THE FIGHT AGAINST DRUG ADDICTION : DEVELOPING SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN SCHOOLS AGAINST DRUG ADDİCTION»

of famous people from Greece that died because of drug abuse Presentation of famous people from Greece that died because of drug abuse

  Tina Livanos

Tina Livanos was born in London and was the daughter of Stavros Livanos, famous Greek millionaire. In 1946 she got married with a very Greek famous and rich ship owner also, Aristotle Onassis, with whom she had two children. In 1960 they got divorced and a year later she married John Spencer - Churchill, Marquis of Blandford. Then she got divorced again in 1971. The same year she got married for third time with Stavros Niarchos, former husband of her sister, also very rich Greek ship owner. In October 10 , 1974 Tina  died unexpectedly  from the use of  barbiturates,  because of the  loss of  her beloved son  Alexandros in a plane crash.

Pavlos Sidiropoulos

Pavlos Sidiropoulos born in 1948 was a Greek lyricist, composer, singer and actor. He was grandson of Alexis Zorbas and nephew of the poet Elli Alexiou. He worked with the famous composer Markopoulos. He died in the age of 42 years from heart attack, because of heroin abuse. During fall of 1979, when he was 31 years old, began his relationship with heroin. He made several attempts to escape from drug addiction. In the spring of 1990 his mother that he was very fond of, died. A few months later, encountered a serious health problem with his hand. This worsened his already bad psychology. On December 6, 1990 left his last breath while he was being transferred to the hospital.

Katerina Gogou

Katerina was born in the 1st of June in 1940 in Athens; she was an actress and a poem writer. She was known for her second roles in the movies and from the poetry she was known about her anarchistic ideas. She studied acting in the best acting school in Greece. Uncompromising woman, expressing her personality and soul through lyrics full of anger and condemning pain, suffer and misery around her. In her 53 years, on 3 October 1993, Katerina Gogou, the enraged poet decides to terminate her life, taking an overdose of pills and alcohol. Myrto Tasiou, her daughter died in the age of 24 years, a year after her mother’s death because of drugs.

Nicolas Asimos

Born on the 20th of August 1949 in Thessaloniki Born on the 20th of August 1949 in Thessaloniki. He was a composer, a lyric writer and a singer mostly in rock. He also sang songs about politics as well as ballads also. The songs he used to write were considered being triggering to a weird group of people against stereotypes and revolutioners. He had an anarchy way of thinking but he overcame this cause he didn’t want to be tagged with this. He then got addicted to drugs. He hanged himself at the age of 38 after being accused of raping a woman and killing animals with the hope to revive them after a while.

Maria Callas

She was a Diva, a Greek-American soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Many critics praised her bel-canto technique, wide-ranging voice and dramatic interpretations. Her repertoire ranged from Donizetti, Bellini and Rossini to Verdi and Puccini and to the music dramas of Wagner.

Born in 1923 in New York City and raised by an overbearing mother, she received her musical education in Greece and established her career in Italy. She turned herself from a heavy woman into a svelte and glamorous one after a mid-career weight loss. She had a love affair with Greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis and died after love disappointment because of drug peels overdose in September of 1977.

Rena Pagrati

  Famous Greek actress who starred in many comedy films of the 1980s. Born in 1942 in Dafni, a neighborhood in Athens. Her career in television started when she still played in music band Nostradamus. Some well known movies in which she played is "Basically good evening" and "Kamikaze love." Then she stayed unemployed resulting financial problems. She died from overdose of drug pills on 25 June 1998. A lot of people believe that she actually committed suicide. Everybody remembers her for her funny style and laughter.

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