Celebrities Who Got Rich and Then Lost It All

Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke started his career as a boxer, but he ended up branching out to become an actor when he realized that netted him more attention and cash. When the cash began flowing, Rourke started taking tons of drugs, drinking, throwing extravagant parties, and accruing massive amounts of debt. Rourke has never been able to recover from his wild expenditures.

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