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Famous bankrupts, past & present
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Here's some more
Francis Ford Coppola (film maker - The Godfather)
Kim Basinger (Actress)
Barbara Bel Geddes (Actress - Miss Ellie in Dallas)
George Best (Football star)
Bjorn Borg (Tennis player)
Toni Braxton (Singer)
John DeLorean (Car maker - featured in Back to the Future films)
Walt Disney (Founded Disney)
Handel (Composer - messiah)
MC Hammer (Singer)
Ulysses S.Grant (18th President of the USA)
Charles Goodyear (Invented goodyear tyres)
Don Jonson (Actor - miami vice,nash bridges)
Al Jolson (Singer)
Jerry Lee Lewis (Singer)
Abraham Lincoln (16th President of the USA)
Meat Loaf (Singer)
Rembrandt (Pianter)
Burt Reynolds (Actor)
Donald Trump (Businessman - bounced back quite well!)BSCno.87The only stupid question is an unasked oneLoving life as a Kernow Hippy0 -
And not forgetting...
P.T. Barnum
The Great American circus owner
Lionel Bart
British composer - lyricist - playwright (1972)
Frank Baum
Wizard of Oz author
Miguel de Cervantes
Novelist; Don Quixote
Daniel Defoe
Author; Robinson Crusoe
Henry Dunant
Red Cross founder
William C. Durant
Founder of General Motor
Henry Ford
Automobile manufacturer
William Fox
Co-Founder of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation (1936)
Marvin Gaye
singer (1978)
Charles Goodyear
19th century American inventor, who discovered how to vulcanize rubber
Buster Keaton
Actor, The General
Tom Petty
rock star (1979)
Philip II
King of Spain, 1556-1598
Mickey Rooney
Oscar nominated actor (1962)
Mark Twain
Huckleberry Finn author
Mike Tyson
boxer (2003)
Oscar Wilde
acclaimed poet and author
Tammy Wynette
country music star (1988)BSCno.87The only stupid question is an unasked oneLoving life as a Kernow Hippy0 -
What a fab thread, thanks for bringing it up. Nice to see we're not alone 0
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On the Insolvency Register, he's described as a "Sports Consultant". On that basis, I should have got them to describe me as a "Specialist in QWERTY, liquid-expelling & lead-holding implements". That’s an administrator to the uninitiated.philnicandamy wrote: »Angus Loughran AKA "Statto" declared bankrupt 4th Feb over his unpaid council tax
Loughran is the BBC's horse racing odds pundit, and was "Statto" on TV's Fantasy Football League in the 1990s BSC #53 - "Never mistake activity for achievement."
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Theres also that lovely, hunky chef Jean Christophe Novelli who went BR too:heartsmilThe first time we said hello, was the first time we said goodbye. As the angels took your tiny hand and flew you to the sky-you forever left us breathless. RIP my beautiful granddaughter
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Tight Jock.............................................................:T :T :rotfl: :rotfl:1/11/06 -1/06/07 BSC #42
For FREE advice. Your local CAB Office - ask to speak to a 'money advisor'.*The Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) - Tel: 0800 138 1111*National Debtline - Tel: 0800 808 4000*Payplan - Tel: 0800 917 7823*Insolvency Helpline-0800 074 69180 -
LOL..but needs editing..Tigerfeets not BRThe first time we said hello, was the first time we said goodbye. As the angels took your tiny hand and flew you to the sky-you forever left us breathless. RIP my beautiful granddaughter0
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betterlatethannever wrote: »LOL..but needs editing..Tigerfeets not BR
Dunnit ta!!:T1/11/06 -1/06/07 BSC #42
For FREE advice. Your local CAB Office - ask to speak to a 'money advisor'.*The Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS) - Tel: 0800 138 1111*National Debtline - Tel: 0800 808 4000*Payplan - Tel: 0800 917 7823*Insolvency Helpline-0800 074 69180 -
betterlatethannever wrote: »LOL..but needs editing..Tigerfeets not BR
Was TJ being a big tease
Dangling things in front of me then snatching them away
It/s not from want of trying :rolleyes: I can tell you.BSCno.87The only stupid question is an unasked oneLoving life as a Kernow Hippy0 -
We can add Bez (Happy Mondays) to the list. He's just been declared BR for the second time in less than 4 years. The Guardian.BSC #53 - "Never mistake activity for achievement."
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