Don't think that bankruptcy is a sign of a complete failure. A great many famous people have had little wobbles with their wonga and gone bust, some had it and lost it, others lost it then got it back and then some.
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 (Painter)
Burt Reynolds (Actor)
Donald Trump (Businessman - bounced back quite well!)
and lots lots more like Mick Fleetwood, Tammy Wynette, Cyndi Lauper, LaToya Jackson,Marvin Gaye, Larry King, Buster Keaton, Mickey Rooney, Britney Spears' mum.......
So there you have it, some very very famous names have been through it and come out the other side and in some cases gone on to greater things.
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