocaine …definitely not marijuana etc.

[@angelabordack]

I can’t watch this with jazz music playing too loud in the background.

[@FASTBACKKAT]

BLAMING DIDDY ON CARTERS DEATH NOW,,

[@scaredy-cat]

Downey jr killed two people in drunk driving crash, only paid a fine

[@Meadowsresident]

No that was Sarah Jessica Husband. He was with Jennifer Grey😮

[@raygunn1083]

Love the Big Band music. Louder please, and maybe a clarinet solo.

[@DebbieLuey-w8e]

Loved Janis Joplin

[@georgesouthwick7000]

As opposed to the 20 best junkies?

[@avagrego3195]

So sorry to hear this sadness

[@Rusty-METAL-J]

I thank Lohan did a good job at playing the role Hailey Mills made legendary.

[@Rusty-METAL-J]

FUN FACT: Hailey played her character from the 1st as older and a mother to Triplets in The Parent Trap III

[@VickieOrtiz-z4o]

Some of these I don't think would be in the 20 worst junkies in Hollywood.

[@Menapho]

Forget the music, this list is a joke! Th

[@danielangom]

Come on I hate it to hear people saying somebody was addicted to Marihuana that's such a nonsense !!! I am born 1962 and we grew up with multiple daily smoking Marihuana and NOT one of us was addicted !!! I don't want to idealize it but that's really really b*llshit 🤬🤬🤬

[@dmholmes1]

Dude weed doesn't do what you say. Weed is not a addiction it's mind alternative

[@WoodyWhittaker]

3 grams of cocaine? whatever, try 14!

[@likaangel8302]

Nothing can save a person from the demons they battle with. And we all have them, no matter what they may be. But JESUS. ❤ If people would humble themselves and turn from their sins and cry out to Jesus, He's the only One who can save us from destruction. He truly loves us ❤

[@billynors4355]

Mute sound

[@georgewilliamthomas6303]

Very sad! I grew up watching most of these individuals. At least a couple of them turned their lives around. Drink wine after 5:00pm and only wine and nothing else. IMHO.

[@TheDarkDutchman]

6:49 David Bowie...🤣🤣🤣

[@gabrielagarciamayagoitia1599]

?????

[@vickyostenson6361]

@@gabrielagarciamayagoitia1599his name came up under a picture that was definitely not him.

[@chrissiecrossan6125]

Yeah..what's going on Robert Downy Jnr..listed as David Bowie...come on.... please..

[@arleneburns4332]

😅😂

[@vickyostenson6361]

@@chrissiecrossan6125 if they can’t get that right I won’t be subscribing to this channel.

[@pluged4493]

So heartbreaking

[@suefranklin8177]

""Aaron Carter was never attractive and neither was Courtney Love.. gross

[@terrywilkinson7975]

Can u image the pressures these people were under bless them they are still gods children

[@brendagroff8478]

I hate this loud music!! Get rid of it please!!!!

[@shushuwu]

Demi is addicted to, the addiction dujour! She is into anything and pretending to do anything, just for the publicity! I think she’s addicted to seeing her name in print.

[@amberl3305]

As a former Heroin addict... don't use the word junkie. We can use it, you can't.

[@barbaratillman8552]

U forgot to mention that MGM made Judy Garland get an abortion. It's so terribly sad about all these people. There but for the Grace of God go I. Awful music is disrespectful

[@staciwiley7928]

my friends Greg Giraldo who got a full scholarship to Harvard and Yale and worked at a prestigious law firm at a young age and dropped it all to become a comic should have been included. He was an incredibly kind, and respected comic and a loyal friend. Lisa Robin Kelly who played Lori, Eric's hot older sister on that 70's Show had extreme issues with alcohol that sometimes ended in violence was never anything but kind to me she died under suspicious circumstances at a detox center.

[@paulinedickinson6475]

Why is this upbeat music being played on this serious subject, plus you can't hear the commentator, it's awful

[@ghoststarstalk]

Farley was good but over-acted in many skits, especially in the one 'living in a van down by the river'.

[@sallycockerline9637]

#5 says David Bowie, but it's about Robert Downey Jr. Watch the editing and leave out that terrible music please.

[@MargotMichelle55]

Stupid wrong music

[@AlbertJordan-g2i]

Anything for views, Robin Williams really

[@barbaratillman8552]

Just wanted to add that Elvis Presley did not die on the toilet. He died in the hospital. Lisa Marie says so in her book

[@scaredy-cat]

Rich famous and nuts

[@bernardgrenon5810]

D.hopper addicted to marijuana.....

[@circussounds855]

David Crosby

[@KPC1967]

3 grams of cocaine a day is nothing. To me that would've been just 3 lines. I used to smoke and snort way more than that a day.

[@beckiebuist803]

Now that's something to be proud of, rockstar. 😂

[@karenlawson7957]

good narrative background music sucks

[@phantomf4747]

Dance with the devil, eventually he's going to collect.

[@wandasteeves5239]

7:01 #5 David Bowie is name not Robert Downey junior

[@shannonmcneely9034]

Arrn Caryer begged for help but his parents only help was rippi g him off of every dime he ever made His brother was a huge jerk as well. R.I.PArron.

[@fuqit88]

Robert DOWNEY JR WAS SAVED BY MEL GIBSON!!!

[@zabbott51]

Junkie'? That sums it up. You need to check yourself . They are People with an addiction problem May the lord give you compassion .

[@sallyclay1974]

Our bodies r like used cars. Whatever our habits r, whether it's drugs or alcohol, cigarettes, or all, eventually, self destructive behavior will catch up with us.

[@Fostermom4chis]

Couldn't watch. Wrong music

[@mennobults6464]

Heroine and cocaine gives you a snowball not a speedball. That is Heroine with amfetamines.

[@beckiebuist803]

Heroin and cocaine IS called a speedball. A snowball or as it's also called, snowballing, is nasty sex thing. 😂

[@cindee1794]

Heroin. A heroine is the female version of a hero. Amphetamines, not amfetamines. Spell check is a great tool!

[@Possumlover228]

​@@beckiebuist803Right? 😂

[@thaliabrockway-guidry6296]

Stop the music

[@latzmenon5770]

Looks like all the money they earned landed up in either a rehab , or a funeral house .