Someday
Well-Known Member
With the 30th Anniversary of KC's death, I have been thinking a lot lately about something that may not have been mentioned often: did being famous contribute to her passing?
The age-old tale of child stars and older adults not being able to handle fame has been told time and time again. Tom Chaplin (of KEANE) being one of the most recent in the music business ... the pressure of being in the public eye turned him to pretty serious drug abuse. One of the lucky ones, he has come through, but the list is endless. Ok, Karen was not a child star, but overwhelming fame came when she was barely out of her teens - and at an age when most of us have no real idea who we are or what we want from life. These stars lose their identity to being in the public eye.
I've heard Richard say Karen loved being famous and she apparently had a reputation for being 'grounded', but, who knows. So much emphasis has been put upon her illness being due to family issues, perhaps we have all been overlooking something that's not uncommon at all ...
The age-old tale of child stars and older adults not being able to handle fame has been told time and time again. Tom Chaplin (of KEANE) being one of the most recent in the music business ... the pressure of being in the public eye turned him to pretty serious drug abuse. One of the lucky ones, he has come through, but the list is endless. Ok, Karen was not a child star, but overwhelming fame came when she was barely out of her teens - and at an age when most of us have no real idea who we are or what we want from life. These stars lose their identity to being in the public eye.
I've heard Richard say Karen loved being famous and she apparently had a reputation for being 'grounded', but, who knows. So much emphasis has been put upon her illness being due to family issues, perhaps we have all been overlooking something that's not uncommon at all ...