Yeah, it's too bad. I recently looked up a person I remember hearing about in the '80s...

here's a site which mentions him in a longer essay on the culture of celebrity...

http://www.cafemo.com/bonmos/nomolestar.html

"Take the case of Adragon DiMello. A genius, this kid was taught science and math by his father, whom I see as a dedicated man whose instruction resulted in the kid's being accepted to college when he was 11."


I read somewhere else that DiMello is now working for a sign-painting company. It's low-pressure work, he's happy and has plenty of friends, and nobody's pushing him to do anything stupendously amazing with his talent.

He's good at math, and I guess it comes in handy
at his job.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/02/15/60II/main160947.shtml