Hello Turk006-ga,
Here are the results of my research regarding celebrities that died penniless.
?Oscar Wilde died penniless.?
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1047986.stm
?The writer and aesthete was a huge celebrity... But he died penniless
and alone in a Paris hotel.?
http://www.exn.ca/Stories/2000/12/01/51.asp
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Bela Lugosi
?Bela Lugosi made nearly 70 more films in the 28 years after he first
sucked blood in Dracula (1931), among them Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka
(1939), few filmgoers today remember him in a single one of them
(except, perhaps, his last, the bizarre cult classic directed by Ed
Wood, Plan Nine from Outer Space, 1959). (..) ?He died penniless in
1956.?
Turner Classic Movies
http://www.turnerclassicmovies.com/ThisMonth/Article/0,,60059%7C60060%7C33868,00.html
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Joe Louis
?Joe Louis (boxer) retired from boxing in 1949 after defending his
title 25 times. He came back unsuccessfully in 1950 and re-retired in
1951 when Rocky Marciano defeated him. From retirement to death he
spent most of his life penniless from bad business ventures and legal
problems with the IRS. He died on April 12, 1981 in Las Vegas.?
http://www.geocities.com/dblimbrick/louis.html
?A feeble Joe Louis died virtually penniless in 1981 at the age of 66.
His funeral was paid for by an old and dear friend ... Max Schmeling.?
The Daily Star
http://www.thedailystar.com/opinion/columns/2001/06/23/samcol.html
?Joe Louis was paid a lot of money to get beat up in the ring for the
enjoyment of "fans" of professional boxing. He died penniless in
Las Vegas, his money stolen by managers, promoters and agents and the
tax man.?
http://archives.econ.utah.edu/archives/marxism/2003w48/msg00079.htm
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Veronica Lake
?Veronica Lake must have started out as a child who was distrustful,
insecure, and not comfortable with others. At the urgings of her
mother, she went to Hollywood. She became the IT girl of the film noir
period based upon her photogenic fragile beauty, an accident with her
hair that gave her a special look, and her acting ability. She then
became an alcoholic. (..)At the height of her popularity, the
Hollywood system was paying her $150 per week. Then she made $5000 per
week for several more years until her popularity faded, and she was
dropped by the studio. One of her husbands spent most of the money,
and she died penniless of hepatitis at a relatively early age.?
Entertainment Reviews
http://www.entertainment-reviews.com/Peekaboo__The_Story_of_Veronica_Lake_0595192394.html
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Florenz Ziegfeld, Broadway producer of the Ziegfeld Follies
?Ironically, Zeigfeld, despite his success, died nearly penniless.?
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?Ziegfeld died, severely in debt, in 1932.?
Ruthiehenshall.com
http://www.ruthiehenshall.com/reviews/20011216_playbill.html
?Financially drained by his grandiose theatrical stagings and by the
Great Depression, he died virtually penniless in 1932, forcing his
widow, actress Billie Burke (whom he wed in 1917) to jump-start her
career as a Hollywood character actress in order to pay off his
insurmountable debts.?
Yahoo.com
http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800034357&cf=biog&intl=us
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Victor Sen Yung (Cartwright's cook on Bonanza)
?Victor Sen Yung began his Hollywood career by accident. Working for
a chemical company in 1938, he arrived at the 20th Century Studios
hoping to sell the company a new flame retardant. Instead of buying
the chemicals, the studio tested him for the part of Charlie Chan's
number two son Jimmy Chan in the popular Charlie Chan movie series.
Victor went on to appear in 19 subsequent Chan films and alltold in
over 300 movie and television roles. Cast as the Cartwright's cook on
Bonanza (incidentally, he was an accomplished Cantonese cook in real
life and wrote a cookbook in 1974), Victor Sen Yung stayed for
Bonanza's entire 14 year run. Sadly he died penniless in 1980 of
accidental asphyxiation (a stove gas leak) at age 65.?
Bonanza World
http://bonanzaworld.net/quickfacts.shtml
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ED WOOD
?Director Ed Wood died a penniless alcoholic, but posthumously became
the center of one of cinema's most enduring cults.?
http://www.glbtq.com/contributors/bio_200.html
?Director Ed Wood (1924-1978)
- Born October 10, 1924, in Poughkeepsie, New York
- Much more famous today than when he was alive and directing films
- Ignored throughout his career - he died penniless?
http://cc.cumberlandcollege.edu/acad/rel/webpage/FACULTY/dunston/COURSES/relg490/demonsinfilmandtv.htm
?Ed Wood never lived to see the "rise from the dead" of his work and
his resulting celebrity status. After "Plan 9" most of his films were
cheap "sexploitation" features of various sorts, and he died at age 53
in 1978, alone and nearly penniless in a tiny Hollywood apartment.?
Vortex
http://www.vortex.com/tv-film-video/ed-wood
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Ted Healy Broadway star and the Stooges' original straight man
?Ted Healy (October 1, 1896 - December 21, 1937) was one of the Three
Stooges. He is considered by many to have been the "straight man" of
the group.?
http://www.fact-index.com/t/te/ted_healy.html
?Ted Healy died three years later, on the eve of his son's birth,
after a drunken brawl in an LA nightclub. He was found by a friend in
front of the club, delirious and bleeding, and never regained
consciousness. He was forty-one. Despite his success, and sizable
income for the time, Healy died virtually penniless. His wife had no
money for the burial, so MGM staff members got together a fund to help
pay for the expenses.?
The Pauper
http://www.thepauper.com/article/thePaupersGrave/healy.asp
He died at 11:30 AM, Tuesday, December 21, 1937 at his home in Beverly
Hills, leaving his widow and newborn child penniless.
http://web.archive.org/web/20030621124155/www.tedhealy.com/thbiography.htm
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Margaret/Maggie ("Molly") Tobin Brown also known as Mrs. J J Brown
and crowned by the U.S. press as: "The Unsinkable Molly Brown"
?She literally went from rags to riches when her husband hit it big
while mining for silver. (..) By 1930, the visits to Colorado became
fewer and fewer as Molly's health began to deteriorate. She became a
lonely woman living in her past glories. By 1931 Molly was living in
New York at the Barbizon Hotel. This was a popular hotel for young
actresses and the aging Mrs. Brown seemed out of place. On October 26,
1932, Molly suffered a number of strokes and died, alone, in her less
than palatial hotel room. She died almost penniless.?
http://my.execpc.com/~reva/html3c2.htm
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Judy Garland
?By the time she died, Judy Garland was over $4 Million in debt. Her
body was stored in a temporary crypt for over a year, because no money
was available to transfer her to a final resting place. Eventually,
her daughter Liza Minelli raised the money for a proper burial.?
The Pauper?s Grave
http://www.thepauper.com/article/thePaupersGrave/garland.asp
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Sammy Davis, Jr.,
?By 1990 Sammy was fighting throat cancer and lost his battle on May
18. He died penniless and owing millions in taxes.?
Abervegas
http://www.abervegas.com/sammy_davis_jr_was_born_to_a_sho.htm
?1990 May 16, Death claimed entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. in Los Angeles
at age 64 and "Muppets" creator Jim Henson in New York at age 53.
Davis owed the IRS $5 million at his death. A settlement was later
reached for $300,000.?
Eleggua.com
http://www.eleggua.com/History/1990B.html
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Sonny Kenner
?I'm also sad to say that although he had played jazz guitar for much
of his life, he died without much money.?
Eddie Baker
?Another jazz great, bandleader Eddie Baker, died last December
without enough money to cover his final expenses.?
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Mildred Bailey
?Plump singer known for her small, high-pitched voice, Mildred Bailey
was one of the most popular female vocalists of the 1930s.?
(..)
?Mildred continued recording until the mid-forties, when health
problems forced her to retire. Plagued by a combination of diabetes,
heart trouble and hardening of the arteries, she was near death and
penniless until she was rescued by composer Jimmy Van Heusen, who
arranged to split her medical bills with Frank Sinatra and Bing
Crosby. She recovered well-enough to begin performing again, but her
health problems eventually took their toll, and she died, penniless,
on December 12, 1951 at age 44.?
SOLID
http://www.parabrisas.com/d_baileym.html
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Lola Montez
?Lola Montez, or Maria Dolores Eliza Rosanna Gilbert as she was
christened, lead an interesting life. She was an actress who became
the mistress of a king and who died penniless in New York.?
Angus Council
http://www.angus.gov.uk/history/features/people/lolamontez.htm
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Charlie Parker Jazz Great
?Knowing that Parker died relatively penniless and little or nothing
was left to his children or ex-wives in the way of royalties juxtapose
the exhaustive efforts these companies have gone to wring every last
penny from their Parker archives.?
http://www.soulwalking.co.uk/Charlie%20Parker.html
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Stephen Foster
?A melodic genius with tender, sympathetic lyrics and infectious
rhythm, Stephen Foster is often credited as "America's First Composer"
and widely regarded as one of the first who made professional
songwriting profitable. Fosters' songs were the first genuinely
American in theme, characterizing love of home, American temperament,
river life and work, politics, battlefields, slavery and plantation
life.?
Discography Highlights
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CAMPTOWN RACES
?Alcoholic, penniless and consumed by loneliness and debt, Foster
died in New York City on January 13, 1864.?
Songwriters Hall of Fame
http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_bio.asp?exhibitId=10
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