Amazing really here they are
Sly Stone was one of the biggest names in music and led the legendary funk band, Sly & The Family Stone. But then he lost it all, including multiple homes he owned around the US.
In 2014 he was living out of his camper van on the streets of LA.
The '80s "brat pack" star was completely penniless when he died of a prescription drug overdose in March 2010.
Corey
Haim was "so broke" when he died that he could no longer afford a car, according to his friend. He had struggled for a decade with poverty and drug addiction, and in 2001, he tried selling one of his teeth and some hair on eBay to raise money.:142smilie
Robert Matthew Van Winkle reached the peak of his fame in 1990 with the single "Ice Ice Baby." He never topped that early success and later trained as a realtor and published The Vanilla Ice Project - Real Estate Guide.
Since 2007 Ice has had had frequent legal troubles, culminating in 2015 when he was arrested and charged with burglary and grand theft after he allegedly stole furniture and other items from a Florida home.
Superstar boxer Mike Tyson literally lost *all* his money right in the middle of his meteoric boxing career. "For the past two years, I been a bum, truly a bum in the streets. I got nowhere to live. I been crashing with friends, sleeping in shelters," he told reporters.
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After roles in American Pie and Slums of Beverly Hills, Natasha Lyonne ended up homeless in 2005.
The New York Post found her using a fake name in a New York City hospital where she was treated for hepatitis C, a heart infection, a collapsed lung and a heroin problem. Lyonne has since rebounded and gone on to star in Orange Is The New Black. :00hour
Kidder played Lois Lane in the original Christopher Reeve Superman movies. Decades later, while suffering schizophrenia and manic depression, she was found wandering the streets and sleeping in boxes.
She received psychiatric treatment and never had another manic episode, and went on to revive her successful stage and screen career.
Danny Bonaduce became homeless and lived out of his car while he struggled with drug addiction.
His homelessness occurred many years after his fame as the child star of The Partridge Family, and he has since recovered.
Lena Headey
The Game of Thrones star was forced to declare bankruptcy after her recent divorce.
Many a-list bankruptcies don't involve the stars in question actually going broke. But Heady said that at one point, she said she was left with just $5 in the bank.
:scared
Erin Moran
The Happy Days star became homeless after her home was foreclosed on in 2012.
She moved into a trailer with her mother-in-law, who threw her out because of the actress's alcohol addition. In the most recent media reports, Fonzie actor Henry Winkler was trying to help Moran get back on her feet.
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Randy Quaid
Randy Quaid has an impressive movie resume that includes a Golden Globe award and roles in National Lampoon's Vacation and Brokeback Mountain. Yet since 2010 he's been in the news repeatedly for homelessness and legal troubles.
He reportedly skipped out on a $10,000 hotel bill and squatted on a property he used to own, after which he and his wife fled to Canada to escape the law.
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Brett Butler
Brett Butler ended up in a homeless shelter in 1998.
:shrug:
Tyler Perry
The prolific director and scriptwriter Tyler Perry lost all of his money on a failed theatrical production, I Know I've Been Changed.
As a result, he ended up living out of his car. But the loss inspired him to rewrite the script until it became a play that got rave reviews.
Alex Lambert
Former American Idol contestant Alex Lambert revealed in 2011 that he was homeless and living out of his car in Los Angeles.
It's unclear what happened to him next since he fell out of the media eye.
:shrug:
Amanda Bynes
During her reported psychiatric breakdown in 2013, Bynes was found apparently homeless, sleeping on a bench in the middle of The Beverly Center in Los Angeles.
Bynes was hospitalized shortly after this episode of sleeping rough, at which time it was reported that she might face medical bankruptcy. Since then Bynes has lived mainly with her parents.
"Sugar Ray" Williams
NBA legend Sugar Ray Williams was discovered living in his car in 2010 after he lost his home.
It was a sad downfall for the former captain of the New York Knicks.
Barbara Payton
In her twenties, Payton was a Hollywood starlet who had casting calls alongside Marilyn Monroe. But by age 30, her heavy drinking meant that she began losing out on film roles.
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She eventually turned to prostitution and check fraud to make ends meet. Suffering ill health, she moved home with her parents, and she died there from heart and liver failure at age 39.
Anthony Ciccone, AKA Madonna's brother
In 2010, Anthony Ciccone told the press that he was homeless and living on the streets in Michigan.
Ciccone himself isn't famous, but the story made headlines because his sister is one of the wealthiest women in the world.
:shrug:
Willie Aames
Willie Aames starred in much-loved sitcoms Charles in Charge and Eight Is Enough, but he later went bankrupt and ended up homeless.
Houston McTear
The two-time Olympic qualifier rose from poverty to become one of the world's top athletes and was considered the fastest man in the world. After the US boycotted the 1980 Olympics he fell into drug abuse and wound up homeless and sleeping on Santa Monica beach for two years.
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John Drew Barrymore
John Drew Barrymore, father of Drew and son of the legendary actor John Barrymore, struggled all his life with substance issues. He landed several small acting roles in movies, but fell gradually into homelessness and periodic incarceration.
Iran Barkley
Iran Barkley once held the world titles for middleweight, super-middleweight, and light-heavyweight champion and had a net worth of $5 million. However, he went bankrupt early in his retirement - which seems to be an occupational hazard of boxing.
Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker became famous in the Ice Cube vehicle Friday and went on to get rich via major roles in The Fifth Element and the Rush Hour franchise. But the acting roles dried up and in 2011, Tucker lost his home to foreclosure and was pursued by the IRS for back taxes he owed.
Tucker is now trying to get out of debt by throwing himself back into acting, and in 2012 made a well-received appearance in Silver Linings Playbook.
Eric Williams
Former NBA pro and Basketball Wives star Eric Williams blew his entire fortune and became literally homeless after divorcing his wife. He told a Colorado court that he missed a child support hearing because the "court-ordered citation for me to appear was not delivered to my home address as I have no home."
Paula Jai Parker
Actress Paula Jai Parker shocked the audience of Hollywood Divas when she revealed that she had recently been homeless and living in a motel.
She explained that after starring in classics like Friday and Hustle & Flow, she fell back into independent movie roles that wouldn't pay the bills and ended up losing the condo she'd invested in.
Leon Spinks
Back in 1978, boxer Leon Spinks defeated Muhammad Ali and won the world heavyweight boxing title. But decades later, he'd blown through his winnings, developed dementia, and become homeless.
Now in his sixties, Spinks is reportedly working at McDonald's in order to survive.
:142smilie
Sly Stone was one of the biggest names in music and led the legendary funk band, Sly & The Family Stone. But then he lost it all, including multiple homes he owned around the US.
In 2014 he was living out of his camper van on the streets of LA.
The '80s "brat pack" star was completely penniless when he died of a prescription drug overdose in March 2010.
Corey
Haim was "so broke" when he died that he could no longer afford a car, according to his friend. He had struggled for a decade with poverty and drug addiction, and in 2001, he tried selling one of his teeth and some hair on eBay to raise money.:142smilie
Robert Matthew Van Winkle reached the peak of his fame in 1990 with the single "Ice Ice Baby." He never topped that early success and later trained as a realtor and published The Vanilla Ice Project - Real Estate Guide.
Since 2007 Ice has had had frequent legal troubles, culminating in 2015 when he was arrested and charged with burglary and grand theft after he allegedly stole furniture and other items from a Florida home.
Superstar boxer Mike Tyson literally lost *all* his money right in the middle of his meteoric boxing career. "For the past two years, I been a bum, truly a bum in the streets. I got nowhere to live. I been crashing with friends, sleeping in shelters," he told reporters.
:mj07:
After roles in American Pie and Slums of Beverly Hills, Natasha Lyonne ended up homeless in 2005.
The New York Post found her using a fake name in a New York City hospital where she was treated for hepatitis C, a heart infection, a collapsed lung and a heroin problem. Lyonne has since rebounded and gone on to star in Orange Is The New Black. :00hour
Kidder played Lois Lane in the original Christopher Reeve Superman movies. Decades later, while suffering schizophrenia and manic depression, she was found wandering the streets and sleeping in boxes.
She received psychiatric treatment and never had another manic episode, and went on to revive her successful stage and screen career.
Danny Bonaduce became homeless and lived out of his car while he struggled with drug addiction.
His homelessness occurred many years after his fame as the child star of The Partridge Family, and he has since recovered.
Lena Headey
The Game of Thrones star was forced to declare bankruptcy after her recent divorce.
Many a-list bankruptcies don't involve the stars in question actually going broke. But Heady said that at one point, she said she was left with just $5 in the bank.
:scared
Erin Moran
The Happy Days star became homeless after her home was foreclosed on in 2012.
She moved into a trailer with her mother-in-law, who threw her out because of the actress's alcohol addition. In the most recent media reports, Fonzie actor Henry Winkler was trying to help Moran get back on her feet.
:0025
Randy Quaid
Randy Quaid has an impressive movie resume that includes a Golden Globe award and roles in National Lampoon's Vacation and Brokeback Mountain. Yet since 2010 he's been in the news repeatedly for homelessness and legal troubles.
He reportedly skipped out on a $10,000 hotel bill and squatted on a property he used to own, after which he and his wife fled to Canada to escape the law.
:mj23:
Brett Butler
Brett Butler ended up in a homeless shelter in 1998.
:shrug:
Tyler Perry
The prolific director and scriptwriter Tyler Perry lost all of his money on a failed theatrical production, I Know I've Been Changed.
As a result, he ended up living out of his car. But the loss inspired him to rewrite the script until it became a play that got rave reviews.
Alex Lambert
Former American Idol contestant Alex Lambert revealed in 2011 that he was homeless and living out of his car in Los Angeles.
It's unclear what happened to him next since he fell out of the media eye.
:shrug:
Amanda Bynes
During her reported psychiatric breakdown in 2013, Bynes was found apparently homeless, sleeping on a bench in the middle of The Beverly Center in Los Angeles.
Bynes was hospitalized shortly after this episode of sleeping rough, at which time it was reported that she might face medical bankruptcy. Since then Bynes has lived mainly with her parents.
"Sugar Ray" Williams
NBA legend Sugar Ray Williams was discovered living in his car in 2010 after he lost his home.
It was a sad downfall for the former captain of the New York Knicks.
Barbara Payton
In her twenties, Payton was a Hollywood starlet who had casting calls alongside Marilyn Monroe. But by age 30, her heavy drinking meant that she began losing out on film roles.
:0025
She eventually turned to prostitution and check fraud to make ends meet. Suffering ill health, she moved home with her parents, and she died there from heart and liver failure at age 39.
Anthony Ciccone, AKA Madonna's brother
In 2010, Anthony Ciccone told the press that he was homeless and living on the streets in Michigan.
Ciccone himself isn't famous, but the story made headlines because his sister is one of the wealthiest women in the world.
:shrug:
Willie Aames
Willie Aames starred in much-loved sitcoms Charles in Charge and Eight Is Enough, but he later went bankrupt and ended up homeless.
Houston McTear
The two-time Olympic qualifier rose from poverty to become one of the world's top athletes and was considered the fastest man in the world. After the US boycotted the 1980 Olympics he fell into drug abuse and wound up homeless and sleeping on Santa Monica beach for two years.
:0028
John Drew Barrymore
John Drew Barrymore, father of Drew and son of the legendary actor John Barrymore, struggled all his life with substance issues. He landed several small acting roles in movies, but fell gradually into homelessness and periodic incarceration.
Iran Barkley
Iran Barkley once held the world titles for middleweight, super-middleweight, and light-heavyweight champion and had a net worth of $5 million. However, he went bankrupt early in his retirement - which seems to be an occupational hazard of boxing.
Chris Tucker
Chris Tucker became famous in the Ice Cube vehicle Friday and went on to get rich via major roles in The Fifth Element and the Rush Hour franchise. But the acting roles dried up and in 2011, Tucker lost his home to foreclosure and was pursued by the IRS for back taxes he owed.
Tucker is now trying to get out of debt by throwing himself back into acting, and in 2012 made a well-received appearance in Silver Linings Playbook.
Eric Williams
Former NBA pro and Basketball Wives star Eric Williams blew his entire fortune and became literally homeless after divorcing his wife. He told a Colorado court that he missed a child support hearing because the "court-ordered citation for me to appear was not delivered to my home address as I have no home."
Paula Jai Parker
Actress Paula Jai Parker shocked the audience of Hollywood Divas when she revealed that she had recently been homeless and living in a motel.
She explained that after starring in classics like Friday and Hustle & Flow, she fell back into independent movie roles that wouldn't pay the bills and ended up losing the condo she'd invested in.
Leon Spinks
Back in 1978, boxer Leon Spinks defeated Muhammad Ali and won the world heavyweight boxing title. But decades later, he'd blown through his winnings, developed dementia, and become homeless.
Now in his sixties, Spinks is reportedly working at McDonald's in order to survive.
:142smilie
