10 fantastic celebrities ruined by Alcoholism (With pictures)

4. Mickey Mantle

We all know the greats of baseball: Babe Ruth, Barry Bonds, and then there was Mickey Mantle. He was an athletic star, but he became overcome with an addiction to alcohol. Back in 1944, Mantle was featured in Sports Illustrated and gave a description of his morning drink, which included a couple of shots of brandy. It is even said that Mantle had played baseball games while heavily intoxicated, although we wonder how he would have managed to run around the bases, or even hit the ball at all! Yet we can’t put it past him; Mantle was a pretty public alcoholic who later died from the effects.