Bankruptcy DOES NOT Make You a Failure!

It's a common emotion for people to feel down when they have problems with debt. You are not alone. Harassing Phone Calls from creditors, family problems, piles of bills - there is light at the end of the tunnel.
Foster Law Offices provides bankruptcy services to Northwestern PA and can help you learn the difference between debt consolidation, Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and Chapter 13 Bankruptcy.

Back to the " you are not alone"... some of the richest, most successful and beautiful people in the world have filed bankruptcy - and I bet you had no idea. Their legacy was based upon their achievements and their talents, not a rough patch in their life. Bankruptcy is not a reflection of your talents or you as a person.

Here's a list of some legends who filed bankruptcy and who are famous - Enjoy!

• Phineas Taylor (P.T.) Barnum - Founder of Barnum Circus
• Kim Basinger - Actress
• L. Frank Baum - Wizard of Oz author
• King Edward II - 14th century English King
• Lorraine Bracco - Actress (Dr. Melfi - Sopranos) 
• Mathew Brady - Distinguished Civil War photographer
• Toni Braxton - Singer
• George Clinton - Singer ("Atomic Dog")
• Samuel L. Clemens ("Mark Twain") - Author
• Natalie Cole - Singer
• Gary Coleman - Actor (Arnold - Different Strokes)
• John Connally - Former Texas Governor
• Francis Ford Coppola - Film Director/Producer
• Cathy Lee Crosby - Actress
• Vic Damone - Singer
• Dorothy Dandrdge - Actress
• Dino De Laurentis - Film Producer
• Walt Disney - Film Producer & Theme Park Pioneer
• Eddie Fisher - Actor
• Mick Fleetwood - Singer (Fleetwood Mac)
• Heidi Fleiss - Clothing Line Founder & Famous Hollywood Madam
• Henry Ford - First two automobile companies failed 
• William Fox - Co-founder of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
• Marvin Gaye - Singer
• Andy Gibb - Singer
• Charles Goodyear - Founder of Goodyear Tire Co.
• Ulysses S. Grant - 18th U.S. President & Civil War General
• Bob Guccione - Publisher/Founder of Penthouse Magazine
• Merle Haggard - Bakersfield, California raised County & Western Singer 
• Corey Haim - Actor (Star of The Lost Boys (1987))
• Dorothy Hamill - Olympic Ice Skater
• M.C. Hammer - Singer/Rapper ("Can't Touch This")
• Richard Harris - Actor/Producer/Director
• Isaac Hayes - Songwriter/Musician/Singer
• Henry John Heinz - Famous Condiment Manufacturer
• Sherman Hemsley - Actor (George Jefferson from The Jeffersons)
• Milton Snavely Hershey - Founder of Hershey's Foods Corp.
• Ron Isley - Singer
• Jermaine Jackson - Singer (Michael Jackson's brother) 
• Joe & Katherine Jackson - Parents of the Michael Jackson
• La Toya Jackson - Singer (Michael Jackson's sister)
• Randy Jackson - Singer (Michael Jackson's brother)
• Tito Jackson - Singer (Michael Jackson's brother)
• Thomas Jefferson - American Founding Father and President
• Don Johnson - Actor/Producer
• Kacey Jones - Singer
• Chaka Kahn - 80's R & B Singer
• Larry King - Talk-show Host/Author
• Bowie Kuhn - Former Major League Baseball Commissioner
• Lorenzo Lamas - Actor
• Cyndi Lauper - 80's Singer
• Stan Lee - Co-creator of Spider Man, The Incredible Hulk, The X-Men, etc.
• Jerry Lewis - Actor
• Jerry Lee Lewis - Singer
• Meat Loaf - Singer
• Jorge & Joanne Lopes - Winners of the $110.3 million 2002 Big Game Multi-state Lotto jackpot. 
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Famous Musical Composer
• Willie Nelson - Country & Western Singer/Songwriter
• Wayne Newton - Famous Singer/Actor who regularly performs in Las Vegas 
• Immanuel Nobel - Father of Alfred Nobel (who founded Nobel prizes)
• Johnny Paycheck - Country & Western Singer
• Tom Petty - Singer
• Susan Powter - Exercise/Fitness Expert
• Burt Reynolds - Actor/Director
• Debbie Reynolds - Actress/Singer
• Rembrandt Heremenszoon Van Rijn - Famous Dutch painter
• Juan Rodriguez - $149 million New York Mega Millions Lotto jackpot winner
• (He filed shortly before winning). 
• Mickey Rooney - Actor
• Harry Saltzman - Film Producer (James Bond movies)
• Shenandoah - Country Music Band 
• Anna Nicole Smith - Model/Actress
• James & Lynne Spears - Britney Spear's parents
• William G. Stern - British property mogul
• J. Fife Symington - Governor of Arizona
• Donald Trump's Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts Inc.
• Mike Tyson - Boxer
• Johnny Unitas - Hall of Fame Quarterback
• Oscar Wilde - Acclaimed Author and Poet
• Tammy Wynette - Singer

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