My connection to the Top 10 Celebrity Bankruptcies of the Decade

January 2, 2010
>> Bankruptcy, Debt

MCHammer — Wrong decade. Fortunately, we’re well past “Hammer Time.”

I don’t usually re-post directly from other blogs. But I just came across a “Top 10 Celebrity Bankruptcies of the Decade” list on the TotalBankruptcy blog, and, in addition to being a good piece of research as well as a good read, I noticed that I’ve represented one of celebrities who made the list.

So below is the list of just the names that TotalBankruptcy deemed to be the Top 10 Celebrity Bankruptcies they list. To read their engaging commentary and summaries along with the names, click here to read the full post.

1. Randy Quaid (2000)

2. Stan Lee (2001)

3. Mike Tyson (2003)

4. Lorenzo Lamas (2004)

5. Donald Trump (2004, 2009)

6. Michael Vick (2008)

7. Bill Buckner (2008)

8. Lenny Dykstra (2009)

9. Stephen Baldwin (2009)

10. Sinbad (2009)

Honorable mention: * Jose Canseco (2008)

Thanks again to TotalBankruptcy for a great post. And click here to read the full post.

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