Though they wrote immortal songs like "Without You" and "Come and Get It," Badfinger's strongest legacy may be as a cautionary tale. The band, who were feted by the Beatles early on, had a promising early career, but after several hits in the early '70s, their career was derailed in the middle of that decade by several business blunders by their manager, Stan Polley. In 1975, founding member Pete Ham, despondent over the state of their career, hanged himself. Guitarist and songwriter Tom Evans never got over his friend's death, and in 1983, also hanged himself. It's a glum legacy...
- 2/4/2016
- by Alex Heigl, @alex_heigl
- PEOPLE.com
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