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Not infrequently, troubled individuals become obsessed with a public figure -- either romantically or simply out of intense admiration -- and then become angry when they feel rejected by the object of their obsession.

In almost every case where a mentally disturbed individual has attacked a celebrity, the attacker has made prior contact with the eventual target, quite often extensively -- providing ample warning signs. When those warning signs are ignored, the results can be devastating.

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