Everyone and anyone can be affected by drugs. An estimated 1 in 10 individuals aged 12 or older in the United States used illicit drugs in the past month. Unfortunately many people we care about have been affected by drugs. For example: Corey Haim, River Phoenix, Marilyn
Monroe, Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and much more have used and have been affected by drugs. Whether it be valium, heroin, cocaine, marijuana, etc… these people have had negative affect on these drugs.
Corey Haim was a Canadian actor, born in Toronto Ontario. He was known for the films he appeared in the 1980’s such as: “license to drive, dream a little dream, Lucas” and many others.
His drug and alcohol use began at the age of the age of 15. Corey
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She began her addiction in the 1950’s and mainly used sleeping pills and morphine.
Marilyn was found dead in the bedroom of her Brentwood home by her psychiatrist in the early morning of august 5, 1962.
Kurt Cobain was an American musician, born February 20, 1967, in Aberdeen Washington.
He was known as the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the rock band “Nirvana.” Kurt began his addiction back in 1986, he mainly used heroin. He never stopped his addiction. On
April 8, Kurt’s body was at his home in lake Washington boulevard by an electrician. He died from suicide on April 5, 1994
Michael Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor, born august 29 1958 in Gary Indiana. He was known as the king of pop. His addiction started at the age of 35, he mainly used benzodiazepine. Michael never stopped his addiction. He died from cardiac arrest caused by a drug overdose on June 25, 2009
Elvis Presley was an American singer and actor, born January 8, 1935 in tupelo Mississippi.
He was know as one the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century. He began his addiction in the early 1960’s. he never stopped his addiction and later died from a heart attack in august 16,
Elvis Presley was a legend in rock and roll in life. He still is the king of rock and roll even in death. He was born on January 8 1935 in Mississippi in 1948 his family moved to Memphis Tennessee, where he graduated high school from Humes High School. He was attracted to music at a young age and began his music career in 1954 with Sun Records label in Memphis. In late 1955 his recording contract was bought by RCA Victor. By 1956 he was an international sensation. He starred in 33 films and did hundreds of shows and specials. This success would eventually lead him to an early death.
Kurt Cobain was one of rock’n’rolls most well known musicians. He was the main founder of the band Nirvana, Kurt was the lead singer and guitarist. He's most known for his song ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ which was released in 1998. Kurt had a rough adult life which was influenced by his rocky childhood. When he was in his early teens he began experimenting with drugs, which he continued to use in his adult life. On April 5, 1994 Kurt was found dead in his home where he had overdosed on heroin and shot himself with a shotgun, it was ruled a suicide by officials but many think that his wife, Courtney Love, had something to do with it. Kurt Cobain is an example of a tragic hero because he was a very dedicated musician, who tragically took his life during the height of his career
In the nineteen-sixties and early seventies, a wide number of popular musicians and ordinary people died from drug overdose. Carlton was more or less expected to die this was as well, as he regularly experiments with drugs and alcohol. However, Cunningham
Elvis Presley was born on January 8th 1935, in a two room house in Tupelo Mississippi. Presley influences were pop and country music that was played in his generation, he was also heavily inspired by gospel music he heard in church, this is evident when you
Elvis was born January 8,1935 in Tupelo Mississippi, he was suppose to be a twin, but his brother Jesse Garon was stillborn. He was raised by a loving, working class family, they had little money and moved frequently, he was devoted to his parents especially his mom and was raised to have a strong faith in God.
Kurt Cobain was the lead singer of the Seattle based grunge rock band Nirvana. As Nirvana's lead songwriter, guitarist, and singer, Cobain took the music industry by surprise and is considered the godfather of the grunge rock movement. Cobain and his band had a prevalent influence on young teenagers of the 1990s and were considered idols by numerous individuals. Nirvana took the popular music industry by storm when they were able to revamp the genre of grunge rock and cause a dramatic shift in music, away from the dominant genres of the 1980s. The success of Kurt Cobain was overshadowed by numerous of his psychological problems including drug addiction, his unstable marriage to music celebrity Courtney Love, and constant pressure from the
Elvis Aron Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi at 4:00 a.m. January 8, 1935. He died August 16, 1977 when he was 42 years old. During his life, he was a superstar in many different genres of music. He was successful in Pop, Gospel, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Country, and Blues. Elvis Presley was a natural phenomenon.
Elvis Aron parsley was born on January 8, 1935. He was born in Tupelo, Mississippi. When Elvis was born he was supposed to have a twin but his brother was stillborn. His family was a religious and as a child he grew up listing and being around gospel songs. He was also in choir at his church he loved to sing gospel songs. On his 11th birthday Elvis got his first guitar. In 1948 the parsley family moved to Memphis because his dad got a new job. In Memphis Elvis graduated from Humes high school. (Biography. Com). After high school he continued to do music and he landed on movies to. He was very successful. He was an idol for many teenagers. He started a new era of music that’s why people called him king of rock n’ roll. Even though he was very
Have you ever wondered how the life of Elvis Presley went? Or how his love for music created fame for him? Well Elvis Aaron Presley was born on january 8th ,1935 in Tupelo,MS to father vernon and mother Gladys presley. Elvis had a twin brother by the name of Jessie garon who sadly died at birth ,leaving Elvis as an only child. Growing up Elvis started showing his love for music and eventually received his first guitar at age eleven and grew up to become one of the most biggest names in rock and roll. Elvis later graduated highschool in Memphis,Tennessee in 1953.
He was considered the most the most famous Disc Jockey(DJ) in rock 'n roll history,
Elvis Presley was born on January 8th, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. He grew up to be one of the biggest names in rock n’ roll. On August 16th, 1977 he died of heart failure. Since his death, Elvis has remained one of the world's most popular music icons. Many who didn’t know him are now and continuing to enjoy his music. His music still has an impact on many that will be with them forever.
On October 16, 1978, Virgin Records posted his bail and he was released. His mother flew down from England to take care of him. While he was let out on bail he had two suicide attempts. Then on February 1, 1979, during a party celebrating his release, he overdosed on his mom’s supply of heroin and was found dead on the morning of February
One year later while he was touring in Paris, he fell into heroin addiction; which destroyed his marriage. The beginning of his career start with third stream music follow by three periods of bebop: cool, modal, and electric. On September, 1991 he died of a stroke and respiratory failure in Santa Monica, California*.
cause of his death was cardiac arrhythmia. At this time he was still on tour and recording but his
In 1935 Elvis Aron Presley is born in Tupelo, Mississippi. In 1953, when he was 18 years old he started earning money as a truck driver. Also during the same year he records two of his songs for 4 dollars. In 1954, Elvis visits the Memphis Recording service to record another 2 songs and meets the Sun Records owner Sam Philips. In the same year, the Sun Records releases "That's All Right" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky. Elvis makes his first public appearance. In 1955, he signs a contacts with Tom Parker. Elvis continued performing and writing songs till he died in August 16,