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Tim Kurkjian Net Worth
Tim Kurkjian's Net Worth as of 2024
$2 Million
Timothy Bell Kurkjian was born on the 10th December 1956 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, descending from an Armenian family which moved to the USA in the 1920s after the alleged genocide in the early 20th century. He is a journalist who is best known for being a baseball analyst of Major League Baseball(MLB) on the TV ESPN’s shows – “Baseball Tonight” and “SportsCenter”. He is also recognized for working as a contributor to the website of ESPN and ESPN The Magazine. He has been an active member of the sports industry since 1978.
Have you ever wondered how rich is Tim Kurkjian as of early 2016? It is estimated that Tim Kurkjian’s net worth is currently over $2 million; his annual salary is $400,000. Obviously, all his wealth is being accumulated during his work in the sports industry as a journalist, analyst and author – he has published several books, another source of his wealth.
Tim Kurkjian Net Worth $2 Million
Tim Kurkjian was raised by his parents, Badrig Kurkjian and Joyce, in Bethesda. His father was a mathematician and statistician, who has degrees from several universities – the University of Alabama, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and who worked for United States Army Materiel Command and was a member of the American Statistical Association. He was a big fan of baseball. Tim grew up in a big family with two older brothers, who played college baseball, and in which Tim showed an interest too. He studied at the Walter Johnson High School, also playing baseball. His interest was spotted by one of his baseball coaches, who suggested that he start writing for the student newspaper “The Pitch”. Soon after, he became a sports editor there. After graduation in 1974, he attended the University of Maryland, from which he graduated with a degree in journalism.
Kurkjian’s career of professional sports journalist began in 1978, becoming an employee of the Washington Star, and in three years he became the staff writer. However, the Washington Star folded, however Tim soon found employment at the Baltimore News-American, but it also went bankrupt, just two months after he was hired. Nevertheless, his writing skills led him to another job, this time as a writer for the Dallas Morning News, covering games of the Texas Rangers baseball team. Tim stayed in that position for four years, which certainly increased his net worth, and his popularity as a news writer. In 1986, his net worth gained a boost, as he was hired to report on the Baltimore Orioles for the Baltimore Sun, the largest newspapers in Maryland.
From that point on, his net worth and career began to improve, as he was appointed as the senior writer for Sports Illustrated, from 1989 until 1997, when he started to cover basketball games, but worked in that position for only 6 months, as he was approached by ESPN – Tim accepted the offer from ESPN to become their baseball writer and television journalist in 1998.
To speak about his involvement at ESPN, he currently serves as the analyst of the “Baseball Tonight” and “SportsCenter”. Furthermore, he also has his own sequence in the program “Mike And Mike” on Thursday mornings, talking about latest happenings in the MLB. Also, Tim continues to serve as a writer for the ESPN Magazine and ESPN website.
In recent years, Tim was a part of the ESPN radio show SVP &Russillo, which was hosted by Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo, and what increased the publicity of the show was Tim`s laughter when Van Pelt read names of the sportsmen in a funny Baltimore accent.
Apart from his journalist career, Tim has also published a couple of books, which have also added to his net worth; his first book came out in 2000, entitled “America’s Game”, and his second book was published in 2007, entitled “Is This a Great Game, or What?: From A-Rod’s Heart to Zim’s Head—My 25 Years in Baseball”.
If to talk about his personal life, Tim Kurkjian married lawyer Kathleen Patrick in 1983, and they have a son Jeff, who works as journalist, and a daughter Kelly, who works as an artist. In free time, he is active on his official Twitter account.
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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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