Celebs Struggling With Drug Addiction (updated)

12. Jimi Hendrix

Careers that are the brightest fade away quickly. 

Jimi Hendrix fits the pattern, and specialists regard him as the best instrumentalist in the history of rock music. Like others reaching the same fame, Jimi Hendrix needed an escape from reality and the scale of his success.

Drug abuse was a constant occupation at the time when Jimi became a superstar. Friends and those close to him often used to describe how substances were able to transform an artist singing about love, into a violent and unpredictable individual. Jimi died in 1970 due to barbiturates intoxication.