She Was Famous, But Now She Has Lost Everything and Become Homeless – HT

 

 

 

not all success stories have Happy Endings especially in Hollywood some of the brightest stars rise from humble beginnings with inspiring rags to Rich’s Tales only to lose their way later whether it’s due to struggles with addiction mental health challenges or poor financial decisions some famous celebrities have shockingly ended up homeless while a few manage to turn their lives around and make a comeback others face tragic endings watched till the end to find out which celebrities lost everything and became homeless Margo kit in the

Christopher reev Superman films Margo kit was a Hollywood star playing the famous character Lois Lane her Fame extended to her relationships as she even dated icons Like Richard PRI and the Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau so imagine the shock of many when she was found wandering the streets plagued by schizophrenia and IC depression she slept in cardboard boxes and backyards in Los Angeles many spotted her looking more than disheveled her front teeth were missing and her hair was hacked off this homeless phase

happened after a manic episode in 1996 and she was eventually found by her family and the police living out of a box behind bushes in Glendale California while living on the streets she asked different people for a cigarette some people also put her up at a motel for the night eventually she was taken to a private Psychiatric clinic and started to accept treatment she also became an advocate for mental health support and once said we are all a breath away from mental illness homelessness all these things we tend to

look down on Aaron Moran Moran became a famous name across many households when she was 14 the child actor was known for her role as Joanie Cunningham on Happy Days but in the later days of her life she ended up brok and homeless after spending all her wealth irresponsibly it was reported that she had squandered away all her money and had foreclosed on her California Home in 2010 eventually she and her husband had to live with his elderly mother in a trailer in Indiana but this didn’t last long as one night she came home from a

night of drinking and ended up fighting with her mother-in-law who eventually kicked her out of the Indiana trailer park home after this she was on the verge of separating from her husband and bounced from motel to motel with no place to live after being kicked out she was spotted looking worse for where near an inn eventually she passed away while broke and homeless due to a heroin overdose Dana Plato another child actor who had a turbulent life was Dana Plato the sitcom star Different Strokes after the show ended she struggled with

homelessness and it wasn’t long until she passed away from a drug overdose Plato was just 14 when she appeared on the hit sitcom but behind the scenes she was already using drugs by the end of the sitcom she fell on hard times and was involved in different scandals while struggling with drug and alcohol abuse she had legal issues like forging a prescription in 1992 and the year before that robbing a video store eventually she ended up serving time in jail and was placed in drug rehabilit ation programs in 1999

Plato was found living out of Oklahoma motels as she was homeless she claimed that she was clean and sober but a few weeks after that she was discovered dead from a drug overdose her death was eventually ruled a suicide on the day before she passed away homeless she appeared on the Howard Stern Show admitting to being an alcoholic and drug addict she claimed she was sober but many callers insulted and questioned her which might have pushed her over the edge Lonnie Wilson Lonnie Wilson was famous for her modeling career and quickly achieved

success but now she’s a homeless person living in Venice Beach because of different factors like her drug addiction and mental health issues Wilson had achieved Fame as a fitness model and was often featured in magazines she eventually found herself at the Pinnacle of her career when she married Jeremy Jackson the Baywatch star but her meth addiction and mental health issues sent her down a path of homelessness she was known for blaming her current issues on her ex-husband Jackson revealing that they had a very

violent relationship where one time Jackson tried to strangle her she also claims that she can’t live inside anywhere because she can’t be exposed to electricity she had been electrocuted every day for almost a year she said I think because I pick up on the electricity I also pick up on other things like certain chemicals or batteries or fuses like wire different types of metals so I think my body filters that kind of stuff there’s no telling whether this is the truth or simply an excuse for the meth addiction

that sent her on a downward spiral MC Hammer MC Hammer was a Hip-Hop star who went from three Grammy Awards to being homeless the rapper dominated the ’90s with his catchy hipop and dance songs and trademarks like parachute Parts dance moves like the typewriter and saying hammer time he was everywhere even in the cartoon series Hammerman as the money kept coming MC Hammer kept spending with a 40,000 ft Mansion which he spent $30 million on renovating 17 cars two helicopters a jet and racehorses soon after however music

Trends changed and he became less popular despite losing money he maintained his big house and other luxury items and paid over 200 people to work for him ultimately he had to sell all his property and ended up with $3 million in debt he also owed over $800,000 in taxes eventually he recovered moving to a modest house organizing concerts and saving and investing money Jan Michael Vincent Jan Michael Vincent went from Hollywood’s heartthrob to homeless due to his addiction violent behavior and dumb bad luck he was known for his role

in the popular TV series Airwolf with his Beach ready body and All-American looks he remained famous but not for long soon he started to deal with alcoholism and drug use which occurred for the rest of his life in 1977 1978 and 1979 he was arrested for cocaine possession he was also arrested for bar brawls in 1984 and 1985 he was also arrested for felony assault drunk driving and physical assaults Vincent ended up in different automobile accidents some of which were caused by his habit of drunk driving breaking a lot of his bones eventually

his right leg was amputated and he walked with a prosthetic limb or used a wheelchair his substance abuse and health issues led to homelessness eventually he lived in seclusion in rural Mississippi in North Carolina before passing away by the age of of 74 Leif Garrett Leif Garrett was widely known as a famous Teen Idol but he descended into hard drugs and eventually homelessness when he was 14 he started using drugs just before his 18th birthday he crashed his mom’s Porsche while going to buy cocaine he was caught

with a blood alcohol level three times over the legal limit and it left his friend a paraplegic this was just one of his many issues with hard drugs and alcohol Garrett also declared personal bankruptcy in 2001 as his only possessions were his clothes household goods and $350 in cash his only source of income was $1,000 from his mother monthly and he didn’t even have a house to live in the former Teen Idol had been sent to jail more than once for using drugs and also sent to rehab centers his situation as a homeless celebrity came

to light when Sharon Osborne said Leaf G is living under a bridge and he’s saving a place for you Justin bber Mindy mccre Mindy mccre is a famous country music star who found her life going downhill she was famous but now she has lost everything and ended up committing suicide at the age of 37 the troubled singer was a mother of two and ended up going to a court-ordered rehab center because she struggled with addiction her boyfriend was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head and a month later she passed away in the space place with a

self-inflicted gunshot wound it seems like what pushed her over the edge was finding out that her children would be sent to live with her long estranged mother the police were met with a shocking scene as she had also shot her dog before taking her own life throughout her life she dealt with addiction mental illness and personal demons ultimately breaking up her family and leading to her end David Cassidy the former for childhood star David Cassidy ended up addicted to alcohol and drugs eventually becoming homeless in a

shocking turn of events his personal life had always been complex with multiple marriages children from relationships and struggles with addiction his battles became famous when he was arrested for a DUI in 2010 by 2013 and 2014 he was further arrested for drunk driving revealing that the former teen heartthrob was struggling with drug and alcohol addiction he publicly admitted to being an alcoholic The Partridge Family star eventually became homeless by the end of the show over the years he was arrested for buying narcotics and picking up

prostitutes and he had a very chaotic personal life over the years Sugar Ray Williams falling from a height is limited to actors musicians and sports stars one of these is Sugar Ray Williams who was once an NBA superstar but he was found sleeping out of of his Buick in 2010 for over a decade Williams was the captain of the New York Knicks and played for the Boston Celtics 1985 NBA Finals team by 2010 it was reported that he had been sleeping out of his Buick in pompo Beach Florida he later revealed in an interview that the NBA does not take

better care of their retired players and that he’s just one of the many former stars that need assistance in an interview he said when I played the game they always talked about loyalty to the team well where’s the loyalty and compassion for ex-players who are hurting we open the door for these guys whose salaries are through the roof since he retired he was forced to file for bankruptcy and has been unable to hold on to any of his jobs off the court it’s not like he was battling an alcohol drug or gambling addiction but he seemed

just to have bad luck eventually he passed away in 2013 due to colon can answer Bobby Driscoll once Bobby Driscoll won an Academy Award for his role in the window in 1950 the famous child actor might have been under the spotlight but it wasn’t until recently he became addicted to drugs and was sentenced to prison for drug use after being released from prison he was still struggling with drug addiction and low funds while he appeared in a few shows there was nothing prominent he eventually passed away penniless and homeless from an

overdose and even his body was unclaimed in an interview the Disney star had once said I became a beatnick and a bum I had no residence my clothes were at my parents house but I didn’t live anywhere my personality had suffered during my marriage and I was trying to recoup it two children found the academy award-winning actor dead in an abandoned building in Manhattan’s East Village and it was suspected that he was living there he was eventually buried in an unmarked grave on hardt Island in New York City in 1968 however his death was not known

until 1971 when reporters were researching him Iran the blade Barkley Iran Barkley known for his successful boxing career was once worth $5 million but in the blink of an eye he became homeless in 2010 the New York Post reported the former boxing champion had been sleeping in subway cars and the Howard John Express in the 80s and 9s Barkley made around $5 million from his boxing career he eventually lost all his earnings due to Reckless spending and poor financial management this led to financial ruin and he eventually became unemployed and

penniless he started to live in motels and on the streets his niece first took him in and he lived in the Patterson houses a public housing development in the Bronx eventually she couldn’t take take him in anymore and he slept in subway cars before ending up at Howard Johnson eventually he received support from the Bronx nonprofit Bronx works in the ring 10 boxing charity he also found housing and got back on his feet teaching boxing skills to young amateurs Natasha Leon actress Natasha Leon dominated Hollywood in the ’90s with her roles in

But I’m a Cheerleader slums of Beverly Hills and American Pie but her career was derailed after different encounters with the law she eventually started to struggle with addiction and homelessness after being kicked out of her apartment eventually Leon found herself living on the streets in 2001 she was arrested for a DUI and kicked out of her apartment in gramy park by 2005 she was admitted to Beth Israel Hospital and was treated for Methadone addiction heart infection hepatitis C and A collapsed since then she has pulled her life

together she starred in the Netflix show Orange is the New Black and produced Russian doll based on her experiences she also starred in Pokerface the detective procedural Danny bonad child star Danny bonad had struggled with alcohol and drug addictions from a young age and eventually became homeless as an adult he starred in The Partridge Family which made him a household name but eventually he went in and out of rehab while struggling to stay clean this led to him becoming homeless as an adult he struggled with drug abuse and

alcoholism bonad also dealt with health issues as he was diagnosed with hydris he used to live in his car behind the groman Chinese Theater in Hollywood bonad would often greet autograph Seekers from the car too and he once shared his unusual experience of being homeless and famous at the same time in in an interview he said I was still famous and people had no idea I lived behind the dumpster I’d be taking pictures with people and signing autographs he has recovered as a DriveTime DJ on wsy and remarried eventually he retired from Radio in

Seattle due to his medical condition and brain surgery Houston mctier even Olympic stars fall on hard times as you can see in the story of Houston mcer he was once dubbed the world’s fastest human and tied the world record in high school he ran a 100 yard dash in 9.0 seconds soon after he escaped poverty in Florida and moved to Los Angeles learning boxing under Muhammad Ali and Harold Smith he appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1978 and also qualified for the US Olympic team in 1980 however the US boycotted the

Olympics preventing him from participating from there he fell into drug use and was homeless less for 3 years during the 1980s losing his support after the club went under and falling into drugs mctier slept on Santa Monica beach for up to 3 years before an older woman reduced him he revealed that he never went hungry as he often ate at the Clare Foundation a Santa Monica mission for the homeless mctier has now rebuilt his life and married Linda hagland the former Swedish Sprinter Brett Butler Golden Globe nom

ated actress Brett Butler was once at the top of her game however she battled a drug addiction and eventually ended up living in a homeless shelter Butler became famous for her role in the ABC sitcom Grace Under Fire during the show she battled a recurring drug addiction and also spent a lot of time in rehab her struggles began with substance abuse but she later became clean she eventually moved out of LA and stayed on a farm in Georgia living there with 15 pets soon after her money ran out and she ended up living in a homeless shelter

for a long time it was later revealed that she has been attempting to make a career comeback she wants to develop a reality TV show about her self-professed psychic abilities while performing at a downtown comedy club in Los Angeles Willie Ames Willie Ames is known for his roles in Eight is Enough and Charles in Charge but he became homeless after a shocking Financial ruin eventually he lost his his job bank account wife and child Ames lived in parking garages under bushes and in the park he could not find any other jobs

including acting as a Wilderness guide once he earned more than $1 million annually but he later lost it all and slept on the streets in an interview he revealed at the very peak of 8 is enough I was making a little over a million dollars a year then suddenly there was no job no bank account no wife no child I never dreamt it could happen that fast I found myself virtually homeless I stayed with friends when I could slept in parking garages or slept in the park it was shameful I remember laying underneath the bushes thinking is this

how it turns out is this how my life really turns out eventually he recovered and made a comeback becoming a financial adviser after passing the licensing exams and training program he returned to acting and filmmaking splitting his time between Vancouver and Los Angeles Rocky Lockridge the former boxing champion Rocky Lockridge achieved much Fame he was a junior lightweight champion but soon after his career ended in 1992 he struggled with addiction and homelessness after his boxing career Lockridge eventually became a crack

addict which caused him to lose his wife children and all his savings by 1997 he was sentenced to 27 months in prison for burglary after getting released from prison he ended up homeless and spent up to 10 years on the streets of New Jersey while on the streets he also suffered from a stroke causing his body to lean to one side despite his wealth and education he suffered after retirement because of his use of drugs and alcohol and the beatings that his body had gone through aside from the injuries caused by boxing he had parties every weekend

abusing alcohol and cocaine he also spent his money recklessly causing him to lose everything Marvin Gay Marvin Gay was a legendary soul singer whose music captivated the world with depth and emotion known for Timeless hits like what’s going on sexual healing and let’s get it on gay was a Pioneer who shaped the sound of mtown and Beyond behind his musical genius however he struggled with addiction financial difficulties and deep family conflicts Gay’s personal life was marked by turbulence including substance abuse and strained

relationships particularly with his father despite his inner battles his music’s ability to convey raw emotion made him a voice for social change and personal reflection tragically on April 1st 1984 just a day before his 45th birthday gay was shot and killed by his father during a heated argument his untimely death shocked the world but his legacy as a soul icon continues to inspire Generations Amanda Patterson Amanda Peterson Rose to stardom as Cindy manini in the 1987 romantic comedy Can’t Buy Me Love alongside Patrick Dempsey her

portrayal of the Charming cheerleader made her a beloved Teen Idol of the 1980s earning her widespread Fame and adoration however ever behind the scenes Peterson faced significant struggles with Substance Abuse and Mental Health challenges as her career waned she stepped away from the entertainment industry and retreated from public life battling personal hardships that overshadowed her early success tragically on July 3rd 2015 just days before her 44th birthday Peterson passed away from an accidental drug overdose

leaving fans in the industry mourning the loss of her talent and potential