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Famous bankrupts, past & present

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  • tigerfeet2006
    tigerfeet2006 Posts: 14,030 Forumite
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    bumping for the newbies :D
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  • diablobear
    diablobear Posts: 149 Forumite
    Funnily enough I watched an old "pimp my ride UK" last night with my DD - (don't ask she loves it)!!
    Bez from Happy Monday's had his ride pimped not long after he won Big Brother & £50k not long after his bankruptcy a few years back.
    Anyway, the show put a "famous" 42" plasma in the back of his car as a finishing touch. I thought it was ironic at the time and after reading this thread have now discovered that he's been made bankrupt for the 2nd time this year - Now that is irony with a 42" plasma in tow.
  • DaveBrum_2
    DaveBrum_2 Posts: 437 Forumite
    Does anyone remember that dire group in the 80's called Five Star???? Didn't they all go bankrupt too???? I vaguely remember it being splashed all over the news!!!!
  • deedee_3
    deedee_3 Posts: 891 Forumite
    Bumping for those that haven't seen this thread yet. Hopefully this will give some hope that it can happen to any one.

    Alsp adding Kerry Katona to the list.
    Namaste DeeDee x
  • rog2
    rog2 Posts: 11,650 Forumite
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    deedee wrote: »
    Also adding Kerry Katona to the list.

    I do genuinely feel for Kerry today - apparently she had reduced her tax debt from £320k to £82k (don't have the actual figures so please don't castigate me if I'm out by a few k) yet HMRC insisted that the bankruptcy went ahead.

    Apparently the registrar/judge offered Kerry a further one hour to raise the £82k.

    HMRC is, indeed, a strange animal.
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    If any of my experiences, or the knowledge that I have gained from those experiences, can help anyone who finds themselves in similar circumstances, then my experiences have not been in vain.

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  • deedee_3
    deedee_3 Posts: 891 Forumite
    rog2 wrote: »

    HMRC is, indeed, a strange animal.

    Amen to that :rolleyes:
    Namaste DeeDee x
  • On_A_Mission_7
    On_A_Mission_7 Posts: 138 Forumite
    Ooooh, just found this and feel it is worthy of another bump for any other newbies like me :)
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  • fermi
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    We can probably add the Lehman Brothers to the list. ;)
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  • tigerfeet2006
    tigerfeet2006 Posts: 14,030 Forumite
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    fermi wrote: »
    We can probably add the Lehman Brothers to the list. ;)

    pmsl pmsl

    Hi Fermi hope you are OK, we've missed you round here.
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  • Rylynn
    Rylynn Posts: 1,387 Forumite
    Well it seems we are in some good company then! although not all of them would I have round for tea and biccies!

    It has made me smile which was highly needed tonight, so thank you for the bumping being done, note I said BUMPING!

    Some names I was aware of, and yes 5 Star did go BR and I have a CD of theres somewhere, took my elder kids years and years ago to see them at Wembley, lasting memory, Colgate were sponsers and giving away tubes of toothpaste daughter then around 5 (now 27) had a bag load!

    It kinda proves there are a lot more celebs out there gone BR than we even think, who would have thought people like Rembrant, Mozart, Ford and Walt Disney would be on the list.

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