Pete Duel. For some bizarre reason, I dreamt of him recently. He was so handsome and so talented; he could do both comedy and drama equally well. He became a star in the tv series "Alias Smith and Jones"; he played his tv character Hannibal Heyes with a charming, relaxed persona. He was a young, good looking, successful actor...and he was absolutely tortured. He had epilepsy which caused him to have seizures. He became an alcoholic and while driving drunk caused an accident where a young woman was seriously injured. The state of the world depressed him; he was deeply concerned about social issues, especially the environment. His tv series was a success but he didn't like the grind of being on a weekly tv series and though he was wasting his talent. Basically, he was unhappy about pretty much everything. He had been going to AA and trying to stop drinking but on December 31, 1971 he got blind drunk and started playing with a loaded gun. He shot himself in the head and was dead at 31. His death was such a tragedy. He had everything, looks, talent, success, but it didn't matter. By all account, he was a well-liked, good hearted but deeply troubled man.