The longest suicide in Hollywood history
In May of 1956, actor Montgomery Clift fell asleep behind the wheel and crashed into a telephone pole. Clift had just left a party hosted by Elizabeth Taylor, who allegedly had to pull a tooth out of Clift’s tongue to keep him from choking to death after the crash.
The actor lived with physical and mental pains for the rest of his life and became addicted to a cocktail of painkillers and alcohol. The remainder of his life became known as ‘the longest suicide in Hollywood history.’