Celebrities Who Went From Riches To Rags

Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday lost it all when she was a star. After years of heroin abuse on top of being swindled and underpaid, Holiday couldn't survive on her earnings alone. She died with only $0.70 in the bank. Not even royalties could get her out of the gutter, and she passed away with nothing to her name but great songs. 

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