Comments on: Famous Homeless People

By: Lifestyles of the Rich and Formerly Homeless | End Homelessness | Change.org « Firesaw

Sat, 01 May 2010 19:54:22 +0000

[...] of the most popular pages on my personal website is about “Famous Homeless People.” I list all the celebrities who were once “homeless” according to the federal [...]

By: Fifth Wheels

Fifth Wheels — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 19:25:55 +0000

pitiful…

By: beckyblanton » Blog Archive » A Homeless Founding Father

beckyblanton » Blog Archive » A Homeless Founding Father — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 14:54:13 +0000

[...] Famous Homeless People [...]

By: beckyblanton

beckyblanton — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:37:41 +0000

LOVE that show!!! Fantastic! Thanks for sending this link along!

By: Gail

Gail — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:11:11 +0000

Today on Ellen, is Ty Burrell from the new comedy hit, Modern Family. He too spent part of his youth living out of his van. Here's the link: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/33ZFP2/ellen.warn...

By: beckyblanton

beckyblanton — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:56:50 +0000

Thank you! I'm crunched on time, but WILL add these ASAP!!!

By: Homeless Celebrities « Innercenter

Homeless Celebrities « Innercenter — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:35:45 +0000

[...] BeckyBlanton.com Homeless Celebrities [...]

By: fugitive247

fugitive247 — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:29:51 +0000

Several more for your growing list: Actors Michael J. Fox, Danny Bonaduce, Drew Carey, Traci Lords, Jean-Claude Van Damme, comedienne Joan Rivers, folk singer-song writer Woody Guthrie, radio-show host Don Imus, front man for rock band INXS, J.D. Fortune, and Creed's lead vocalist Scott Stapp.

By: I Was Homeless Too « Michael Donovan Was Here…

I Was Homeless Too « Michael Donovan Was Here… — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:44:25 +0000

[...] and seeing this list on her site: http://beckyblanton.com/funny/famous-homeless-people/ [...]

By: beckyblanton

beckyblanton — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:42:30 +0000

We are in good AND interesting company!! I don't think we ever forget the feeling of being homeless, without a home, or a shower, or our own toilet and a door that locks behind us. I never will. Thank you again for sharing this!!

By: oceana55

oceana55 — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:05:38 +0000

It looks like we are in good, or at least interesting and well known, company. I grew up for a few years with my family of origin and a series of foster homes from the age of two, so I did know at an early age what it was like not to have the security of a dependable home. I was homeless living on the street in Vancouver for a couple of months when I was fifteen before hitchhiking across the country to become barely housed in Toronto and Montreal. Then did the couch surfing thing when I was 24 for a few weeks; was homeless living in a tent (from March to the end of June, there was still snow on the ground and bears prowling around)on my husband's reserve in Northern Alberta just before I turned 30 for about three months, couch surfed a couple more times and was without an address while in a residential drug and alcohol treatment centre when I was 33. I have had a permanent home now (a mobile I bought for less than $3000!) for 15 years and there isn't a day that I don't wake up in my bed or walk through the door and feel gratitude and a sense close to awe that I have a home. My work as a Mental Health and Addictions worker brings me into almost daily contact with a lot of people who are homeless and I never forget what that's like.
Oh, and I have four cats who were also rescued from different experiences of homelessness.

By: beckyblanton

beckyblanton — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:11:08 +0000

You're right!! She did! They had side-by-side vans!! Thanks!

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 04:06:44 +0000

You forgot Jewel! Supposedly she lived in Alaska with her mom in a van for a while.

By: beckyblanton

beckyblanton — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:23:19 +0000

Thank you! Thank you for being kind to Thomas Jane, and thank you for alerting me to his story. Amazing! You gave him HOPE. That's all we need – someone besides ourselves to believe in us. It's how we're wired as humans.

By: harringtontimothy

harringtontimothy — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:15:11 +0000

I actually used to know Thomas Jane when he was homeless. I used to let him work out for free at the gym I used to work at. He was a nice guy.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/jane...