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Too Young to Die - Episode Guide

Season 1

John Belushi

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jul 14, 2012

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A look at the life of Blues Brother John Belushi, who took the entertainment world by storm before dying of a drug overdose in 1982 at the age of 33.

Kurt Cobain

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jul 21, 2012

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An in-depth look at the successful yet troubled life of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain, who committed suicide at his Seattle home in 1994.

Heath Ledger

Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Jul 28, 2012

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A moving look at the life of Brokeback Mountain and The Dark Knight actor Heath Ledger, who died in January 2008, aged just 28.

Sharon Tate

Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Aug 4, 2012

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A look at the life of Sharon Tate, the actress and model who suffered a tragic and untimely death at the hands of followers of murderous cult leader Charles Manson.

Season 2

Natalie Wood

Episode: 2x01 | Airdate: Feb 22, 2014

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In November 1981, at the age of 43, Natalie Wood, actress and mother of two, drowned in a tragic incident. At the tender age of 4 she stepped in front of the cameras for the first time. By the time she was a teenager, she had starred in "Rebel Without A Cause" and "West Side Story." How fragile was Wood, who been in the spotlight for such a long time? This film will reveal the drama of her life.

Vladimir Vysotsky

Episode: 2x02 | Airdate: Mar 15, 2014

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With his unique voice and his highly poetic lyrics, this singer, songwriter and poet became for many the "Voice of Russia" and his marriage to French actress Marina Vlady finally gained him international cult status. But Vysotsky was a spiritually minded critic of the system. He lived a restless and wild life: racing through Moscow in his Mercedes, wearing hippie clothes, smoking all the time, often drunk and taking drugs.

River Phoenix

Episode: 2x03 | Airdate: Aug 9, 2014

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At only 14, River Phoenix celebrates his breakthrough in the Steven King adaption Stand by Me. The film is a box office hit and River becomes the idol of an entire generation. What exactly happened in the night of October 30, 1993 remains unclear to this day. He is set to play with his band in Johnny Depp's Viper room on Sunset Boulevard. River Phoenix dies of a speedball overdose on the sidewalk outside the club.

Season 3

Falco

Episode: 3x01 | Airdate: Nov 28, 2015

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Falco was the most successful Austrian pop rock musician and rapper of all time, the only artist whose language was German but yet scored a vocal number-one hit in the US. Before he could celebrate his 41st birthday in 1998 and achieve his plan to comeback on the musical scene, he was hit by a bus while driving on the road in the Dominican Republic. Among the causes involved, Falco appeared to be under the influence of alcohol and cocaine…

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Episode: 3x02 | Airdate: Dec 5, 2015

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Described by the New York Times as "the most ambitious and widely admired American actor of his generation", Philip Seymour Hoffman was also an accomplished film and theatre director and producer. He appeared in more than 55 films and is remembered for bringing depth and humanity to the reprehensible characters he played. He suddenly died in February 2014 due to combined- drugs intoxication, addiction he had suffered previously as a young adult during his college years and that everyone thought he was cleaned from.

Bruce Lee

Episode: 3x03 | Airdate: Dec 12, 2015

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Considered as the most influential martial artist of all time, Bruce Lee has impacted all along his life the way Asians were represented in American films. Unfortunately the 20th century icon tragically died at the young age of 32 under mysterious circumstances: allergic reaction to an analgesic or cannabis overdose? The experts still disagree today, but for sure too much pressure due to his new fame must have led the artist to stop his career at its peak.

Judy Garland

Episode: 3x04 | Airdate: Dec 19, 2015

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She started her career with the worldwide success The Wizard of Oz at 17 years old and has deeply impacted since then the cinema and music fields. Despite her numerous professional triumphs, Judy Garland struggled a lot in her personal life, unbalanced with instable finances and 4 successive divorces. She also suffered from a severe weakness of alcohol and drugs which caused her premature death.

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