Celebrities Who Got Rich and Then Lost It All

Courtney Love

Since Courtney Love was connected to Kurt Cobain, she was relatively well off when he died. She started her own band, Belly, which didn't see much success. The lack of cash added stress to her life, and she relapsed, which then led to her selling the rights to the Nirvana songs that she owned. Nowadays, Courtney Love is doing much better, and she has been sober and successful for quite some time. 

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The More You Know

  • Bill Murray was arrested when he was 20 for trying to bring 10 pounds of marijuana on a plane.
  • Soon after moving to New York City, Madonna worked at a Dunkin' Donuts. She was fired after one week for messing with the jelly machine.
  • Shakira was banned from her school’s choir, and her classmates said she sounded like a goat. The Hips Don’t Lie superstar sure showed them!
  • A far cry from her upper-class role on Gossip Girl, Leighton Meester was born in prison; her mother was serving time for smuggling drugs.
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