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Louise Mandrell Net Worth
Thelma Louise Mandrell's Net Worth as of 2024
$5 Million
Thelma Louise Mandrell was born on 13 July 1954, in Corpus Christi, Texas USA, to Mary, a homemaker and musician, and Irby Mandrell, a police officer, musician and entertainer. She is a country music singer, best known as one of the three Mandrell sisters.
So just how rich is Louise Mandrell? According to sources, Mandrell has acquired a wealth of over $5 million, as of early 2017. The main source of her fortune has been her involvement in the entertainment industry, which began in the late-‘70s.
Louise Mandrell Net Worth $5 Million
Hailing from a musical family, it was quite natural that Mandrell would pursue a music career at a young age, so after her older sister Barbara became an accomplished singer in the ’60s, she wasted no time and began learning to play several instruments. Eventually, she mastered the guitar, bass, drums, accordion, fiddle among others. Her younger sister, Irlene, also became an established musician and actress. The three sisters and their parents then founded the Mandrell Family Band, touring across the USA and Asia, and establishing their net worth.
During the ’70s, Mandrell joined Barbara’s new band, the Do-Rites, which began touring with the legendary Merle Haggard. She went on to back him up as a vocalist both on stage and in the studio, paving her way to recognition. Then in 1978 she signed with Epic Records, releasing her debut solo single “Put It On Me” and reaching the top 100 country music singles. Her next single, the 1979 version of “Everlasting Love”, achieved the same feat. Several more chart-climbing singles followed, such as her duets with her then husband, R.C. Bannon, “I Thought You’d Never Ask”, and the hit country version of the Peaches & Herb song “Reunited”. Mandrell started to enjoy a decent amount of popularity, and it all contributed to her net worth.
In 1980, she joined the cast of the NBC weekly variety program as “Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters”, which offered an ideal showcase for her talent, portraying not just her singing skills but her instrumental and comedic ones too, making her a true sensation. Aside from boosting her popularity, the show significantly added to Mandrell’s wealth too. It ended in 1982.
In the meantime, she continued to record and tour, signing with RCA Records in 1981. She went on to enjoy a blossoming career in the next few years, finding herself in the hearts and minds of numerous fans around the world. By the end of the decade, she had released seven albums, with the singles “I’m Not Through Loving You Yet”, “Save Me”, “Maybe My Baby”, “Too Hot To Sleep” and “I’m Not Through Loving You Yet” all reaching the Top 10. Her success enabled her to reach stardom, intensifying her fortune sigificantly, and.it also brought her many television appearances, such as in the series “Crazy Like a Fox” and “The New Mike Hammer”.
In 1991 the “Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters” show began re-airing on TNN. Although Mandrell didn’t record new albums in the ’90s, she did release a few songs and videos, and performed regularly. In 1997, she opened The Louise Mandrell Theater, in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, which became a great attraction. There she performed in many projects for a large audience, and staged the most attended show in the city. She sold the theater in 2005, and has since performed at selected events, including expanding her resume by appearing in numerous TV shows. In addition, she has co-written the “Mandrell Family Album” with Ace Collins, with whom she later produced a series of children’s books.
In her personal life, Mandrell has been married four times. In 1971 she married Ronald Shaw, divorcing him in 1973. Her second marriage was to Gary Lamar Buck, lasting from 1975 to 1978. In 1979 she married R.C. Bannon, with whom she adopted one child; they divorced in 1991. She has been married to John Haywood since 1993.
Mandrell is involved in philanthropy, having supported charities like the United Way and the American Cancer Society, and has been a champion of Boy Scouts of America, raising more than $1 million for the program.
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Danny Bonaduce Net Worth
Dante Daniel Bonaduce was born on 13 August 1959, in Broomall, Pennsylvania USA, of Italian (father) and English (mother) descent. Danny Bonaduce is a well-known actor, TV and radio personality, wrestler and producer, perhaps still best known for his role of Danny in the popular ’70s TV series “The Partridge Family”.
So just how rich is Danny Bonaduce? Danny’s estimated net worth is now over $2.5 million dollars, accumulated over more than 40 years in various elements of the entertainment industry.
Danny Bonaduce Net Worth $2.5 Million
Danny Bonaduce rose to fame early in his life, when cast in “The Partridge Family”, in which Bonaduce, who was 11 at the time, played a bass-playing member of the family. The show was a huge success and brought the whole cast international fame. At that time, however, his personal life was far from glamorous; his co-workers noticed that Danny would often show up covered in bruises, and he confessed that he was abused by his father, script-writer and producer Joe Bonaduce. Members of the cast did their best to secure Bonaduce from his abusive family environment, but his difficult childhood and early fame eventually took its toll. The show ended in 1974 and the young actor was left with enormous amounts of money, a great start to his net worth, but no emotional stability. In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s the actor struggled with drug abuse which led to several arrests. His later addiction to alcohol was documented in the reality TV series “Breaking Bonaduce”. The cameras captured one of the most difficult period of his life, as he struggled with both alcohol and drug abuse and tried to save his marriage at the same time. Bonaduce also told his life story in his autobiography “Random Acts of Badness”, which also added to his net worth.
Luckily, the former child star managed to put his life back together, and continued to have a successful career in Hollywood. After appearing in numerous TV shows, such as “The Soup”, “I Know My Kid’s a Star” and “The Adam Carolla Show”, and then he started his own radio show. Thanks to his great sense of humour and distinct voice, he was successful on radio career in the 80’s. From 1994 to 1996 he hosted his own radio show “The Danny Bonaduce Show” on The Loop WLUP AM/FM. Later he became a host of a morning show on WKQI. Since November 2011.Bonaduce has hosted a morning talk/music show on radio station KZOK-FM in Seattle. Radio has been the most consistent source of income for Danny, managing to maintain a reasonable net worth.
In addition to being an actor and a radio host, Bonaduce is also a semi-professional wrestler, which has also helped to increase his popularity and net worth. He has wrestled many other public personalities and professional athletes in numerous charity events, the majority of which ended in Bonaduce’s triumph. He was also a part of the “Hulk Hogan’s Celebrity Championship Wrestling” show.
In his persoanl life, Danny Bonaduce has been married three times, firstly to Setsuko Hattori(1985-88) and then to Gretchen Hillmer(1990-2007) with whom he has two children. Their complicated marriage was well documented on “Breaking Bonaduce”. He started dating his third wife Amy Railsback in 2007, and the couple married in November 2010. Bonaduce has admitted more than once that marriage has helped him to quit booze, and completely changed his life.
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Robert Kirkman Net Worth
Robert Kirkman was born on 30 November 1978, in Richmond, Kentucky USA. He is perhaps most widely recognized as the creator of “The Walking Dead”, both the comic series and some of the episodes of the famous horror TV series adaptation.
So how rich exactly is Robert Kirkman? Sources estimate his current net worth to be $20 million, most of his wealth being accumulated through his work as a comic book author, plus being one of the writers of the episodes of TV series “The Walking Dead” has also significantly raised his net worth.
Robert Kirkman Net Worth $20 Million
Robert Kirkman wrote his first successful comic book entitled “Battle Pope” in 2000 with the help of artist Tony Moore. It was a parody of the superhero genre mixed with Biblical symbolism and dark humor. Despite its controversial themes, the comic book ran successfully and in 2005 was reprinted by “Image Comics” in color and in 2008 “Battle Pope” became an animated series on “Spike” TV channel.
The second successful Kirkman’s project was a story about a superhero entitled “Invincible” which he created in 2003 with artist Cory Walker. In the same year he released another comic which raised Kirkman’s success and net worth to a whole new level. There were some problems when Kirkman tried to publish the first issues of “The Walking Dead” as zombies weren’t seen as something that audiences might enjoy. However, Robert managed to sell the first issue and the comic gained instant popularity. In 2010, “The Walking Dead” won the Eisner Award in the category of “Best Continuing series”. In the same year, the first episode of “The Walking Dead” apocalyptic horror TV series adaptation was released on AMC. Not surprisingly, Kirkman was chosen to work as one of the writers for the episodes of this show. In addition, as show gained increasing popularity, Kirkman has published three non-graphic novels of “The Walking Dead”, which were entitled “The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor” (in 2011), “The Walking Dead: The Road to Woodbury” (in 2012) and “The Walking Dead: The Fall of the Governor” (in 2013). Currently, Kirkman is one of the co-authors to the spin-off horror TV show “Fear The Walking Dead” which should be released in the summer of 2015.
In 2004, Kirkman started working for one of the biggest comic book publishing companies Marvel Comics, which also boosted Kirkman’s already impressive net worth. Kirkman is known for working on such popular comic book titles as “Avengers Disassembled”, “Jubilee”, “Fantastic Four”, “Ultimate X-Men”, “Marvel Team-Up” and “Irredeemable Ant-Man”. However, in 2008, Kirkman ended his associations with Marvel Comics and became one of the partners of Image Comics. Currently, Kirkman is working on a science fiction feature film entitled “AIR”, which is scheduled to be released in 2015 and will be the first film produced by Robert Kirkman.
In his personal life, Robert Kirkman is married and has two children, one of whom is named Peter Parker, after the famous superhero Spider-Man.
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