Other famous instances

There are many other famous, infamous and unheard of cases of failurism in the history of our race. Of course, I intend to approach this subject in strictly chronological order (which many take years) but just to give you a taster:
Jane Austen - couldn't complete her seventh & final novel, Sandition due to a sudden sharp attack of the disease
Abe Lincoln - took years of rehab to get over his aversion to Opera
Buzz Aldrin, it is rumoured, had his first and last attack of this dreaded disease on July 20th 1969...
And these are just some of the less well known cases