Gladiators legend has died aged 59

Shadow: Jefferson King 

Troubling: A court heard how he was involved in a blackmail plot after a day of smoking drugs ‘degenerated rapidly’

Name: Jefferson King 

Age: 59

Now: In 2009 he went into rehab and stayed clean, revealing in 2011 that he had beaten his addiction and worked at a rehab clinic to help people suffering from drug problems.

However, by last year he was back on illegal drugs – and last March King was charged with heroin possession.

A week later, a court heard…