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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Leif Garrett

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Leif Garrett is an American singer, actor and television personality. He became famous in the late 1970s as a child pop star and teen idol. He started his career as a child pop star and later turned to drugs which landed him a life full of trouble. Some of his most famous songs are “The Wanderer”, “Runaround Sue”, “Surfin’ USA”, “I Was Looking for Someone to Love”, and “Smells Like Teen Spirit”. He Garrett reported having only $350 in his bank account when he filed for bankruptcy!

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