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5. Elton John

John admits that an impending marriage to girlfriend Lisa Woodrow caused him to attempt suicide at his East London home in 1969. The famed musician’s feeling of repression regarding his sexuality lead him to inhale toxic gases from the stove. Luckily, John’s writing partner, Bernie Taupin, found him “lying on a pillow, and opened all the windows.” Later on, the two wrote and produced the song “Someone Saved My Life Tonight.”

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