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Is it reasonable to say in some cases the art killed the artist?

Asked by mazingerz88 (28796points) March 24th, 2019 from iPhone

An example is the designer Alexander McQueen. Watched a docu about him and surprised to learn he was dead by suicide at a relatively young age.

There could be other reasons which contributed to why he did it, none related to his art but his story made me wonder if sometimes the art of a gifted artist could play a big part in his or her early demise.

Are there other artists you know that may have died before their time because their gifts turned out to be somewhat of a curse?

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