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I agree with the sentiment of your comment, but in this case it did appear that he was seeing a therapist so he was getting some professional help. I think the

• redis_mlc 6y ago
  > I think the help that may be missing is friends who are "lovingly firm" with him sooner. I've seen or read interviews with the people surrounding Howard Hughes and Whitney Houston who were very close to them. When it comes to celebrities and billionaires, unless you're immediate family, your voice is often drowned out by people who are on the payroll or who stand to benefit. Howard Hughes was involved in a number of airplane accidents, and that likely contributed to his Rx addiction. He had a business rep inside his inner circle for most of his adult life, but IIRC his caretakers and some other people got close enough to isolate Hughes later on. In the case of Houston, one of her uncles said he recognized the symptoms of heroin addiction during a TV performance, tried to get in touch, but was prevented by other relatives from doing so. Prince was an unusual case because he OD'ed from fentanyl in fake Vicodin pills: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/no-criminal-charges-prince-s-overdose-death-prosecutor-announces-n867491 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/no-criminal-charges-pri...