Drugs, death and celebrity: headline-grabbers reveal a much bigger problem

By Kate Aubusson
Updated January 17 2017 - 10:08am, first published January 5 2017 - 2:30pm
Carrie Fisher in her twenties. Fisher was candid about her early drug addiction troubles during the height of her career. Photo: Instagram/@glamourofthepast
Carrie Fisher in her twenties. Fisher was candid about her early drug addiction troubles during the height of her career. Photo: Instagram/@glamourofthepast
Heath Ledger died in January 2008 of an accidental overdose involving prescription drugs.  Photo: Sahlan Hayes
Heath Ledger died in January 2008 of an accidental overdose involving prescription drugs. Photo: Sahlan Hayes

The sudden deaths of Carrie Fisher and George Michael have thrust the disquieting trinity of drug addiction, death and celebrity into the public consciousness.

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