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Committed to a mental institution. See also Shock Treatment.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joan Vollmer Adams	Victim	1924	6-Sep-1951	Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs
David Allen	Author	28-Dec-1945		Getting Things Done
Louis Althusser	Philosopher	16-Oct-1918	22-Oct-1990	Marxist theorist, anti-humanist
Malcolm Arnold	Composer	21-Oct-1921	23-Sep-2006	The Bridge on the River Kwai
Antonin Artaud	Playwright	4-Sep-1896	4-Mar-1948	Theater of Cruelty
Nathaniel Bar-Jonah	Criminal	15-Feb-1957	13-Apr-2008	Cannibal child killer, sentenced to 130 years
Busby Berkeley	Film Director	29-Nov-1895	14-Mar-1976	Strike Up the Band
Nellie Bly	Journalist	5-May-1864	27-Jan-1922	Ten Days in a Mad-House
Lorena Bobbitt	Criminal	1970		Severed husband's penis
Buddy Bolden	Jazz Musician	6-Sep-1877	4-Nov-1931	Ragtime, pre-Jazz cornetist
Clara Bow	Actor	29-Jul-1905	26-Sep-1965	Schizophrenic actress, Wings
Emanuel Bronner	Business	1-Feb-1908	7-Mar-1997	Soap label philosopher
Beau Brummell	Socialite	7-Jun-1778	30-Mar-1840	Dandy, 19th c. arbiter of fashion
William S. Burroughs, Jr.	Relative	21-Jul-1947	3-Mar-1981	Son of William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs	Author	5-Feb-1914	2-Aug-1997	Naked Lunch
Samuel Byck	Assassin	30-Jan-1930	22-Feb-1974	Unsuccessful Nixon assassin
Leonora Carrington	Painter	6-Apr-1917	25-May-2011	Last surviving Surrealist
Hayden Carruth	Poet	3-Aug-1921	29-Sep-2008	Brothers, I Loved You All
Clarence 13X	Religion	21-Feb-1928	13-Jun-1969	Nation of Gods and Earths
Paulo Coelho	Novelist	24-Aug-1947		The Alchemist
Albert DeSalvo	Criminal	3-Sep-1931	25-Nov-1973	Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler
Don Drummond	Musician	12-Mar-1932	6-May-1969	The Skatalites
Roky Erickson	Singer/Songwriter	15-Jul-1947		13th Floor Elevators
Frederick Exley	Author	28-Mar-1929	17-Jun-1992	A Fan's Notes
Frances Farmer	Actor	19-Sep-1913	1-Aug-1970	Hollywood actress, institutionalized
Marshall Field IV	Business	15-Jun-1916	18-Sep-1965	Owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, 1956-65
Ed Gein	Criminal	27-Aug-1906	26-Jul-1984	Serial killer and cannibal
Frances Gifford	Actor	7-Dec-1919	15-Jan-1994	Jungle Girl
Philip L. Graham	Publisher	18-Jul-1915	3-Aug-1963	Washington Post publisher, 1947-63
Ivor Gurney	Poet	28-Aug-1890	26-Dec-1937	War's Embers
Gary Heidnik	Criminal	22-Nov-1943	6-Jul-1999	Sex torturer, murderer
John Hinckley	Assassin	29-May-1955		Shot President Reagan
Daniel Johnston	Singer/Songwriter	22-Jan-1961		Hi How Are You?
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner	Painter	6-May-1880	15-Jun-1938	German expressionist
Ronnie Kray	Criminal	24-Oct-1933	17-Mar-1995	Kray brothers
Adrian Lamo	Hacker	20-Feb-1981		So-called homeless hacker
Nathaniel Lee	Playwright	c. 1653	6-May-1692	The Rival Queens
Earl Long	Politician	26-Aug-1895	5-Sep-1960	Three-time Governor of Louisiana
Gucci Mane	Rapper	2-Feb-1980		Lemonade
Guy de Maupassant	Author	5-Aug-1850	6-Jul-1893	French short story writer
Timothy McSweeney	Relative	1943	24-Jan-2010	Namesake of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern
W. C. Minor	Scholar	Jun-1834	26-Mar-1920	Prolific OED contributor
Yoko Ono	Artist	18-Feb-1933		Impenetrable musician, wife of John Lennon
Charlie Parker	Jazz Musician	29-Aug-1920	12-Mar-1955	Be-bop jazz musician
Colonel Tom Parker	Business	26-Jun-1909	21-Jan-1997	Elvis Presley's manager
Christine Pascal	Actor	29-Nov-1953	30-Aug-1996	Let Joy Reign Supreme
Jimmy Piersall	Baseball	14-Nov-1929		Crazy center fielder
Ezra Pound	Poet	30-Oct-1885	1-Nov-1972	The Cantos
Lou Reed	Musician	2-Mar-1942	27-Oct-2013	The Velvet Underground
Maria Schneider	Actor	27-Mar-1952	3-Feb-2011	Last Tango in Paris
Edie Sedgwick	Socialite	20-Apr-1943	16-Nov-1971	Warhol factory girl
Ignaz Semmelweis	Doctor	1-Jul-1818	13-Aug-1865	Pioneer of antiseptics
David Hyrum Smith	Relative	17-Nov-1844	29-Aug-1904	Son of Joseph Smith
Valerie Solanas	Activist	9-Apr-1936	26-Apr-1988	Shot Andy Warhol
Skip Spence	Musician	18-Apr-1946	16-Apr-1999	Moby Grape guitarist, Oar
James Taylor	Singer/Songwriter	12-Mar-1948		Seen fire, rain
Georges Gilles de la Tourette	Doctor	30-Oct-1857	26-May-1904	Tourette's syndrome
Howard Unruh	Criminal	21-Jan-1921	19-Oct-2009	Spree killer, 13 dead in 1949
Krishna Venta	Religion	29-Mar-1911	10-Dec-1958	W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World
Louis Wain	Painter	5-Aug-1860	4-Jul-1939	The Man Who Drew Cats
Aby Warburg	Scholar	13-Jun-1866	26-Oct-1929	Founder of the Warburg Institute
Tex Watson	Criminal	2-Dec-1945		Honor student turned to Manson Family
Jonathan Winters	Comic	11-Nov-1925	11-Apr-2013	Mearth, son of Mork
Marion A. Zioncheck	Politician	5-Dec-1901	7-Aug-1936	Congressman, committed suicide

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