Kit Lambert (The Who)

Lambert was originally in the world of film, but that career was soon squashed when he saw The Who play an early gig in London in 1964 and decided to become their manager. Sometime in the late '60s, Lambert dove feet first into the world of sex and drugs while forgetting his professional duties to his clients. When he was fired by the band in 1971 for missing royalties, he went on a decade long bender that ended in 1981 when he drunkenly fell down the stairs at his mothers' house where he was living under court order.