First,
MTV has a lengthy biography that's worth reading. Also, I'd like to challenge a few enduring mistruths about him, because as crazy as he was in his later years, I think he came by it honestly.
(1)
Lupus is a debilitating disease that can be devastatingly painful, which explains the meds.
(2)
Vitiligo causes depigmentation of his skin,
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