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1. Yolanda Saldívar had tried and failed to become president of a Tejano singer's fan club. However, she tried again with another Tejano artist and succeeded. This ended in tragedy in 1995 as, after being discovered embezzling money from the fan club, Saldívar shot the 23-year old singer, who later died in hospital. Who was this young American singer who met a sticky end at the hands of a woman who admittedly disliked her from the beginning?
2. The 1976 film "Taxi Driver", and especially the actress who played a pre-teen prostitute in it, had a profound effect on a man named John Hinckley, Jr. Hinckley stalked the actress while she attended Yale, called her several times, and wrote her love letters. In a bid to impress her and become her equal in levels of fame, he stalked President Jimmy Carter across the States with the intention of killing him, and ended up trying to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Who is the actress, who since was subject to other stalkers at the same university?
3. This celebrity is a famous pop singer who suffered a nervous breakdown. She attended numerous drug rehab centers and shaved her head bald. Eventually, she was put under the conservatorship of her father, which was later shared with her then fiancé. Who is this singer?
4. When this actor's 911 phone call regarding his brother's overdose was repeatedly aired on the radio and television, the massive intrusion into his life caused him to retreat from the world of acting for a short time. What is the name of this actor, whose stage name included the name Leaf?
5. This silent film star enjoyed great success as one of Hollywood's highest paid in the industry during the 1910s and 1920s. But a Labor Day party was the beginning of his downfall, when he was accused of raping and killing a young woman, Virginia Rappe, who died days after the party. He was later acquitted of manslaughter, but his reputation was tarnished for the rest of his life. Do you know the name of this ruined actor?
6. This rock star's problems were not caused by fame alone; many events of his childhood contributed to his withdrawn, defiant, and rebellious nature. But the pressure of fame got the better of him, and, unable to kick his drug habit and depression, he committed suicide at 27 in 1994 by gunshot. What is his name?
7. This star of "Freaky Friday" and "The Parent Trap" was a well-known child actress and singer, but began to have problems with alcohol and drugs around the age of 20. She has served time in rehab and prison for drink-driving and shoplifting, and several comebacks have failed to place her back on her previous pedestal. Who is this actress?
8. The Two Coreys, Corey Haim and Corey Feldman, were 80's teen idols, starring in "The Lost Boys" together. Haim died at the age of 38, after years of battling drug addiction, which Feldman also had problems with. As young actors, they were vulnerable, and both boys were victims of what crime in their early Hollywood days?
9. Another member of the infamous 27 Club, celebrities who have died at age 27, this actor was a child actor who starred in "The Neverending Story II" and a TV adaptation of Stephen King's "It". His declining career culminated in his depression and later suicide. Who is the award-winning "seaQuest DSV" star?
10. This singer and drummer, part of a musical duo with her brother Richard, suffered from anorexia nervosa throughout her career. Therapy failed, although after a hospitalization, she seemed to be on the road to recovery, but her heart was weakened by years of the disease, and she died shortly before her 33rd birthday. Who is this?
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