There's no escaping the reality that one day we're all going to meet our makers, except for maybe Betty White. She's going to live forever (NOTE TO SELF: Go back and edit this if something bad happens to Betty White). Most of us are not Betty White though, which is why we should all live our lives to the best of our abilities and do exactly what our hearts desire before that day comes.
In the past few years no one has seemed more susceptible to death than celebrities. That's because EVERYONE knows celebrities. How many people know your Aunt Gertrude? When a celebrity dies, it shakes the whole world to its core. Yeah, this might be a dark topic to address but it's just the truth.
Even though celebrities appears to be larger than life, and totally untouchable, they can still fall to the many different ways that death can take you; murder, addiction, old age, disease, and whatever other horrible thing you can think of. With that said, check out these fifty celebrities that came very close to death but are still with us today.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.