Spot the Not #114 - smart people who did very dumb things

All the following are true cases except one. Can you Spot the Not?

1. Distinguished physicist goes to jail after being tricked him into smuggling drugs

2. Renowned heart surgeon ruins reputation by peddling snake oil

3. Rock star journalist makes up sensational stories; loses everything

4. Talented poet denied professorship because he misspelled a word

5. Great inventor nearly dies while trying to electrocute a turkey

6. Famous painter dies from lead poisoning after years of licking paintbrush