Ever wonder whatever happened to certain people who were once famous (or infamous). I do; hence this thread. Here are a couple for starters. Please feel free to update us on other has-beens.
TINA TURNER
Tina was HOT in the 80’s and 90’s, not just for her awesome voice, endless grammys, top hits, blockbuster themesongs and multiple platinum selling albums, but of course for her LEGS.
So whatever happened to her? In 1986 she moved permanently to Europe, where she’s also very popular, to share a home with Erwin Bach, a German-born EMI record company executive 16 years her junior. In addition to a lakeshore home on the Goldküste, the most exclusive district of Zurich, Turner has an estate in France at Villefranche-sur-Mer, a small town about four miles east of Nice. Her home there sits atop Mont Vinaigrier, overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Turner
She’s now semi-retired, but makes occasional appearances such as this one on the Oprah show in 2005, at age 65.
And here’s one who’s fame and fortune weren’t so long-lived. I read about him recently, opening a small town ice-cream parlor (or maybe it was closing down, I forget).
GARY COLEMAN
Gary Coleman (born 1968) is an American actor, who was born with a congenital kidney disease. . . which halted his growth at an early age, leading to a small stature (4’ 8") which became his most distinguishing feature. Coleman has had two kidney transplants, one in 1973 and one in 1984, and requires constant dialysis.
During the eight-year run of the American sitcom Diff’rent Strokes, where his famous line was “what’chu talkin’ 'bout, Willis?” Coleman was a popular figure, starring in a number of feature films and made-for-TV movies . . . At the height of his fame on Diff’rent Strokes, Coleman earned $70,000 per episode. As he grew older, however, he fell from public favor. After the cancellation of Diff’rent Strokes, his acting career declined sharply. . .
Coleman famously sued his parents and manager over misappropriation of his $8.3 million trust fund and won a $1,280,000 ruling on February 23, 1993. . . . Coleman filed for bankruptcy in 1999.
Coleman appeared on the People’s Court on November 2, 2000, charged with assault. He was ordered to pay bus driver Tracy Fields $1,665 for hospital bills resulting from a fight. Fields had attempted to get Coleman’s autograph while he was shopping for a bulletproof vest in a California mall. Coleman said he felt “threatened by her insistence” and punched her in the head. Coleman was working as a security guard at the time. . .
Coleman was a candidate for governor in the 2003 California recall election. This campaign was sponsored by the free newsweekly the East Bay Express as a satirical comment on the recall. . .
In 1993, Coleman opened the Gary Coleman Game Parlor, a video game entertainment center, in Fisherman’s Village in Marina del Rey, California. The motto of the GCGP was “Our games are easier, so you can play longer”. It went out of business in 1994. . .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Coleman