Not all stories have fairy-tale endings.
We gave you the inspiring stories of homeless people who became rich and famous, but here are some examples that show how riches can turn into rags.
Blame it on drug abuse, chronic illness, poor financial planning, or just bad luck.
When times got tough for these stars, they had nowhere else to turn but shelters and the streets.
Once Lois Lane in the Superman movies, Margot Kidder was found wandering the streets after a long battle with mental illness
Kidder, the actress who played Superman's love interest Lois Lane in the Christopher Reeve-era films, was once a Hollywood star who dated "bigs like Richard Pryor and Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau."
According to Daily Finance, Kidder battled schizophrenia and manic depression and even refused treatment at one time. "[P]lagued by paranoia, [Kidder] slept in cardboard boxes and backyards around Los Angeles in 1996. With her front teeth missing and her hair hacked off, a disheveled Kidder announced to the Glendale, Calif., woman whose yard she occupied, 'I may not look like it, but I'm Margot Kidder.'"
Today, the actress lives in Montana, and is a grandmother.
"Sugar Ray" Williams, once an NBA superstar, was found sleeping out of his Buick in 2010
In the late-1970s through the mid-1980s, Williams was captain of the New York Knicks and played for the Boston Celtics' 1985 NBA Finals team.
But in 2010, The Boston Globe reported that he was sleeping in the backseat of his 1992 Buick in Pompano Beach, Florida. In an interview with Bob Hohler at the Globe, Williams said that the NBA should take better care of their retired players, as he is only one of many former stars in need of assistance.
“When I played the game, they always talked about loyalty to the team,’’ Williams said. “Well, where’s the loyalty and compassion for ex-players who are hurting? We opened the door for these guys whose salaries are through the roof.’’
Iran "The Blade" Barkley amassed $5 million from his boxing career before ending up homeless
In 2010, the New York Post reported that the former boxing champion was sleeping in a Howard Johnson Express in the Bronx.
In the '80s and '90s, Barkley made around $5 million, but eventually lost those earnings. Barkley was then forced to move in with his niece living in the Patterson Houses, a public housing development in the Bronx. When she evicted him, the former boxing star slept in subway cars before ending up at Howard Johnson.
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