Celebrities who died penniless

fermi

jamespir wrote: »

kerry katona

Shouldn't chuckle really.......

toontastic

rog2 wrote: »

Obviously they would all have benefited if they had known of this forum's existence, but it's too late now.

Can't take it with you

yellowduck_2

Modigliani died in terrible poverty and his pregnant partner leapt to her death on hearing the news, very very sad. He's one of my favourite artists and his work is now worth millions.

rebel2

Two old actors here for you: Basil Rathbone & Will hay I believe struggled in later life allthough this could be due to being type-cast.

rog2

toontastic wrote: »

Can't take it with you

True in every way.

ajbell

Will Hay did not die in poverty, he was highly successful in later life, he was a fully qualified pilot and very successful and accomplished astronomer, discovering a feature on Saturn and a Supenova.He was made a member of the Royal Astronomical Society and was quite wealthy.
Did suffer from ill health later in life though.

rebel2

ajbell wrote: »

Will Hay did not die in poverty, he was highly successful in later life, he was a fully qualified pilot and very successful and accomplished astronomer, discovering a feature on Saturn and a Supenova.He was made a member of the Royal Astronomical Society and was quite wealthy.
Did suffer from ill health later in life though.

Perhaps it was the ill health bit I read in the paper that stuck in my mind.:o

solventsoon

Think I remember reading somewhere that Joe Louis, the boxer, and Bela Lugosi, the Dracula actor, both died penniless as well.

Interesting about Will Hay, I didn't know that, going to look him up to get some more info - thanks for that.