Historical Examples
- The assassination attempt of Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley, Jr. was reported to have been driven by an erotomanic fixation on Jodie Foster.
- Late night TV entertainer David Letterman and former astronaut Story Musgrave were both stalked by Margaret Mary Ray.
- Rebecca Schaeffer was stalked and murdered July 18, 1989 by Robert John Bardo, who, according to Robert I. Simon, MD, had erotomania, as reported in his book Bad Men Do What Good Men Dream.
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