From millionaire heartthrob to tragic end: The sad story of Brian Connolly

and fortune could not shield him from the darker side of rock stardom.

Abandoned as infant

Brian, who was originally known as Brian MacManus until he turned eighteen, was born in Scotland in 1945.

From the very beginning, Brian had a difficult life — he was abandoned as a baby and raised by a nurse and her husband. His biological father’s identity was continue reading …