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Kathy Reichs Net Worth

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3 months ago

January 30, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

Kathy Reichs's Net Worth as of 2024
$10 Million

Kathleen Joan Toelle Reichs was born on 7 July 1948, in Chicago, Illinois USA, and is a crime writer, forensic anthropologist and academic, probably best known as the writer of the series of novels portraying the life and career of the character Temperance ‘Tempe’ Brennan, which have been the inspiration for the popular television series “Bones”.

So just how wealthy is Kathy Reich now? Sources state that Reich has acquired a fortune of over $10 million, as of early 2017. Her net worth has been earned through her involvement in forensic anthropology as well as through her writing career.

Kathy Reichs Net Worth $10 million

Reichs grew up in Chicago, along with her three sisters, raised by a housewife mother who hosted her own book-club radio show, and a father who worked as a meatpacking company manager. She attended American University in Washington, D.C., majoring in anthropology. Upon her graduation in 1971, she enrolled at Northwestern University, obtaining her Master of Arts degree in physical anthropology in 1972 and her Ph.D. in skeletal biology and archaeology in 1975.

She eventually began working as a professor of anthropology at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. As an academic, Reichs has also taught at Northern Illinois University and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as at Concordia University and McGill University in Montreal, Canada. While in Montreal, she also worked as a forensic anthropologist for the police at the local Laboratoire de Sciences Judiciaires et de Medecine Legale, and later did the same job at the State of North Carolina Office of the Medical Examiner. In addition, Reichs also taught classes for FBI agents at Quantico, Virginia, the Central Identification Lab in Hawaii and Canadian Police College in Ottawa, Canada. She is certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology – one of only fifty – and is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences. She has published a number of academic papers and two academic books. Reichs’ academic career has enabled her to establish a great reputation and to collect a considerable net worth.

In the mid-’90s, she began to write novels. After her manuscript ended up at Scribner, the publisher signed her to an initial two-book deal worth $1.7 million, boosting her fortune. In 1997 her debut novel, “Deja Dead”, came out, being the first book of the series featuring the character Temperance ‘Tempe’ Brennan. The character is based on Reich herself, and covers experience from her own career. The book achieved great success, being translated in to 22 languages, and was a best seller in the USA, Canada and the United Kingdom, selling more than one million copies and winning the Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel. The triumph of its success greatly contributed to Reich’s reputation and to her wealth as well, and she went on to write 18 more novels in the series.

In addition, Reich has also written the series entitled “Virals”, which portrays the life of Tempe’s great-niece Tory Brennan, and a number of novellas as well. Her writing career has been another source of Reichs’ fortune.

Aside from making her famous, Reichs novels became the inspiration for the popular FOX dramatic television series “Bones”, which debuted in 2005, based on her novels and her real-life work as a forensic anthropologist. Serving as the show’s consultant has also added to Reich’s net worth.

The acclaimed author and anthropologist has held numerous speeches around the world and has been a frequent expert witness in criminal trials. Her career as a forensic anthropologist on one hand, writer on the other hand, as well as her job as a professor, have established her as a true star, and have enabled her to amass a sizable wealth.

When it comes to her private life, Reich has been married to attorney and captain in the Marine Corps Paul Reichs since 1967. The couple has three children together.

Daniel Wanburg

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Danny Bonaduce Net Worth

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24 hours ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

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

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24 hours ago

April 18, 2024

Daniel Wanburg

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.