Is Fame A Good Thing

Craving for fame is nothing new. Many people spend a lifetime to find a way to be in the public eye and become the cream of the crop and depressingly most of them fail to do so. Yet, there are geniuses who managed to reach the pinnacles of fame and wealth before long, when they are still in their twenty’s or even less, but the question is whether becoming rich and famous at an early age is a good thing or not. I can imagine of no better way to provide a satisfactory answer except for making a comparison between two outstanding examples, one representative of prosperity and the other one indicant of misery.
Lets be positive and take a look at the bright side first. There is barely no one who doesn’t know about Mark Zuckerberg who shot to fame

Kurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter who rocked the music world with his band Nirvana. He is known to have displayed artistic traits since early childhood but being a victim of parent’s separation, he had a troubled youth. Finding solace in music, he started with playing the guitar and slowly and steadily went deeper into the world of music. Albums such as Bleach, Nevermind, in Utero were some of his very popular ones. Nirvana signing with the Grefen Records came as a major accomplishment in his career. His exemplary song writing skills helped Nirvana sell some over 25 million albums in the U.S. and over 75 million all over the world; thereby making him an iconic personality in the field of rock music. Although he continued to grow exponentially on the professional front but his personal life went down the drain due to his severe drug addictions. Plagued with health and family issues, he was a struggling patient of depression and drug addiction throughout his life. Cobain was slowly drifting from his band members. The growing popularity was more pressurizing for the young Cobain which made him more apprehensive of his future that seemed uncontrollable from his end; hence he ventured into drugs. While on a family tour in Europe on March 4, 1994, he attempted suicide through drug overdose but escaped death. Post this incident, Cobain became a loner with suicidal instincts. Finally, On April 8, his dead body was discovered at his Lake Washington Boulevard home by an electrician. According to coroner's report, he died on April 5, 1994 when he was only