List famous persons who DID NOT go on a "downward spiral"

[HopeHoops]

I know, short list.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. Gregory Peck.

He clearly had it all together.

[cwydro]

2. Paul Newman

[bridgit]

3. Clint Eastwood

[MineralMan]

4. Jimmy Stewart

[MineralMan]

5. Adlai Stevenson

[sarge43]

22. James Garner

[cwydro]

6. Bill Cosby

[Sanity Claws]

7. Audrey Hepburn, Julie Andrews

I wanted to add some women to this all male list.

[kath]

8. Katharine Hepburn

[jxnmsdemguy65]

9. Fred MacMurray

[Mr. Ected]

10. Jeff Goldblum

Despite recent reports to the contrary.

:P

[Rob H.]

11. Kurt Russell

He's a former child star, too--a lot of them had lives that fell apart once they reached adulthood.

[Aristus]

12. Mozart. He didn't die at the bottom of the spiral, as common belief suggests he did.

He was on his way back up from the bottom when he died.

[woo me with science]

13. Shirley Temple

(unless you count her becoming Republican :evilgrin:)

But with her childhood, I would have expected her to have killed herself by age 30.

[BuelahWitch]

21. Good example!

Poor Shirley found herself washed up at the age of 11 or 12 after being Princess of the Movies for most of her life. That's enough to drive anyone to a downward spiral.

[BlueIris]

14. Angelina Jolie hasn't.

Yet.

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. Johnny Depp

[Ikonoklast]

16. George W. Bush

He's been a consistent shit his entire life.

You can throw The Dick Cheney in with him, too.

When your entire life is spent at the bottom, there is no spiral to ride down.

[Flaxbee]

17. Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Helen Mirren, Sissy Spacek

Robert Redford, Paul Newman,

Younger 'stars' like Charlize Theron, Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet

[Pharlo]

18. Ron Howard

Reba McIntyre
George Jones
Billy Joel
Bruce Springsteen
Caroline Kennedy
Queen Elizabeth II

Actually, there are a lot of them. It's just that the ones that burn and crash at a young age are considered 'tragedies' and get more publicity.

[Kutjara]

19. Pete Docherty.

You can't really go on a downward spiral if you start at the bottom.

[ZombieHorde]

20. MLK Jr., Gandhi, George Washington, Gygax, Andre the Giant,

Christopher Reeves, Abraham Lincoln, Pope John Paul II.

The list could go on and on.