Famous stage actor Maurice Barrymore, great-grandfather of actress Drew Barrymore, was committed to an asylum in 1901 after going on an incendiary tirade in the middle of a performance. The breakdown was a symptom of tertiary syphilis. He spent the rest of his life in institutions, where he fought attendants and even tried to strangle his daughter. He died in his sleep at a private sanitarium.
Age: Dec. at 56 (1849-1905)
Birthplace: Agra Fort, Agra, India
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