The now-retired relative reflected, “Christine would do things to a high level of ability then stop and do something else which, again, was one of the early signs she was bipolar.”
At the time, however, the TV host was only diagnosed with “general depression,” and the treatments available back then may have only worsened her condition, leading to her death.
‘Nothing glorious about suicide’
Decades later, her suicide echoed through pop culture, even helping to inspire the 1976 Oscar-winning film Network, starring Faye Dunaway and Peter Finch.Continue reading…