Celebrities Who Got Rich and Then Lost It All

Ulysses S. Grant

The United States' 18th president signed up to be a partner in a financial firm with a man named Ferdinand Ward. But, in 1884, Grand found out that Ward had embezzled all of their cash, and he was left bankrupt. He was receiving a pension from serving in the military, but that wasn't enough to cover his medical costs from his advanced throat cancer. Grant died while he awaited a series of memoirs that he consigned Mark Twain to write so he could make enough money to survive.

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The More You Know

At 10 years old and while still in elementary school, Warren Buffett started having lunch meetings with a New York Stock Exchange member. He bought his first stock at age 11. Today, he’s worth $80 billion.
As a child, Jim Carrey wore tap shoes to bed just in case his parents needed cheering up in the middle of the night.
Lady Gaga taught herself to play the piano at only four years old!
Megan Fox was banned from the Wal-Mart store in her hometown because she shoplifted makeup as a teenager. She claims it was an accident.

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