Many believe that the oddly-named artist Captain Beefheart was the father of punk and new wave music. But it was behind the scenes where Beefheart became a true visionary. Unfortunately, it came at the expense of his bandmates.

After discovering his true passion, Bob Ross made possibly the biggest career change imaginable to gamble on a job in television, and the TV world was all the better for it. Not knowing just how iconic he would become, Bob’s only goal in life was to make the world a better place by teaching people art, something he was lucky enough to do until the end of his days—but that was when the trouble began.

You know the saying, “You only live once?” Barbara Payton was the very embodiment of that saying, and you only need to take one look at her wild life to see that it’s true. This beautiful actress had an animal magnetism that powerful players in Hollywood could not resist, and she used it to her advantage. Tragically, addiction and circumstance cut her life short. While she lived, though, Payton made every moment count—even if it destroyed her in the end.