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At 80, a Hollywood Legend Lost His Voice and Considered Suicide — Then Spent 23 Years Writing 6 Books and Called the Stroke "The Best Thing That Happened to Me"From the slums to Hollywood, from a helicopter crash to a stroke that stole his voice — being knocked down isn't the end. Psychology calls it post-traumatic growth: transformation born from trauma.open.substack.com