
What to know about bipolar disorder, the illness that ‘got the best’ of Robert Carradine
NY Post
“Lizzie McGuire” and “Revenge of the Nerds” star Robert Carradine has died at the age of 71, with his family confirming that he took his own life amid a battle with bipolar disorder.
“We want people to know it, and there is no shame in it,” his older brother Keith Carradine told Deadline.
“It is an illness that got the best of him, and I want to celebrate him for his struggle with it, and celebrate his beautiful soul,” he said. “He was profoundly gifted, and we will miss him every day.”
His family described his nearly two-decade-long experience with bipolar disorder as a “valiant struggle.”
Carradine’s older half-brother, fellow actor David Carradine, died of asphyxiation in Bangkok in 2009, which the younger Carradine had said contributed to the decline of his own mental health, according to TMZ. Soon after that incident, he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.













