Robert SchumanN would be a better candidate - and he died in a madhouse.
He had a short life. What ultimately killed him was pneumonia.
His almost-namesake was just another career politician, who for the record voted to support Pétain during WWII.
Yes, very sadly. I blame his wife Clara for the composer’s saddening end.
A great pianist she was, but not a great person: at recitals, she would perform not her husband’s, but his rivals’ works. When he went insane, she di not do everything she could have done for him.
A wonderful pianist, but a mediocre human being...