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Burt Bacharach Net Worth
Burt Freeman Bacharach's Net Worth as of 2024
$160 Million
Burt Freeman Bacharach was born on the 12th May 1928, in Kansas City, Missouri USA. He is a musician – singer, songwriter, pianist, composer, and record producer, who is probably best known for his lyrics, written together with Hal David for Dionne Warwick. Some of his greatest hits are “I Say A Little Prayer”, “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head”, “What The World Needs Now Is Love”, among others. His career has been active since 1950.
Have you ever wondered how rich Burt Bacharach is, as of mid- 2016? It has been estimated from authoritative sources that Burt’s net worth is as high as $160 million, which has been accumulated through his successful involvement in the music industry, including through his collaboration with a number of the greatest musicians of all time. Another source is coming from the sales of his autobiographical book “Anyone Who Had a Heart” (2013).
Burt Bacharach Net Worth $160 Million
Burt Bacharach was born to Irma M. and Mark Bertram “Bert” Bacharach, who was a newspaper columnist; he was raised in a Jewish family in Forest Hills, New York City, where he studied at the Forest Hills High School from which he matriculated in 1946. As a child, he showed interest in music, when he began to attend piano lessons. After high school, he enrolled at Montreal’s McGill University, at the Mannes College of Music, and at the Music Academy of the West. Upon graduation, he went to serve in the U.S. Army, and when he returned home, Burt worked as a pianist for some time.
However, his professional career didn`t start until the late 1950s, when he met songwriter Hal David. The two soon began to work together, and wrote the song “The Story of My Life”, performed by Marty Robins, which reached No. 1 on the US Country chart. This celebrated the two as musicians, and they continued in the same manner with the song “Magic Moments”, sang by Perry Como, reaching No. 1 on the UK charts, and No. 4 on the US Pop chart.
The two continued to work together through many years, composing songs such as “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance”, “I Just Don’t Know What to Do with Myself”, “Make It Easy On Yourself”, “Only Love Can Break a Heart”, “What’s New Pussycat?”, “Living Together, Growing Together”, and “This Guy’s in Love with You”, among others, all of which have increased Burt`s net worth by a large margin.
Burt has also collaborated with other songwriters, such as Bob Hilliard, Paul Anka, Carole Bayer Sager, and Bruce Roberts, increasing further his fame, popularity and net worth.
He has also created music for films and Broadway musicals, including for “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969), “Promises, Promises” (1969), “Arthur” (1981), “Arthur 2: On the Rocks” (1988), among many others, which have also added to his net worth.
Burt has also released a number of solo albums, including “Hit Maker!: Burt Bacharach Plays the Burt Bacharach Hits”(1965), “Living Together”(1973), “Woman”(1979), “One Amazing Night” (1998), among others, adding also a large amount to his net worth.
Thanks to his talents, Burt has received numerous prestigious awards, including three Oscar Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and one Primetime Emmy award, for his work on music for films.
Furthermore, he won two Grammy awards in the category Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for his collaboration with Elvis Costello on the song “I Still Have That Other Girl”, and Best Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or Television Show for his work on “Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid”, among many others.
Speaking about his personal life, Burt Bacharach has been married four times. His first wife was Paula Stewart (1953-1958). Later, he married actress Angie Dickinson (1965-1980), with whom he has a daughter. His third wife was Carole Bayer Sager, a songwriter, and this marriage lasted nine years – from 1982 to 1991; they adopted a son. Burt has been married to Jane Hansen since 1993, with whom he has two children. His current residence is in Brookville, New York.
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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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