10 Amazing Facts About Salvador Dali

Dalí’s Final Years Were Unhappy and Isolated 

Despite being estranged from his wife Gala in their last years of marriage, her death in 1982 drove him into a state of deep depression and paranoia. He scratched at his face and body, refused to eat and began abusing his caretakers. Palsy prevented him from painting – the thing he loved most – and he lived seven very unhappy years before his death in 1989.