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Celebrity Death, Former Child Actor: Sammi Kane Kraft
Sammi Kane Kraft was an American recording artist, child actress and baseball player. She stared in the "Bad News Bears "remake, and was featured in an ESPN.com Page 2 story about her athletic skills, and competed in the Junior Olympics. While in a car as a passenger, it was rear ended by a semi truck and subsequently crushed into another vehicle. She died from injuries sustained in the accident on October 9, 2012 at the age of 20.

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Celebrity Death, Former Child Actor: Scotty Beckett
Scotty Beckett was an American actor. He began his career as a child actor in the Our Gang shorts and later co-starred on Rocky Jones, Space Ranger. His descent into a life of alcoholism, drugs, and crime remains one of the most tragic of Hollywood stories. He was discovered after his father was hospitalized and Scotty would frequently entertain his dad by singing songs. During one such visit, a Hollywood casting director happened to notice the cherubic youngster and told his parents he had movie potential. After a momentous career he began to gain notoriety not only for his acting, but also for his nocturnal activities, part of the young Hollywood jet set. Eventually his death was caused by an overdose of barbiturates. He died May 10, 1968 at the age of 38.

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Celebrity Death, Former Child Actor: Skye McCole Bartusiak
Skye McCole Bartusiak was an American film and television actress. She appeared in The Patriot in 2000, Don't Say a Word in 2001, as Rose Wilder in Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder in 2002, 24 in 2002 & 2003, Boogeyman in 2005 and Kill Your Darlings in 2006. Died of a drug overdose, the Harris Texas County Institute of Forensic Sciences said, "The exact cause of death is an accident due to the combined effects of hydrocodone and difluoroethane with carisoprodol”. She died July 19, 2014 at the age of 21.

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Celebrity Death, Former Child Actor: Tara Correa-McMullen
Tara Correa-McMullen was an American actress, known for her role in Judging Amy in1999, Rebound in 2005, and Zoey 101 2005. The young star, whose character was killed by gang members, met a similar fate when a shotgun blast killed her instantly. She died October 21, 2005 at the age of 16.

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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Abraham Lincoln

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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He led the United States through its Civil War, which is considered its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional and political crisis, but even the 16th President of the United States had money troubles! Abraham Lincoln not only filed for bankruptcy once, but twice! Abraham Lincoln went to court many times over his debt and was paying off everything he owed for years and years!

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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Allen Iverson

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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson is an American retired professional basketball player who played for four different teams Philadelphia 76ers, Denver Nuggets, Memphis Grizzlies, Detroit Pistons, and in 1996, he was NBA Rookie of the Year, a bonafide superstar, raking in $154 million during his career, but due to a his ridiculously huge entourage and love of bling (he once owed $860,000 to a jeweler), he lost everything in 2012, including his career and marriage.

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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Betsey Johnson

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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Betsey Johnson
Betsey Johnson is an American fashion designer best known for her feminine and whimsical designs. She has declared bankruptcy due to $4.1 million in outstanding debts owed to manufacturers, including jewelers, watchmakers, banks and accountants.

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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Billy Joel

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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Billy Joel
Billy Joel is an American pianist, singer-songwriter, and composer. Well know for his first hit song, "Piano Man". Sadly, the iconic musician has gone bankrupt three different times, and has lost about $90 million, due to his, and his brother-in-law’s mismanagement of his money.

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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Brendan Fraser

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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Brendan Fraser
Brendan Fraser is an American and Canadian actor, best known for the Mummy film series and many other movies as well. At age 46, Brendan Fraser can proudly say he has had a very successful career as an actor. Rumors were going around saying that Brendan made $200k in just one month! Yet, he had a great deal of fees including child support, which caused him to file for bankruptcy.

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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Brett Butler

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Celebrity That Lost A Fortune: Brett Butler
Brett Butler is an American actress, writer, and stand-up comedian, best known for playing the title role in the comedy series Grace Under Fire. From 1993 to 1998, the Golden Globe-nominated actress was living the high life, thanks to her wildly popular show, but when ABC cancelled the series, due in part, to her rampant drug addiction, she quickly lost everything. She bounced from her LA mansion to a Georgia farm, and ended up destitute in a homeless shelter.

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    • Moses Sithole was found guilty of 38 murders and 40 rapes in 1997. Born in South Africa on November 17, 1964, Moses Sithole is considered one of South Africa's worst serial killers. In 1997, Sithole …
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    • The arrest of Bulelani Mabhayi, the “Monster of Tholeni”, proved to be most daunting. Mabhayi operated in the Eastern Cape, preying on victims in Tholeni, a place that became known as “the village of…
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    • The filmmaker posted a first-look photo to the official "Twilight Saga" Facebook fan page Thursday (Nov. 25) with the following message:"Happy Thanksgiving and a crazy Black Friday to all of you and …
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    • ABC has renewed Resurrection for a second season. The freshman drama, which premiered mid-season for a limited eight-episode run, was a hit out of the gate. The series drew a 3.8 rating in the adults…
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    • CBS announced today that freshman drama Elementary has been picked up for a full season. The network has ordered the back nine episodes to top up the count to 22. The series, which follows a modern-…
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    • It was announced today that Fox has renewed New Girl for a seventh and final season. The Zooey Deschanel-led comedy has had a successful run for the network, first as a breakout hit in 2011 and the…
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    • CBS announced that Blue Bloods has been renewed for a seventh season. The long-running Tom Selleck police drama has been a Friday night staple on the network, where it continues to draw solid, stead…
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    • It was announced last week that A&E has cancelled Damien after its first season. Series creator Glen Mazzara posted the bad news on Twitter this afternoon, citing low ratings as the reason for the …
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    • Brockie, front man for the heavy metal band GWAR, has been found dead in his Richmond, Va., home at age 50. Richmond police spokeswoman Dionne Waugh says officers were called to home shortly before 7…
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    • ABC has renewed Castle for a seventh season. The long-running murder-mystery drama has remained a steady performer for the network through its six seasons, holding its own on Monday nights against to…
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    • Lee Thompson Young was an American actor. He was known for his teenage role as the title character on the Disney Channel television series The Famous Jett Jackson. His death is considered one of the …
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    • At a Television Critics Association panel today, FX announced that Louie has been renewed for a fourth season. Written and produced by comic Louis C.K., the comedy puts a spotlight on the title chara…
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    • FOX announced yesterday that it has ordered nine additional episodes of Brooklyn Nine-Nine. The order tops up the freshman comedy's first season to a full 22 episodes. The network also announced tha…
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    • The La Bamba and Jacob's Ladder actress died Oct. 14 at 55 of cirrhosis of the liver. Peña's other films includ *Batteries Not Included, Lone Star and Rush Hour. On the small screen, she played the t…
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    • CBS continues its successful Friday streak -- led by the just canceled "Medium," which experienced a slight raise in the ratings this week. Also notable was NBC's TV Movie "Harmony: A Film Inspired b…
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    • Ghost Hunters is an American paranormal reality television series that follows a group of real-life paranormal researchers as they investigate haunted houses throughout the country, encountering e…
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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 …
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    • Showtime announced today that Ray Donovan has been renewed for a seventh season. The long-running drama continues to be a solid performer and one of the cable network's more popular original series…
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    • Taken's days appear to numbered, as NBC has removed all upcoming episodes of the show from its regular schedule, effective immediately. The move comes 11 episodes into the movie-based drama's sopho…
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