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These Bottom Feeders Screwed Millionaires YOU KNOW & Took EVERYTHING From Them
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They seduced the rich and famous — and left them with nothing.
Peggy Hopkins Joyce was so notorious for marrying millionaires that the term "gold digger" was literally coined for her. She walked away from lumberman J. Stanley Joyce with $1.4 million in jewelry, a Miami mansion, and a lifetime annuity — then moved on to affairs with Charlie Chaplin and auto tycoon Walter Chrysler. She owned the Portuguese Diamond, now displayed at the Smithsonian.
Gaby Deslys seduced King Manuel II of Portugal — and got blamed for helping bring down his throne. He gave her a $70,000 pearl necklace after their first meeting. When he was deposed, she moved on to department store magnate Harry Selfridge, who gave her a rope of pearls as long as she was tall.
Dickie Wells was Harlem's most infamous gigolo. Joan Crawford, Tallulah Bankhead, Ava Gardner, and Lana Turner all paid for his attention — with money, jewels, and cars. When he died at 41, Ava Gardner cried for days and Tallulah Bankhead collapsed. Over 25,000 people — mostly crying women — attended his funeral.
Jack Denison married Oscar-nominated actress Dorothy Dandridge, drained her savings into his failing restaurant, and left her bankrupt. She died with $2 in her bank account.
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