Celebrity Suicide Attempts

Sadly, Fantasia Barrino is the latest celebrity to try taking her own life, but she's not alone. Many Hollywood personalities have struggled with depression, heartbreak, and suicidal impulses. <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP)

The "American Idol" alumni reportedly overdosed on aspirin and sleeping pills on August 10 in an incident classified as a "suicide attempt" in the police report. Barrino's overdose came amidst reports of an affair with married cell phone salesman Antwaun Cook. However, the singer tells Gayle King on her radio show that career pressure was behind the incident. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/08/11/did-fantasia-barrino-crack-sex-scandal-pressure/">FOX411: Did Fantasia Barrino Crack Under the Sex Scandal Pressure?</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP)

In January of this year, Howard Stern's sidekick was hospitalized after a suicide attempt. Lange stabbed himself nine times, sources told "The Post." Fortunately, surgeons were able to save the troubled comic. "We all have our demons," Stern said on-air of the incident. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/01/07/howard-stern-sidekick-artie-lange-hospitalized-violent-suicide-attempt/">FOX411: Howard Stern Sidekick Artie Lange Hospitalized After Violent Suicide Attempt</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP) (AP2006)

The country singer announced in 2005 that she had twice attempted suicide due to problems with ex-boyfriend William McKnight, who had beat and nearly choked her to death. In May, McCready's mother admitted that the singer's hospitalization was due to a suicide attempt. Gayle McCready says that Mindy has tried to take her life "maybe 12 or 13 times." McCready appeared in the third season of "Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew" depicting her struggle with substance abuse. <a href="http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/05/26/mindy-mccready-suicide-attempt/">FOX411: Mindy McCready's mom says daughter has tried suicide a dozen times, report says</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP) (AP )

His breakup from Kate Hudson was rumored to be behind the actor's 2007 alleged suicide attempt. Wilson was hospitalized for depression after reportedly cutting his wrists. Wilson's lawyer later confirmed that he had been undergoing treatment for depression. <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP)

Heartbreak led Billy Joel's (who attempted suicide himself back in the '70s) daughter to overdose on over-the-counter pills last December. The aspiring singer says she was "panicking" over the end of her relationship with an older musician. Though police labeled the incident a suicide attempt, Alexa now claims she wasn't trying to kill herself. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2010/01/04/billy-joels-daughter-blames-break-suicide-attempt/">FOX411: Billy Joel's Daughter Blames Suicide Attempt on Break Up</a> <a href="http://entertainment.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/04/28/chrisie-brinkley-and-alexa-ray-joel-get-motherdaughter-plastic-surgery-report-says/">FOX411: Christie Brinkley and Alexa Ray Joel Get Mother/Daughter Plastic Surgery</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP)

The rapper attempted suicide by overdosing on Tylenol in 1996 after wife Kim Mathers dumped him. "I thought I was going die," he says of the experience. In 2007, Kim spoke about her own suicide attempt, spurred by one of her husband's songs. <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP)

Writer Ian Halperin, who wrote a biography on the troubled pop star, claims that the rumors of suicidal tendencies are true. Britney’s erratic behavior from 2004 to 2008 was well-documented, and the singer was hospitalized for psychiatric reasons twice in January of 2008. The second time, Spears was put on 5150 involuntary psychiatric hold. <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP)

The host of "The Price is Right" wrote of a rough childhood and subsequent suicide attempts in his book, "Jokes and Beer." The comedian overdosed on sleeping pills twice. <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP) (AP )

Halle has spoken about the aftermath of her failed marriage to David Justice. The Oscar-winning actress says she attempted suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning. She overcome her suicidal tendencies and vowed to never get married again <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP)

During the 2005 filming of his reality show "Breaking Bonaduce," the former child star attempted suicide after his wife asked for a divorce. Neither the attempt nor the subsequent hospitalization was shown on-screen. <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP)

The famous boxer crashed into a tree in 1988, in what the "New York Daily News" called a suicide attempt. <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP)

After leaving drug rehab, Drew tried to kill herself at the tender age of 14. She went back to rehab, sobered up, and got her life together. <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP)

The 90s rapper (AKA Robert Van Winkle) has admitted to attempting suicide by heroin overdose. <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP)

On "The View" last fall, the starlet explained her July 2009 involuntary psychiatric hold as a result of wisdom tooth surgery, though reports claimed the stay was due to "suicidal" actions. When Joy Behar to inquired as to why she was taken to a psychiatric hospital if her pain was physical, Mischa responded thusly: "When they take you into the hospital for something when it goes really wrong if you're having a meltdown and you say something like 'I feel like I want to die' ... they start injecting you with things to calm down. Like I'm petrified of needles." <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/entertainment/2010/08/31/lame-celebrity-excuses/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fentertainment+(Internal+-+Entertainment+-+Mixed)#slide=7">FOX411: Lamest Celebrity Excuses Ever</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> <a href="http://x17online.com">For more pics of Mischa, visit x17online.com.</a>

The former child star revealed in an interview that he had attempted suicide twice by taking sleeping pills. <a href="http://twitter.com/@fox411" target="_blank">Follow FOX411.com on Twitter.</a> (AP)