Why did Chris Consani call his poster Game Of Fate?

Answer 1

The previous poster's answer was that it the painting was called such "because all 4 of them died young and at their highest artistic point." Problem with that answer is that Bogart was 57 when he died --not exactly "young"-- and his "highest artistic point" was in the 1940's.

It is commonly believed that Consani called his poster the Game of Fate because each of the figures (Monroe, Presley, Dean, and Bogart) experienced a great deal of success followed by great tragedy. Monroe died of a drug overdose at the age of 36. Dean died in a car crash when he was only 24. Presley's stellar career took a nose dive in the 1960s and 70s and finally came to a crashing halt when he died at 42. Although Bogart did die at the relatively old age of 57, he struggled with cancer of the esophagus during the last few years of his life.