PREFACE: You ever considered that there may be a more positive reason behind mental illnesses? Of course not, otherwise the world would be a much better position than it is today. People with Mental Illness Enrich Our Lives Some famous people who have had a serious mental illness include: • Abraham Lincoln-Revered sixteenth President of the United States • Virginia Woolf-The British novelist • Lionel Aldridge-A defensive end for Vince Lombardis legendary Green Bay Packers • Eugene ONeill-famous playwright • Ludwig van Beethoven-The brilliant composer • Gaetano Donizetti-The famous opera singer • Robert Schumann-The inspired poet of human suffering • Leo Tolstoy-Author of War and Peace • Vaslov Nijinsky-famous dancer • John Keats-a renowned poet • Tennessee Williams-The playwright • Vincent Van Gogh-The celebrated artist • Isaac Newton-renowned scientist • Ernest Hemingway-Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist • Sylvia Plath-poet and novelist • Michelangelo-one of the worlds greatest artistic geniuses • Winston Churchill- inspired a nation • Vivien Leigh– Stared in Gone with the Wind • Jimmy Piersall-The baseball player for the Boston Red Sox • Patty Duke-Academy Award-winning actress • Charles Dickens-One of the greatest authors in the English language Others include: Bert Yancey, Brooke Shields, Buzz Aldrin, Calvin Klien, Carrie Fisher, Charles Mingus, Cole Porter, Connie Francis, Dick Cavett, Edgar Allen Poe, Eric Clapton, Ernest Hemingway, Eugene O’Neill, Francis Farmer. More recently: Catherine Zeta Jones, Axl Rose and Kurt Cobain, Comedienne Roseanne Barr, former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw, Actor Marlon Brando, Drew Carey, Jim Carrey, Singer Judy Collins...
Posted on: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 17:51:26 +0000
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