From a small-town kid born into poverty to future TV superstar, the life of Don Johnson has had more twists and turns than any of the characters he played on screen. He tried to find happiness in many different places, to no avail. Would he ever get the peace that he wanted? Let's find out.

Before Dave Bautista, John Cena, or even The Rock, one wrestler won the hearts of movie watchers everywhere despite only acting in a handful of projects. Early on, André the Giant found his calling as an entertainer, using his immense natural size to fuel his work in professional wrestling and on camera. Despite how imposing he may have seemed, those close to him knew how kind, generous, and gentle he truly was.

John Lennon wasn’t a saint, not by a long shot. He cheated, provoked, and lashed out—but he also wrote songs that shook the soul and reshaped modern music. From Beatlemania to bed-ins, he never stopped pushing boundaries. Yet, even as he rocketed to fame, he couldn’t outrun the chaos he carried inside.

In the early 1900s, the burgeoning Hollywood film industry saw the arrival of many actors and actresses intent on making it big. One was Martha Mansfield, who stood among some of the most famous names in theater, and eventually silent film. However, just as her career was blossoming into stardom, a disaster occurred that no one could have foreseen. After filming a long and tiring scene, Mansfield took a moment to rest in her car only to suddenly become engulfed in flames. Her coworkers jumped into action to save her life—but the outcome was catastrophic.

For a time in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Jonathan Brandis was one of the most promising child stars in Hollywood, and his role as Bastian Bux in The NeverEnding Story II was supposed to cement him as a bankable teen heartthrob. Worst of all, it almost did—but his fame was also his curse, and in 2003, tragedy took him.

Mary Tyler Moore defined a new type of American woman with her characters in series like The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Sadly, her personal life was full of old traumas.