Mental Illness, Page 3

Including suicide and attempted suicide

Plato, Dana Michelle

Dana Plato's was the stereotypical life of a child star who couldn't make the transition to adult acting. She was the second child of a young unmarried birthmother who relinquished her for ... [more]

Poe, Edgar Allan

Poe's actor parents died before he was three years old (his father had disappeared before he was born and his mother died in 1811) and he was fostered (never formally adopted) by a merchant... [more]

Schramm, Leo Paul

Schramm was born to Marie Hofmann and an unknown father, in Vienna. His mother later married Gustav Schramm, who adopted the boy. He was a musical prodigy, giving his first professional ... [more]

Sherman, William Tecumseh

Sherman was born in Ohio. His father died when he was nine and his mother, unable to care for her eight children alone, sent his brother Thomas to be raised by an aunt and William to be fos... [more]

Sherrin, Scott

Sherrin was a transracial adoptee, adopted by a white couple in London. His adoptive family included two born-two children and another adopted Black child. He showed great talent for dan... [more]

Shivaji IV Bhonsle (under India - Princely States: 2)

Until the 19th century what is now India (like Europe) was a patchwork of over 650 princely states, like kingdoms, ranging from the small and relatively unimportant, to the large, immensely... [more]

von Kleist, Heinrich

von Kleist was born into the Prussian officer class, one of seven children of the two marriages of his father, who died in 1788. von Kleist was soon sent away to Berlin to be raised by a Lu... [more]