102 Famous personalities of past and present generation transformed and defeated by drug addiction (Page 7)

71). NATALIE COLE

The legendary singer battled addiction in the 1990s and recently died of heart failure caused by lung disease in 2016.

72.) NICOLE RICHIE

She admits that she abused heroin, cocaine and marijuana resulting in three arrests and five car accidents before becoming a mom and a successful businesswoman.

73.) OPRAH WINFREY

The queen of all media made a clean breast during a 1995 broadcast of The Oprah Winfrey Show that she was dependent on crack cocaine on her early career.

It’s hard to imagine Oprah doing anything wrong, but she actually admitted once that she used crack cocaine in the 80′s. She admitted doing this because she thought it would help other people with the same drug addiction to overcome it. No one knows for sure for how long she has used crack or when exactly she decided to stop, but it sure is inspirational. It was the 80′s people!

74). OSCAR DE LA HOYA

This iconic boxer has long struggled with his alcoholism furtively. He came forward in 2011, entered treatment and has been sober since.

75). OZZY OSBOURNE

The rocker has battled a decades-long addiction to drugs and alcohol, but got serious about sobriety after relapsing again in 2013.

76). PEACHES GELDOF

Family and friends thought the socialite had gotten clean when she died of a heroin overdose in 2014.

77). PETE DOHERTY

After over ten years of heavy drinking and drugging, this musician finally completed rehab and has racked up serious sober time.

In an interview with The Independent he said that this is the first time that he has chosen rehab for himself, and got clean. Now, he desires helping others get out of addiction. For more than ten years, he has been powerless, but there's a way out, he underscores.

78). PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN

He battled to stay sober for years, but lost his fight when he died in early 2014 from combined drug intoxication, including heroin, cocaine, amphetamine, and benzodiazepines despite being in recovery for more than two decades. Reports indicated that he had slipped back into prescription opioids and, ultimately, relapsed with heroin.

79). PRINCE

His untimely death in 2016 was caused by an accidental overdose, with  painkiller addiction according to the report.

80). RIVER PHOENIX

Promising actor and known in the ’80s for his role in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade shocked the world when his 1993 death exposed him as a heroin addict.

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