Brendan Behan
Playwright
Talented Irish poet and playwright who died of alcoholism. He wrote The Quare Fellow, The Hostage, and Borstal Boy.
At age 13, he left school to join his father's profession as a house painter.
He was part of the Irish Republican Army.
He married Beatrice Salkeld in 1995.
Veronica Lake also had difficulty with alcoholism throughout her life.