You Are Not Alone
Throughout the history of the United States there have been many famous people who have filed for Bankruptcy and utilized their right to a fresh financial start.
Every person going through bankruptcy feels alone or that they are the only ones suffering from the stress and strain of financial struggles. And now, many people have the wrong impression that bankruptcy relief is no longer available due to the new bankruptcy law changes on October 17, 2005. In fact, the new bankruptcy laws have little effect on most people and in some cases, the new laws are even more favorable then they were before.
Throughout the State of California, tens of thousands of people and numerous businesses file for bankruptcy every year. It is likely that you may know friends, family members, coworkers, and neighbors who have filed, but that just don’t advertise it. There are many famous people who have filed for bankruptcy and due to their celebrity status their bankruptcy filings are disseminated in the media. Bankruptcy relief in the United States has been around since the 1800’s. Even the16th President of the United States Abraham Lincoln filed for bankruptcy twice to start over. You too have a constitutional right to a fresh financial start just like the famous individuals below. Remember that if bankruptcy relief was used by Abraham Lincoln, former Texas Governor John Connally, and many others to start over or reorganize their debts maybe you can too.
Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States
Robert Kiyosaki
Author: “Rich, Poor Dad”
Benedict Arnold
Betrayed Colonists to British
Marion “Suge” Knight
Death Row Records Rap Producer
Bowie Kuhn
Former U.S. Baseball Commissioner
John James Audubon
Illustrated “Birds of America”
Gary Kurtz
Oscar-Nominated Film Producer
P.T. Barnum
The Great American Circus Owner
Veronica Lake
Actress
John Barrymore
Actor: Romeo & Juliet
Lorenzo Lamas
Actor
Kim Basinger
Oscar-Winning Actress
Cyndi Lauper
Rock Star
Frank Baum
Author: “Wizard of Oz”
Anton LaVey
Founder of the Church of Satan
Melvin Belli
Famous Lawyer known as “The King of Torts”
Stan Lee
Comic book Industry Pioneer, Co-Creator of “Spider-Man”, “The Incredible Hulk”, “The X-Men”, and others.
Bunny Berigan
Great Jazz trumpeter
Jerry Lewis
Comic
Bjorn Borg
Pro Tennis player
Jerry Lee Lewis
Rock n’ Roll Star
Lorraine Braco
Oscar-Nominated Actress
Horace Liveright
Publisher of the Modern Library Series
Matthew Brady
U.S. Civil War Photographer
Meat Loaf
Rock Star
Toni Braxton
Rock Star
Joe Louis
Boxer
Lenny Bruce
Comic
Ashley MacIsaac
Musician-Fiddler
Buffalo Bill
Wild West Showman
Jackie Mason
Comedic Entertainer
Gary Burghoff
Radar O’Reilly in MASH
Henry Mayhew
Punch Journalist
Anita Bryant
Singer: 1958 Miss America 2nd runner up
Mindy McCready
Country Music Star, American Author
Tia Carrere
Actor: Wayne’s World
George McGovern
Politician
Nell Carter
Actor: Housekeeper on “Gimme a Break’’
William McKinley
25th U.S. President
Raymond Carver
Author: Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
Tom Metzger
White Supremacist
Miguel de Cervantes
Novelist: Don Quixote
Marvin Mitchelson
Celebrity Divorce Lawyer
Samuel L. Clemens (“Mark Twain”)
American Author – Humorist
Melba Moore
Singer – Actress
Natalie Cole
Singer
Debelah Morgan
Singer/Songwriter – Producer
Gary Coleman
Actor
Lorrie Morgan
Country Music Star, American Author
John Connally
Former Texas Governor, wounded in 1963 Kennedy Assassination in Dallas
Robert Morris
Politician who financed the the Revolutionary War
Francis Ford Coppola
Oscar-Winning Film Writer – Director and Producer
Merle Haggard
Country Music Star
Levi P. Morton
Vice President for Benjamin Harris
Cathy Lee Crosby
Actress – American Author
Motor City Five/MCS
Rock Group of the 1960s
David Crosby
Singer/Songwriter
Willie Nelson
Singer/Songwriter – Actor, American Author
Aleister Crowley
Wickedest Man in the World
Wayne Newton
Singer – Actor – Entertainer
Vic Damone
Singer
Harry Nilsson
Singer/Songwriter: Me and My Arrow
Dino De Laurentis
Oscar-Winning Film Producer
F. Donald Nixon
Richard’s Brother
John DeLorean
Automobile Designer & Entrepreneur
Immanuel Nobel
Father of Manufacturers – Philanthropist Alfred Nobel, who founded the Nobel Prize
Walt Disney
Oscar-Winning Film Producer, Animation & Theme Park Pioneer
Mary Nolan
Actress
Henry Dunant
Red Cross Founder
Emperor Norton
Emperor of the U.S. and Protector of Mexico
William C. Durant
Founder of General Motor
Ted Nugent
Rock Star
Freddy Fender
Musician: Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Kate O’Brien
”The Land of Spices” Novelist
Eddie Fisher
Singer: Crooner Dumped by Liz Taylor
Thomas Paine
Common Sense Activist
Mick Fleetwood
Rock Star, Lead member of “Fleetwood Mac”
Johnny Paycheck
Country Music Star
Heidi Fleiss
Clothing Line Founder, American Author
Tom Petty
Rock Star
Henry Ford
Automobile Manufacturer
Gaylord Perry
Baseball Player
William Fox
Co-Founder of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation
Buddy Post
Lottery Millionaire
Red Foxx
Actor – Entertainer
Susan Powter
Exercise/Fitness Expert, Talk Show Host, Best Selling American Author
R. Buckminister Fuller
Architect-Futurist: Invented the Geodesic Dome
Burt Prelutsky
American Television Writer & Screenwriter
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Cop-Slapping Gabor sister
Randy Quaid
Actor
Marvin Gaye
Singer
Lynn Redgrave
Actress
Andy Gibb
Rock Star
Tommy Rettig
Actor: Jeff Miller in Lassie
Bernhard Goetz
Subway Vigilante Criminal
Burt Reynolds
Oscar Nominated Actor – Director, American Author
Charles Goodyear
19th Century American Inventor, Discovered How to Vulcanize Rubber
Debbie Reynolds
Oscar-Nominated Actress-Singer, American Author
Ulysses S. Grant
18th U.S. President: Civil War General, Best-Selling American Author, Face Pictured on the U.S. fifty dollar bill
Mickey Rooney
Oscar-Nominated Actor, American Author
Elizabeth Ward Gracen
Actress – model: Miss America 1982
Rick Ross
Activist: Cult Expert, Deprogrammer
Tony Gwynn
Batted .394 in 1994 for the Padres
Harry Saltzman
Film Producer (James Bond movies)
Dorothy Hamill
Olympic Gold-Medal Ice skater
Derek Sanderson
Hockey Player
M.C. Hammer
Rock Star
Ray Sawyer
Rock Star, Member of “Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show”
Richard Harris
Oscar-Nominated Actor – Producer & Director
Oskar Schindler
Activist who saved over 1,000 Jews from the Nazis
Isaac Hayes
Oscar-Winning Songwriter – Composer – Musician – Singer
Shenandoah
Country Music Band
H.J. Heinz
Founder of Heinz Ketchup
Billy Sims
Detroit Lions RB
Margaux Hemingway
Actress
Tom Sizemore
Heat, Robbery Homicide Division Actor
Sherman Hemsley
Actor
Anna Nicole Smith
Model-Actress, 1993 Playboy Magazine “Playmate of the Year”
Ty Herndon
Country Music Star
Dee Snider
Front man for Twisted Sister, Musician
Miton Snavely Hershey
Founder of Hershey’s Chocolate
Phoebe Snow
Jazz Vocalist
Steve Howe
MLB Pitcher
Lynne Spears
American Author, Mother of Pop Star Britney Spears
E. Howard Hunt
Coordinated Watergate Break-In
Leon Spinks
Boxer
Nelson Bunker Hunt
Tried to corner the Silver Market
Sheryl Swoopes
Three-Time WNBA MVP
Ron Isley
Rhythm & Blues Singer
J. Fife Symington
Governor of Arizona (1995, while still in office)
La Toya Jackson
Rock Star
Lawrence Taylor
NFL Hall of Fame
Don Johnson
Actor & Producer
Randall Terry
Operation Rescue Founder
Eli Jacobs
Former Baltimore Orioles Owner
Nikola Tesla
Invented Alternating Current
Janice – Marie Johnson
Rock Star/Disco Diva
Donald Trump
Billionaire Entrepreneur
George Jones
Country Singer
TLC
Rock Group
Grace Jones Singer
Entertainer
Mike Tyson
Boxer
Kacey Jones
Country Music Star, Musical Humorist
Johnny Unitas
Legendary Hall of Fame football Quarterback
Chaka Kahn
Rock Star
John Whitehead
Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now, musician
Charles Keating
Morality Crusader, White-Collar swindler
Oscar Wilde
Poet & Author
Buster Keaton
Actor: The General
James Wilson
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Bernard Kerik
NYC Police Commissioner
Tammy Wynette
Country Music Star
Margot Kidder
Lois Lane in Superman Movie
Florenz Ziegfeld
Actor: The Ziegfeld Follies
Larry King
Talk show host, Best-Selling American Author
Run DMC
Rap Group