Stars that Rise, Stars that File
Celebrities that file Bankruptcy
Although filing bankruptcy is nothing to be ashamed of, producing a laundry list of your friends, family, neighbors -- even your doctor and local grocer that have filed bankruptcy in order to let you know that you are not alone, may not be celebrated in the manner it was intended. Celebrated? Now that is interesting. Perhaps we can take a look at those already in the spotlight.
Let’s dig right in, because the celebrities that have filed bankruptcy include Oscar winners (Dorothy Dandridge), corporate moguls (Donald Trump), authors (Samuel L. Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain), chart-topping singers (Toni Braxton, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Cindy Lauper), media mongers (Larry King), sports figures (Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson, Michael Vick) and Grammy winners (MC Hammer) and most will surprise, even shock you (Francis Ford Coppola, Henry Ford, Walt Disney). All around us consumers in debt, including celebrities, file bankruptcy as a means to resolve their debt and move on with their lives.
If those that we idolize and admire like screen siren Kim Basinger (filed), the lovely but wayward Anna Nicole Smith (filed), silver screen favorites Doris Day (filed) & Mickey Rooney (filed twice), and film legend John Wayne (filed), indeed make the choice to file bankruptcy, why the shame attached to it? Consider this: If more consumers in debt would simply take the shame out of the equation, imagine the lives that would change this very minute in addition to those that have already made the choice to file bankruptcy and get out of debt.
Some may think the growing list of celebrities that file bankruptcy is just a mere reflection of more people that get caught up with buying then bogged down by debt. But even Abraham Lincoln, Henry S. Truman and the FBI’s own, Eliot Ness, filed bankruptcy. And while the rest of us are not Tom Petty, Mick Fleetwood, Marvin Gaye, or Andy Gibb (all of whom filed bankruptcy), life happens and we all seek the same resources when we find ourselves in over our heads.
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