Dionne Warwick, down to $1,000 cash, files for bankruptcy

[alp227]

Dionne Warwick, one of the most recognizable pop voices of the 1960s, filed for bankruptcy last week, citing more than $10 million in tax debt dating back to 1991.

"Due to several consecutive years (the late '80s through the mid-'90s) of negligent and gross financial mismanagement, Dionne Warwick has realized the current necessity to file personal bankruptcy," Warwick publicist Kevin Sasaki said in a statement to CNN Tuesday.

Warwick, 72, made hits out of many Burt Bacharach and Hal David songs, and won five Grammys in a 50-year career. The singer is down her last $1,000 in cash and only owns furniture and clothing worth $1,500, according to the Chapter 7 filing in New Jersey.

The bankruptcy documents filed in New Jersey on Thursday outline a sad financial situation for Warwick, a cousin of the late Whitney Houston.

full: http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/26/showbiz/dionne-warwick-bankruptcy/index.html

[ohiosmith]

1. So much for psychic friends!

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[Raine1967]

2. I saw *THAT* one comin'

[Aristus]

4. But she didn't...

n/t

[olddots]

3. this really stinks

her work is beyond brilliant and millions owe her for the joy and good she brought.

[tblue]

5. How can that be? Damn!

Awww. This is sad. I LOVE her work. "Promises, Promises" "Walk on By" "Reach Out for Me"

[lunatica]

6. I've been wondering a lot about her lately

I'm so sorry she's going through this. She's a lovely person.

[Tabasco_Dave]

7. One of my favorite songs from childhood

Hope she pulls out of this.

[pinboy3niner]

8. Do you know the way to bankruptcy?

My bad!

Warwick's a great lady and a great talent. Sad to see her falling on hard times. One of her greats...

[Tom_Foolery]

9. That makes me sad. She has a beautiful voice. n/t

[PuffedMica]

10. Everyone who did a BitTorrent of Dionne's songs should send her a dollar

n/t

[quakerboy]

12. Twerent the bit torrents that done it.

I Guarantee that.

[Loryn]

11. Poor Dionne

[MrScorpio]

13. Dionne Warwick You're Gonna Need me

[Major Nikon]

14. My guess is she is filing for bankruptcy to get out from underneath tax debt

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

15. 1964 - first tune I ever heard by her on the radio and still my favorite tune by her

[Mosby]

16. "Her monthly income was listed at $20,950"

must be tough to live on such a piddly amount of money.

Maybe she should have paid her fucking taxes like the rest of us.

[Logical]

19. +1, very simple! n-t

[bike man]

17. "...tax debt dating back to 1991..." Not paying her fair share caught up with her. nt

[RILib]

18. this is what happens when someone has no sense about money.

Millions roll in, they hire idiot or corrupt managers, taxes aren't paid, and then even though they make an annual income that must of us will never approach, they wind up with giant debts.

I find this way of life mind boggling.