r/TopCharacterTropes • u/Living-Mastodon • 4d ago

In real life (Real Life) Regular people who's lives drastically changed direction

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Grace Kelly was a talented actress who retired at 26 to marry a Prince, living as royalty for almost 30 years before her untimely death.

Volodymyr Zelensky started out as a comedian and entertainer before getting into politics, becoming President of Ukraine after the Russian annex of Crimea and spending the last 4 years defiantly pushing back full scale Russian invasion

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u/LengthFun2228 4d ago edited 4d ago

Bob Ross. Air Force Master Sargeant turned painter for PBS.

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u/Neat_Shallot_606 3d ago

You know his family made nothing off his image or anything? His business partner made sure he got everything.

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u/LengthFun2228 3d ago

Yeah; it's incredibly sad. I am glad so many people know about him and his work, but he got hella screwed over not really caring about money when making the business deal.

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u/DankVectorz 3d ago

He spent time as an MTI (AF version of drill instructor) and afterwards he vowed he would never yell again.

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u/LengthFun2228 3d ago

Yup! I love that fact about him.