The 1990 back injury was a simple case of bad luck and happened while she was rehearsing for a stunt. She herniated her back, requiring immediate surgery, and after that, she seemed to vanish completely. Nobody knew where she was or what she was doing for the next decade.
Kevin Clement, director of the Chiller Theatre, tracked her down in 2003 and invited her to come to an event to greet her fans. A curious Danning agreed and was stunned to find out how many people knew and loved her from her 80s B movies. Inspired by them, Danning made a comeback in her 50s, starting with the Rob Zombie version of 'Halloween' in 2007. She's worked sporadically since then, including a five-episode run in TV show 'The Lair' as a vampire. She seemed to re-enter retirement in 2010, before bizarrely emerging as part of a consortium trying to buy English football club Sheffield Wednesday in 2015.
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.