Celebrities Who Got Rich and Then Lost It All

Walt Disney

Nowadays, the Walt Disney Company is worth over $130 billion, but back in the day, Walk needed to declare bankruptcy when he couldn't deliver products to his investors in a timely manner. Disney didn't give up, and his career skyrocketed when he created Mickey Mouse. 

Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye is one of the most important Black musicians in history, but he didn't make enough money to survive at the end of his career. He filed for bankruptcy in 1976 because he fell behind on alimony payments. Gaye was ordered to pay his ex-wife $600,000 worth of royalties from his upcoming album, but before he could complete the payments, Gaye was shot and killed by his father. 

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The More You Know

  • Jonah Hill had to go to the hospital for bronchitis while filming Wolf of Wall Street. For seven months, he was snorting vitamin D (almost) daily, pretending it was cocaine.
  • Daniel Radcliffe broke over 80 wands while filming the Harry Potter movies because he used them as drumsticks!
  • Leonardo DiCaprio has never done drugs and had to speak to a drug expert to prepare for Wolf of Wall Street.
  • When Lady Gaga went to NYU, a group of students started a "Stefani Germanotta, you will never be famous" Facebook group.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.