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Even celebrities are affected by Mental Illness. The following list comes from Active Minds.

Famous People with Mental Illness...

• Erin Brokovich shares her stories as a recovering Anorexic
• Rosie O’Donnell, has suffered from depression for over 20 years
• 60 minutes correspondent Mike Wallace suffers from depression, as does astronaut Buzz Aldrin
• Abraham Lincoln suffered from severe, incapacitating and occasionally suicidal depressions
• Lionel Aldridge, a defensive end for Vince Lombardi's legendary Green Bay Packers of the ‘60s, played in two Super Bowls, but suffered from schizophrenia in the ‘70s
• Peter Green, guitarist for Fleetwood Mac, as well as Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd suffered from schizophrenia
• Entrepreneur Ted Turner and Academy Award-winning actress Patty Duke both suffered from bipolar depression
• Sarah McLachlan, Sheryl Crow, Elton John, and Janet Jackson all suffer from depression, as have actors Drew Carrey, Anthony Hopkins, and Harrison Ford
• Ludwig von Beethoven, the brilliant composer, experienced bipolar depression, as did artist Vincent Van Gogh and author Edgar Allan Poe
• Writers Ernest Hemingway and Charles Dickens both suffered from clinical depression
• Winston Churchill: “Had he been a stable and equable man, he could never have inspired the nation. In 1940, when all the odds were against Britain, a leader of sober judgment might well have concluded that we were finished," wrote Anthony Storr of Churchill’s bipolar depression