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Celebrities Rumored with Bipolar Disorder
The internet is littered with lists of celebrities who supposedly have bipolar disorder, but these are often inaccurate. Perhaps this due to rumors surrounding a celebrity’s suspicious behavior and perhaps at times it is proliferated misinformation. Here we have addressed some of these rumors.
Anthony Michael Hall
Anthony Michael Hall was born in Boston, Massachusetts on April 14, 1968. He began his acting careers at age eight and had a movie career before he reached eighteen. He is a member of the 1980’s “Brat Pack”. Early movies include Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club and he starred for six years in the television series The Dead Zone. Many news articles reference that he has bipolar disord…
Axl Rose
Heavy metal star Axl Rose of Guns N' Roses has been diagnosed manic depressive, but says lithium does not help him. With his history, bipolar illness is only one possibility.
Buzz Aldrin
Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr. (aka Buzz) was one of the earliest astronauts in the NASA program. The highlights of his career include the record for time spent in space outside of a craft and he was the second person to step foot on the moon. He has authored a number of books about his experiences and he has been very open about his personal struggles with mental illness and alcoholism.
Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola is a world renowned filmmaker with a number of incredibly successful movies to his credit. However, he has a much longer list of movies that were less than stellar. More than one biographical author has referred to Francis Coppola’s career as Phoenix in nature. Brilliant highs and cataclysmic lows … this begs the question of the possibility of bipolar disorder.
Larry Flynt
Controversial pornography publisher and free-speech activist Larry Flynt reportedly suffers from bipolar disorder (manic depression).
Martin Lawrence
Martin Lawrence is an actor and standup comedian. He is well-known for his role on the television series "Martin" as well as his parts in both "Bad Boy" movies starring opposite Will Smith. It has quite often been rumored in the media that Martin Lawrence has bipolar disorder. He has certainly been the epicenter of a number of dramatic scenes...
Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne is often listed as a celebrity with bipolar disorder. Certainly a life filled with drug and alcohol abuse, bizarre behavior and suicide attempts could indicate manic depression. But is there any documented evidence?
Robert Downey, Jr.
Actor Robert Downey, Jr. has punctuated a career filled with talent and promise with arrests, imprisonments and time spent in drug rehabilitation. Though he has reportedly been diagnosed with bipolar disorder, nothing has ever been said about his receiving proper treatment for that condition.
Sting (Gordon Sumner)
Sting, who was born Gordon Sumner on October 2, 1951, is being called bipolar on the internet - but is there enough evidence?
