What if Judy Garland had survived her drug overdose in 1969 and cleaned her self up?

Could she have made a comeback in the 1970s and 1980s?

No, because of brain damage.

Ok, I have thought about this one a lot and it is a two pronged response.

If we take the situation as it was, Judy wasn't going to live much longer. Her body was shutting down. She had taken barbiturates for so long her heart was damaged. She had suffered hepatitis and was expected to die from this a decade prior, but still managed to get through it, but by the late 60's the pills were really damaging her. By the time she died, her system was so full of meds that she risked over dosing on a daily basis. When she died, they believed she had taken sleeping pills, nodded off naturally and woken a few minutes later, forgotten she had taken the pills and took them again. This dosage wouldn't have killed anyone else, but because she was so vulnerable it tipped her over the edge. She then went to the bathroom, fell asleep on the toilet and never woke up. But she really was on borrowed time and if she hadn't died on that day, she would have likely died within the year of something else.

However, if you look at Judy around the time of her TV series, she appeared in very good health. Whilst she was still taking the pills at this time (and drinking), had she stopped all of this then (around 1963) I think she would have saved her health declining and not necessarily suffered a premature death. She could have lived on many more years.

So if you take the latter scenario and she had not died in 1969, what career would she have had in the 70's and 80's? I believe a very good one. Her biggest beef and issue was she could never hold onto money as she was screwed over so much. She then resented singing to a degree as she was literally being forced to sing for her supper. I think more commercial aspects would have opened up for her, especially as her daughters got older and more commercially aware and could have supported her business decisions more.

I believe she would have been able to make a great deal of money from endorsements and appearances. She could have then stopped having to perform just for the the money. This in turn would have enabled her to sing just for the love of it.

By the 1980's should would have certainly had the platform and magnitude Sinatra had and reenable to sell out large venues.

R3 who cares? What the hell else are you up to? I think she would always be able to do concerts. People went to see her til the end.

She would have been perfect as the Den Mother on Facts of Life.

She would have recorded “Results” instead of Liza.

And she would have sung "You Pay My Rent" to Liza also.

R4 Yes we care when it was JUST LAST FUCKING WEEK, you dumb fuck

Thread closed. See the other one that is literally all of two weeks old.

Maybe she would have made crappy movies. And became a arrogant ass. RDJ, anyone?

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