Bob Crane -- A Sad, Sordid Story

Old Oligarch reviews the new movie about the life and death of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane. The film documents Crane's gradual slide into the dark world of pornography and sex addiction. It is often said that addiction eventually results in death. This was certainly the case for Crane. Old Oligarch concludes:

...The whole tragedy of Bob Crane is how his addiction embarrassed and alienated those around him. This wonderfully witty, talented, generous and humane man pained so many people with the wicked products of his addiction that it ruined his career, his marriage and ultimately his life. If he had only been brave enough to repent, and to pull the hooks from his eyes, he would have lived to be a better husband, father and actor, instead of making that hopeless, sordid, bloody end, alone and empty in a Scottsdale hotel room.

I recommend reading the whole post -- it's excellent.