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Chris Kyle Net Worth
Chris Kyle's Net Worth as of 2024
$2 Million
Christopher Scott Kyle was born on 8th April 1974 in Odessa, Texas USA, and died on 2nd February 2013. He is known to the world as Chris Kyle, The American Sniper. He is also a former American Navy SEAL; in 2009 he was honorably discharged from the army, after serving four tours in Iraq. He published his autobiography after that, “American Sniper”. His career includes more than 160 kills with a sniper rifle, which made him the most lethal sniper in USA military history and earned him numerous personal awards.His military career had lasted 10 years, from 1999 to 2009.
Have you ever wondered how rich Chris Kyle was before he died? It is estimated that Chris Kyle`s net worth was $2 million. His autobiography became a bestseller, and after his death it was made into a film adapted and produced by Clint Eastwood.
Chris Kyle Net Worth $2 Million
Chris Kyle was raised in Odessa, Texas; his love with rifles started at the age of eight, when his father bought him his first rifle, a bolt-action .30-06 Springfield rifle. Following that, he purchased a shotgun a few years later, which he used for hunting animals, as he was living on a ranch in Texas. He graduated from Midlothian high school, following which Kyle became interested in professional bronco rodeo riding, and he managed to become a rider, but his career ended soon after it began, after an injury to his arm. His net worth was only moderately increased.
After recovering, he went to a military recruiting camp; he was interested in joining the U.S Marine Corps, but was later forwarded to the US Navy SEAL camp. He was turned down initially because he still felt the consequences of the injury; however he eventually succeeded in receiving an invitation to the 24-week Basic Underwater Demolition SEAL School in 1999. He was later assigned to a sniper team, within the Special Navy Warfare Command; he served mostly in Iraq throughout his entire career. His first kill as a sniper, was a woman carrying a hand grenade in her hand and approaching a group of marines. This happened on the initial invasion. The military salary and bonuses earned by Chris substantially increased his net worth.
Chris was deployed to Ramady, and because of his skills and successful shots, he was called “The Devil of Ramady”. The rebels even put a bounty on him, firstly for $21,000 but the amount was later increased to $80,000.
In his book, Kyle depicts his many made shots, which includes his longest shot, made from 2.100 yards: he shot a rebel, who was trying to fire a rocket propelled grenade at a US army convoy.
During his 10 year military service, Kyle earned the status of a national hero, surviving two shots and four different explosions in his tours in Iraq. His skill and patience earned him two Silver Star Medals and five Bronze Star Medals and several other commendations, from the Navy and also from the Marine Corps, for heroic acts and meritorious service in combat. His book – “American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S Military History” – became a bestseller, which increased his fame and also his net worth, as did his celebrity status and therefore public appearances. This book was made into the film adaptation “American Sniper” after his death, in 2014.
Before his death, he founded a non-profit group, “FITCO Cares Foundation”, which supplies equipment to military veterans who have severe wounds from the war. In addition he founded Craft International; it is a security company, which also added to his net worth before his death.
Chris Kyle died on 2nd February 2013; he was at a gun range in Texas. His killer was an ex-Marine, Eddie Ray Routh, who was training with Kyle in the shooting camp; however, Routh was disclosed as a person with a history of mental illness. Kyle had left behind his wife, Taya, and two children.
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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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