Judy Garland was signed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in the early 1930's and began churning out three, four and five movies a year, often with Mickey Rooney.

The studio took extreme measures to make sure the actress was big screen ready. A move that eventually resulted in her early death. To keep her alert and lively, the studio began giving her daily doses of amphetamines.

By the time 17-year-old Garland finished filming Oz, she was already addicted to amphetamines. Her use of the drug had started before the actress slipped into those ruby slippers, in part due to studio bosses who demanded she remain thin, and energetic enough to cope with arduous days of filming.

As her penchant for booze and pills began to spiral out of control, she graduated to morphine and heroin, sometimes sneaking into the bathrooms at friends homes looking for prescription drugs. As her addiction became more powerful, she began to lose her mental health, twice setting her home on fire, and ending up in mental health facilities more than once.

On June 22,1969, Judy Garland was found dead by her fifth husband, Mickey Deens, in their rented London home. She was only 47. After an autopsy, the English coroner stated her death was due to an accidental overdose of barbiturates. Her body was brought back to the United States and interred for nearly 50 years in a New York cemetery, but in 2017 her family members had her remains brought to Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.

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