Bob Crane was handsome, he was a famous TV star, and he was the perfect father. Of course, this is Hollywood, and that couldn’t be the whole story. The truth was that Crane had a secret life that involved random women, illicit films, and a shady co-conspirator named John Henry Carpenter. Sadly, he was doomed to a brutal end.

Terry Kath may not be one of the most instantly recognizable names in the world of rock and roll, but not for lack of skill or impact. His own band members have stated that, had he been in a smaller group where his guitar talents could be more easily noticed, history would have held him up as one of the greats. It’s not just his friends saying this, though, as he was called "the best guitarist in the universe" by none other than Jimi Hendrix. Sadly, though, he was doomed to meet a dreadful end.

While Disney likes to believe it has a squeaky-clean image, one look at Bobby Driscoll will tell you that things are never that simple. The story of this child actor, who starred in films like Song of the South and Peter Pan, is a heart-wrenching one. After Disney turned its back on him, the budding actor was left to fend for himself, and it led to his early and tragic end.

Mick Taylor is as famous for his time in the Rolling Stones as he is for the infamous way he left the band. A virtuosic guitarist who injected the Stones with a musicality they hadn’t known before, Taylor’s time with the biggest band on Earth was marked with feuds, addictions, and breakdowns—until he couldn’t take it anymore.

If you were a kid in the 1950s and had a TV, you were probably obsessed with George Reeves' Superman. But, the story of Reeves’ tragic life and suspicious end were mostly unknown to TV audiences at the time. Studios kept his secret girlfriends and mob connections under wraps to protect his heroic image. But now it’s time to take a look at some startling facts about TV’s Superman.

The life expectancy of the Seattle grunge scene’s leading men is sadly below the national average. Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell had all the trappings that afflicted contemporaries like Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley, who both met early demises. But Cornell somehow hung in there. He married, became a father, and even launched a solo career. It looked like he’d survived where others hadn’t. And then, at 51 years of age, it all came tumbling down.