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Aug 14, 2021 · Levant frankly discussed his mental breakdowns, his multiple institutionalizations in psychiatric hospitals, electroshock therapy and episodes of mania and depression.
- Dr. Howard Markel
Aug 17, 2018 · But Levant charged into the final chapter of his life as a confessional trailblazer, a man who spoke freely and outrageously about his deteriorating mental state on live television.
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Dec 24, 2006 · He was an insecure, tortured soul who battled a 10-year addiction to painkillers and was shuttled in and out of mental institutions before his death in 1972. (Soundbite of "Rhapsody in Blue")...
In 1939, Levant married singer and actress June Gale; they had three daughters, Marcia, Lorna, and Amanda. Levant talked publicly about his neuroses and hypochondria. Levant became addicted to prescription drugs and was committed to psychiatric hospitals by his wife. Death Crypt of Oscar Levant at Westwood Memorial Park
Aug 14, 2012 · Born in Pittsburgh in 1906 to an Orthodox Jewish family originally from Russia, Levant was tormented by psychiatric ailments, requiring hospitalizations and medication which he made light of on...
Apr 24, 2023 · Onstage, Hayes shows Levant’s pain exactly as it appears on film: helplessly, on a face that’s scrunched up, almost wincing, as if to be conscious and in public at any point in time is tantamount to torture. And of course, for those of us who deal with mental health struggles, it absolutely is.
May 3, 2023 · Paar certainly didn’t shy away from Levant’s mental health concerns. He once introduced his guest by explaining, “He's as nervous as he is clever — for every pearl that comes out of his mouth, a pill goes in.” Levant’s mental health. Levant struggled with mental health issues exacerbated by a heart attack in the early 1950s.
