Addiction and artistry: 10 stars lost to drugs.

Addiction and artistry: 10 stars lost to drugs.

Whitney Houston

Despite denying it publicly for years, there was no doubt that the iconic singer’s slow-but-steady descent into cocaine abuse derailed a once-stellar music and film career. One of the best-selling artists of the 80s and 90s became a punchline by the early 2000s, and upon her death in 2012, a tragic poster child for wasted talent.


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Stereo Williams
Todd "Stereo" Williams, entertainment writer based in New York City. He co-founded Thirty 2 Oh 1 Productions, an indie film company.
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