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Rockers aren't always real good at handling the piles of money they earn as superstar musicians, and many have lost much of, or their entire, fortune in a number of ways....some are well documented tales of addiction and excess include the stories of David Crosby, who spent years addicted to heroin and cocaine, before being arrested and serving jail time, then getting sober. Mick Fleetwood estimates he blew 60 million dollars on his cocaine habit, and also blew a fortune buying a thousand acre farm in Australia, when ultimately did him in financially. Billy Joel had underhanded management, Tom Petty went into bankruptcy on purpose as he was fighting with his record company, Meat Loaf lost his money wrapped up fighting lawsuits, Marvin Gaye lost all his money in a divorce, ....check out those stories as well as those of Ted Nugent, John Oates, Dee Snider and more, here: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/rock-stars-who-went-broke/