As Dionne Warwick, one of the most successful singers of the 20th century, declares bankruptcy, Jacqui Goddard investigates how a star once earning $100,000 a month could be down to her last $1,000 in cash.
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In the 1990s, she became the public face of the Psychic Friends Network, a telephone service that connected callers with clairvoyants for $3.99 a minute. It earned her $3 million a year before the corporation that owned the service went into bankruptcy.

Critics of Ms Warwick's own bankruptcy filing have taken to web forums to joke that, given her experience with the Psychic Friends Network, she should have seen her money troubles coming. Some question the extent of her financial suffering.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music...krupt-diva.html

does it involve nostrils?

Quote: Heisenberg wrote in post #2

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"Jacqui Goddard investigates how a star once earning $100,000 a month"

I can tell Jacqui how she ended up broke without any investigation.

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Why didn't her friends at the Psychic Network warn her?

Zitat

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Some question the extent of her financial suffering.

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I wonder that too. Aren't Bert Bacharach songs really hot with the kids these days?

it sure casts a pall on their "psychic" advice, doesn't it.

Quote: Palinista wrote in post #4

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Why didn't her friends at the Psychic Network warn her?

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Party til you puke.

Apparently, her lifestyle exceeded $100,000 dollars a month. Imagine that..
How could you possibly owe 10 million in unpaid taxes and not realize you had a problem?

Quote: Olivia wrote in post #8

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Apparently, her lifestyle exceeded $100,000 dollars a month. Imagine that..
How could you possibly owe 10 million in unpaid taxes and not realize you had a problem?

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I always thought she was a lousy singer and totally overrated. JMO

This is the rationale for our gov't:

"I started getting fat so I decided to eat more."

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Isn't this the rational our govt' runs under these days?

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