Mitch Hedberg didn’t build long narratives or dramatic callbacks. He walked on stage, squinted into the lights, and dropped perfectly engineered one-liners. It was pure comic genius the likes of which we’d never seen before and might never see again.

When people say Alicia Silverstone “disappeared,” it usually comes with a shrug—like her career just fizzled out on its own. But that version skips over what actually happened. Silverstone didn’t vanish. She was pushed aside, mocked, and quietly punished when Hollywood decided her body was no longer acceptable.

Fame once felt permanent for these familiar faces. Then headlines cooled, box office math changed, or life simply pulled focus elsewhere. Careers rarely vanish; they evolve quietly beyond the glare. Ready to revisit the actors who stepped sideways instead of forward? Scroll on and see what happened next.

Johnny Lewis rose to fame on the hit series Sons of Anarchy, playing a character surrounded by chaos and violence. Off camera, his life followed an even more troubling path—one marked by documented instability, court warnings, and missed intervention.

How The Partridge Family made David Cassidy a teen idol while fame, addiction, and burnout quietly shaped the man behind the smile—and the lasting impact he left behind.

Ryan Grantham wasn’t a celebrity—but he was recognizable. Over more than a decade, he appeared in films and TV shows that millions of people watched. His career wasn’t flashy or headline-making. But what followed would make headlines around the world.