Veteran actor Scott Wilson, who found his profile suddenly and unexpectedly boosted late in his career by his role on "The Walking Dead" passed away this past October. Wilson had worked on the big screen for many years, having kick started his career in the Oscar winning "In the Heat Of The Night" in 1967. Wilson was a big proponent of actors' rights, serving on the committee of the Screen Actor's Guild for almost his entire career.
He worked solidly throughout the eighties and nineties and has credits on "Pearl Harbor" and "Judge Dredd" among many others, but it was as farmer Hershel Greene that he finally caught on to the mainstream. The character was a "Walking Dead" mainstay for three seasons between 2011 and 2014. Fans of the show can look forward to seeing him one more time; before his death from cancer at the age of 76, he'd filmed scenes for the upcoming ninth season.
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.