Marlon Wright articles

Classic blues musician Alan “Blind Owl” Wilson always seemed serene and at peace while performing on stage. But in reality, he spent his life struggling to silence the demons in his mind.

Ricardo Montalban never missed a beat, but he had to fight through the chronic pain of an early-career injury.

A Hollywood outsider who had to fight tooth and nail for everything she had, McDaniel still ruled among the silver screen elite—and endured just as many scandals and tragedies, right until her bitter end.

Tony Curtis may be best known for dressing up like a woman in Some Like It Hot, but his long career also had turns in westerns, film noir, and epics like Spartacus. It was his off screen life, however, where he really turned up the heat with six wives (!), six kids and a boatload of affairs. Break out the eye-liner and take a look at Tony Curtis’s wild ride through Hollywood.

Louis Gossett Jr reached the ultimate peak of Hollywood success, but it was far from easy getting there.

Corey Feldman seems to have led multiple lives. One common thread, however, has been Feldman’s insistence that he was a victim of a Hollywood group that preyed on young actors like himself. There are believers and those who say he’s made the whole thing up.

Chris Farley could hit a room like a cannonball, and people who worked with him said it was hard not to get swept up. He moved fast, talked fast, and committed to every joke like it was life or death. That same all-in energy made him famous, but it also fed habits that caught up with him.

Gram Parsons didn’t have a long career, but his impact on music was immense. During this short period, he managed to reshape country rock as a genre. Additionally, he had one of the strangest journeys possible in the days following his unfortunate demise.

Ken Berry seemed destined for lasting stardom, headlining popular series and winning loyal audiences nationwide. But when television abruptly reinvented itself in the early 1970s, his career momentum stalled, even as he endured profound personal loss.