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1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived shortly from 1756 to 1791. He was considered to be one of the most celebrated composers as he toured Europe as a kid to showcase his talent and allowed him to make up quite a fortune. However he had a problem with gambling and he also avoided certain jobs that led him to having massive debt. He was buried in a common grave due to poverty.
2. Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. He had a wonderful career but couldn't control his spending and passed away with massive debts as well. A lot of his property was sold to pay off his debts.
3. Michael Jackson was called King of Pop and unfortunately passed away in 2009. His songs remain to be culturally relevant however at the time of his passing he passed away with around 500 million dollars of debt. Due to this, many of his assets were sold to pay for his debts.
The lesson I got from looking at all these influential people is you can be exceptional in your field but if you do not know how to manage your money you might just die penniless. I personally do not want to pass away after suffering from poverty. I want my last days to be spent in bliss.
There are other people in the list but I only chose three.
As for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Thomas Jefferson I cannot really tell how they live their life and how people perceive them to have died, but for Thomas Jefferson who was a state man and a former president, I believe there might be some skimmishes when it comes to his financial legacy, because for that level of a man in the society as at that time will certainly be living in affluence, maybe after his death the story behind can be different but while he was leaving, the story will be a b different. Michael Jackson for me didn't die poor at least this one is within my own generation, while he was alive he was living in fortune, before the period he died, he had prepared to have a show where people had already bought tickets, in fact he was the most expensive artist you could hire for a show, so for me that kind of a man
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1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived shortly from 1756 to 1791. He was considered to be one of the most celebrated composers as he toured Europe as a kid to showcase his talent and allowed him to make up quite a fortune. However he had a problem with gambling and he also avoided certain jobs that led him to having massive debt. He was buried in a common grave due to poverty.
2. Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States. He had a wonderful career but couldn't control his spending and passed away with massive debts as well. A lot of his property was sold to pay off his debts.
3. Michael Jackson was called King of Pop and unfortunately passed away in 2009. His songs remain to be culturally relevant however at the time of his passing he passed away with around 500 million dollars of debt. Due to this, many of his assets were sold to pay for his debts.
The lesson I got from looking at all these influential people is you can be exceptional in your field but if you do not know how to manage your money you might just die penniless. I personally do not want to pass away after suffering from poverty. I want my last days to be spent in bliss.
There are other people in the list but I only chose three.
As for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Thomas Jefferson I cannot really tell how they live their life and how people perceive them to have died, but for Thomas Jefferson who was a state man and a former president, I believe there might be some skimmishes when it comes to his financial legacy, because for that level of a man in the society as at that time will certainly be living in affluence, maybe after his death the story behind can be different but while he was leaving, the story will be a b different. Michael Jackson for me didn't die poor at least this one is within my own generation, while he was alive he was living in fortune, before the period he died, he had prepared to have a show where people had already bought tickets, in fact he was the most expensive artist you could hire for a show, so for me that kind of a man should be categorized as somebody who died for. However for all the person's you mention, they all lived their life on earth as first timers, nobody really has best manuscript on how to perfectly survive without a scandal or the other.