Judy Garland became an international superstar at 17 when she graced screens as Dorothy in the 1939 classic, The Wizard of Oz; however, her life in the spotlight was far from glamorous. While enjoying major career highs, Judy also suffered tragic personal lows as her life was plagued by illness.

Following a string of movies such as Meet Me in St. Louis and For Me and My Gal, she also became the first woman to win the Grammy for Album of the Year for her live 1961 recording, Judy at Carnegie Hall. However, the Hollywood icon also endured years of addiction to prescription pills and heavy alcohol abuse, which had taken a toll on her body and voice. At just 47 years old, on June 22, she was found dead on the bathroom floor of the London home she shared with her fifth husband, Mikey Deans.

In the years before her death, it was revealed that Judy was in a desperate financial state after years of mismanagement and embezzlement.

With any money from her years of success gone, she owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes, and it was also reported that Judy had multiple failed suicide attempts.

As a result, the star returned to the stage to perform sold-out shows in New York, with her children Lorna and Joey Luft from her marriage to former manager Sidney Luft, although a majority of the earnings were seized for tax payments.

Judy's London performances were once described as an "emotional car crash" in a 1969 review of The Observer, which spoke of her delayed appearance, slurred speech and said she was "thinner now, almost haggard."

As well as addictions to upper and downer prescription pills, Judy spent her life dieting and bingeing to please studio executives.

Her Los Angeles Times obituary said she had been plagued by illness throughout her life and "had suffered from hepatitis, exhaustion, kidney ailments, nervous breakdowns, near-fatal drug reactions, overweight, underweight and injuries suffered in falls."

Just 12 days after her 47th birthday, Mickey discovered Judy dead in the bathroom of their Belgravia house in London.

Her cause of death was ruled as accidental, an overdose of barbiturates that had been ingested over a long period of time and although it was speculated, there was no evidence that suggested she had died by suicide.