I meant that if he had to go into a trade, having to earn every dime and sweat on his brow, he might not have had the time to be a part of the Hollywood scene that had undoubtedly taken 20 years off his life.
I have lost to friends to drugs/alcohol. Not celebrities. Not rich. Working stiffs. One was 39, the other 49.
It’s not Hollywood that kills them, it is themselves.
JMO.