22 celebrities who committed suicide after suffering from severe depression

Having fame and money can be one of the great dreams of some people, thinking that they will be happier that way. However, there are many cases of famous people who end their lives tragically.

Some of these well-known celebrities end up in the world of drugs, others with serious psychological disorders and others forcing their own death, unable to continue supporting the suffering they hide inside.

In fact, the number of famous people who end up suffering great discomfort despite their wealth is very high. The idea that money and fame go hand in hand with happiness is called into question when making a brief review of the number of celebrities who have suffered from depression or even committed suicide. It seems that economic and mediate power is capable of creating new, very serious problems in people's lives.

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Celebrities who have committed suicide due to depression

In the following lines you will find a list of celebrities who, despite their fame and success,

they decided to take their own lives and leave behind the depression they suffered.

1. robin williams

Robin Williams was a famous American actor, winner of an Oscar in 1998 for his memorable performance in the movie Good Will Hunting. He was also known for his participation in the films Mrs. Doubtfire, Jumanji and The Dead Poets Club, among others. Despite his great sense of humor that he displayed publicly, the comedian suffered from serious depression. In August 2014, he decided to kill himself by suffocation in his house.

2. Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain will always be remembered as one of the great myths of music and a forerunner of the grunge movement. The singer was found at his home in Seattle, and authorities claimed his cause of death was suicide by being shot in the head with a shotgun.

3. Jonathan Brandis

He was an actor known for his participation in some American television series and for his role in The Neverending Story 2. At 27 years of age, he decided to hang himself as a result of the severe depression he suffered. Brandis was found in the hallway of his Los Angeles apartment, and although he was still alive at the time, he died at the hospital the next day from his injuries.

4. Michael Hutchen

This Australian singer, leader of the musical band INXS, he hanged himself with a leather belt on the fifth floor of the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Sydney (Australia) in 1997. The reason for this action was a deep depression. Another great musician who chose suicide.

5. Ernest Hemingway

This great American writer and journalist committed suicide by shooting himself in the head with his favorite shotgun. Although her wife, Mary, initially claimed that the shot was accidental, as it happened while she was cleaning her gun. In an interview five years later, she admitted that she had committed suicide.

6. Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh's death is not without mystery either. Apparently, he decided to walk away in a field and shot himself in the chest to commit suicide. Despite her wound he returned to the city, where she died two days later.

7. Mindy McCready

McCready was a country star who decided to take her own life in February 2013 at her home in Heber Springs (Arkansas) with a shot to the head at age 37. It wasn't the first time she tried and, in fact, she was admitted to a psychiatric hospital in 2005 and in 2008. He committed suicide on the porch of his house, the same place where his ex-boyfriend and father of his youngest child had died.

8. Pedro Armendariz

This well-known actor from the "Golden Age" of Mexican cinema decided to commit suicide to end his suffering from depression, which arose as a result of the cancer that he had been detected. He shot himself in the heart.

9. Sawyer Sweeten

One of the strangest cases of suicide is that of the young American actor, Sawyer Sweeten, primarily known for the role of Geoffrey Barone in Everybody Loves Raymond, who decided to shoot himself in the head at just 19 years old.

10. Ian Curtis

Ian Kevin Curtis was a British singer-songwriter, composer and leader of the group Joy Division. She decided to commit suicide at the age of 23. He hanged himself in his own apartment.

11. marilyn monroe

Marylin Monroe was one of the best known actresses in history. Her death is not without a great mystery, but she most likely committed suicide with an overdose of barbiturates.

12. robert enke

Rober Enke was a goalkeeper for F.C. Barcelona and other teams like Borussia Mönchengladbach. His depressive disorder accompanied him for much of his life, especially after the death of his daughter from congenital heart failure. He committed suicide by throwing himself onto the tracks of a train and being run over by it.

13. alexander mcqueen

Celebrated British fashion designer Alexander McQueen committed suicide in February 2010, just nine days after his mother died of cancer at the age of 75. McQueen committed the suicidal act by consuming a fatal drug cocktail: cocaine, sleeping pills and tranquilizers. She died at the age of 40.

14. Emilio Salgari

The famous Italian writer suffered from depression, which led him to take his own life after learning that his wife suffered dementia. He opened his belly.

15. Lucy Gordon

Lucy Gordon was a British actress and model who he participated in movies like Serendipity or Spiderman 3. She was found dead in her apartment after hanging herself at the age of 28. The actress left two suicide notes, in which she explained the reasons for her decision.

16. Charles Boyer

Charles Boyer was one of the most famous actors of French origin. He decided to commit suicide after the death of his wife due to cancer. The French did not overcome this loss and neither did the couple's son, who had committed suicide a few years earlier.

17. Luis Ocana

Jesús Luis Ocaña Pernía was one of the most successful Spanish cyclists, winner of a Tour de France and other titles. Financial problems and the disease she suffered from, hepatitis C, led him to force her death.

18. Janis Joplin

American rock and roll and blues singer Janis Joplin also passed away from her depression. It was in 1970, after ingesting large amounts of drugs.

19. Ruslana Korshunova

This young model jumped from the fifth floor of a building on Wall Street. According to the witnesses, it was she who voluntarily jumped into the void. In addition, the police found no signs of violence.

20. sylvia plath

This great figure of poetry committed a tragic suicide, at least that is what the investigation concludes, because there are still some doubts and speculations according to which his death was against his will. Largely because of the way she died, because she put her head in a gas oven.

21. Virginia Woolf

This literary icon, known for his feminist ideas, suffered from Bipolar disorder. He decided to end his life in 1941, when he jumped into the River Ouse (at Rodmell). To avoid going afloat, he filled his pockets with stones.

22. Lee Thompson Young

The famous Disney actor decided to take his own life in August 2013 by shooting himself. The investigation indicated that it was a suicide; however, no farewell note was found.