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After some very serious lobbying from students at Payson High School in Payson, Utah, where “Footloose” was filmed, Kevin Bacon announced Friday that he would be returning to the high school for this year’s senior prom. 

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"'Help me to not look like I am suffocating,' I prayed. 'Lord, please protect my son’s heart from this.’ And I faded away."

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“We Can’t Become Christ”: Kelsey Grammer Opens Up About the Heartbreaking Tragedies That Challenged His Faith

A person’s story is made up of the journey that brought them to where they are today. This rollercoaster of life means that in order to celebrate the joy in the highs, we have to cling tight to our faith in the lows.

That’s just what actor Kelsey Grammer has learned through his lifetime of tragedy.

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As a child, the ’90s sitcom star had a “spiritual youth,” but a series of unfortunate events made it difficult to keep the faith at such a young age.

At the tender age of 12 years old, cancer took the life of Grammer’s 63-year-old grandfather. Just two years later, his father was shot and killed in a home invasion.

Losing the two most important men in his life in such a short amount of time was a lot to handle at just 14 years old. Still, he processed it by clinging tight to the faith he’d always known.

But the tragedy didn’t stop there.

In 1975, Grammer’s sister, Karen, was raped and murdered. Just five years later, two of his half-brothers died in a diving accident.

The constant heartbreak challenged Grammer’s faith, and at one point he admits, “I probably lost it.”

“There was a time when I abandoned the effort to find a reason to be alive,” he says.

While filming Cheers, Grammer turned to alcohol to numb the pain of his past. It was a destructive choice, and one that has plagued him for a solid chunk of his adult life.

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“I was running away from the feelings that weren’t, you know, as comfortable as I wanted them to do be, and maybe I do have a self-destructive part of me.”

Though he spent some time in and out of rehab, the abuse only became worse. Once his time filming Cheers came to an end, Grammer turned to cocaine for his new escape.

Drunk driving charges landed him in jail before the actor made a conscious and committed effort to get clean and sober for good.

It was around this time when Grammer finally surrendered his life—and everything that was out of his human control—to God.

Bri Lamm
Bri Lamm
Bri is an outgoing introvert with a heart that beats for adventure. She lives to serve the Lord, experience the world, and eat macaroni and cheese in between capturing life’s greatest moments on one of her favorite cameras.

Kevin Bacon Surprises Students at High School Where ‘Footloose’ Was Filmed — Announces He’s Visiting Them for Prom

After some very serious lobbying from students at Payson High School in Payson, Utah, where “Footloose” was filmed, Kevin Bacon announced Friday that he would be returning to the high school for this year’s senior prom. 

“My Last Thought Was a Desperate Plea to God, ‘Lord, Give Me the Strength to Die Well’”: Mom With ‘Invisible Illness’ Shares Her Harrowing...

"'Help me to not look like I am suffocating,' I prayed. 'Lord, please protect my son’s heart from this.’ And I faded away."

“My Husband Turned Blue to Gray”: Wife In Shock Over the One Drink That Killed Her Husband

"The doctor's exact words were 'People drinking these drinks are playing Russian Roulette with their lives.' I was blown away and couldn’t believe just one drink could do this damage"... And KIDS can buy these anywhere.