Death in Hollywood

doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7327.1441

BMJ 2001;323:1441-1442 ( 22-29 December )

Editorials

Death in Hollywood

Any relation between self worth and mortality is uncertain

Appearances are deceptive p 1491

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Death in Hollywood $---$ the subject of a paper in this issue (p 1491)¹ $---$ brings to mind the page turning pleasures of KennethAnger's classic tales of a contemporary Babylon. ² ³ The mixtureof drugs, drink, sex, violence, monstrous egos, gangsterism, speed,and madness is often most starkly revealed in the premature deathsof (sometimes has-been) stars. The suicides can be particularlyindicative of the roller coaster nature of fame: Albert Dekkerwrote sections of the poor reviews from his last film in crimsonlipstick on his body before hanging himself; Lou Tellegen stabbedhimself with gold scissors engraved with his name, surroundedby film posters, photographs, and newspaper cuttings from hisdays of triumph; and Peg Enwistle jumped to her death from oneof the giant letters of the Hollywood sign (setting off a spateof copycat leaps into oblivion). Among the better known suicidesare (probably) Marilyn Monroe and . . . [Full text of this article]

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Longevity of screenwriters who win an academy award: longitudinal study: Donald A Redelmeier and Sheldon M Singh
BMJ 2001 323: 1491-1496. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

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