Peak fame can evaporate faster than anyone expects. Certain actors owned entire decades before slipping into obscurity. Their films still play, their songs still stream, but nobody discusses them anymore. Cultural amnesia happens gradually, then suddenly.

The golden age of Hollywood wasn't golden for everyone. Behind the publicity photos and the studio contracts were real women dealing with addiction, heartbreak, scandal, and an industry that discarded people the moment they became inconvenient.

For decades, Robin Williams’ brain was his superpower. Directors described him as operating at a speed no one else could match. Then in 2013, subtle changes began surfacing. The energy was still there—but something underneath it was shifting.