20 Tragic Celebrity Stories

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Published 2024-05-01
These celebrity backstories will shock you. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re examining well-known celebrities who led lives filled with personal tragedies. Our countdown of tragic celebrity stories includes Matthew Perry, Lindsay Lohan, Keanu Reeves, Whitney Houston, and more! Which celebrity with a tragic past shocked you the most? Let us know below.

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All Comments (21)
  • @user-sc9dv5ni7c
    RIP to the celebrities who had tragic backstories: Judy Garland (1922-1969) Chester Bennington (1976-2017) Marlon Brando (1924-2004) Brandon Lee (1965-1993) Whitney Houston (1963-2012) Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) Matthew Perry (1969-2023) Michael Jackson (1958-2009) Gary Coleman (1968-2010) Anna Nicole Smith (1967-2007) John F. Kennedy Jr. (1960-1999) Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962)
  • @a.jthomas6132
    The lost Chester Bennington hits me so hard as a Linkin Park fan! Even after 7 years since his passing, he lives on through his music. RIP 💔😭
  • @user-em6ie2be7x
    Phil Hartman still makes me sad getting shot by his own wife.
  • @Noname-ml6fd
    Absolutely love Keanu. I'm glad he has kept himself together after all that has happened.
  • @thereallg4587
    you have to feel bad for the ones that past away with such trauma like Matthew, Chester, Judy, Whitney etc.💔
  • @Snake3yesEddie
    Suggestions for a part 2: Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes, Choi Jin-ri aka “Sulli”, Britney Spears, Venus Williams, Serena Williams, Gordon Ramsey, Missy Elliott, James Dean and Sharon Tate.
  • @hannahlowe794
    You should’ve updated Jennifer Hudson’s thing. She’s now a talk show host, not a coach on The Voice.
  • @gfear24
    A lot of people thought Matthew Perry was under the influence of something at the Friends reunion because of how he was slurring his speech. Fact is, he had gauze in his mouth due to a root canal less than 24 hours before the reunion was filmed. The slurring was him trying to not let the gauze to fall out.
  • Karen Carpenter had a very sad story. (March 2nd,1950- February 4th,1983)
  • @xCoolguy101x
    No mention of Macaulay Culkin? Pressure from his father to appear on more movies and taking almost all of the profits, struggle to break from drug abuse, and suffering from mental breakdowns. The dude is in much better place now, but he is prime example of how childhood acting can go wrong
  • @Fin745
    I hope Chester Bennington knew how many lives he saved with his music. I know it saved mine! During the worst times of my life when I was on the edge I'd put on my headphones and just cried my eyes out listening to his music and it would pull me back and keep me going for just one more day and then another and so on. RIP 💔
  • @ToniWellons
    Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears, Aaliyah, Dorothy Dandrige, Billie Holiday
  • @jillb3072
    Chester is such a tragedy with so much potential
  • @kamsismith
    Rest in peace to everyone featured in the video and to the people who are still alive, I salute you for going forward despite your demons and challenges.
  • Not many remember what tragedies Bill Bixby had to go through. For those who might not know who he was, he was an actor who was best known for playing David Banner on the TV series The Incredible Hulk His son Christopher died from a rare infection when he was only 6 years old Then the following year, his ex-wife (Christopher's mother) committed suicide. Bill died at the age of 59 from prostate cancer.
  • Ted Healy had some sad moments with his father dying at a young age, and he would die at the age of forty after welcoming his only child days earlier. Charlie Chaplin had a hard life with growing up poor, his father died of alcoholism, his mother had mental health issues, losing his love, losing his first child, divorcing three times and was banned from America for 20 years. Nonetheless, he ended up with a happy wife and many children.
  • Chester will forever be missed dearly he was an amazing mam and inspiration to people like me. I was abused by my uncle for years and LP music helped me through it. Chester is my HERO