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Nicolas Cage once blew $150m fortune on islands, cars and zoo animals

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Nicolas Cage once blew $150m fortune on islands, cars and zoo animals

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Nicolas Cage was previously one of Hollywood’s highest-paid actors, thanks to films like “National Treasure” and “Leaving Las Vegas.”

According to a recent episode on CNBC’s “The Filthy Rich Guide,” which tracks the spending habits of the world’s wealthiest, the Oscar-winning Cage, 54, has reportedly spent much of his $150 million fortune.

The actor managed to waste his fortune on a series of extravagant and often bizarre items.

Cage’s lavish purchases included 15 homes, including a $25 million waterfront mansion in Newport Beach, Calif., and two European castles for a combined $12.3 million, as well as a $3 million desolate island in the Bahamas. A collection of shrunken pygmy heads, a Lamborghini owned by the late Shah of Iran for $450,000, a pet octopus for $150,000, and a seven-million-year-old dinosaur skull for $276,000 are among the obviously ill-advised purchases. Cage is facing foreclosure on numerous homes and owes the IRS $6.3 million in property taxes.

The most he’s ever spent on a car was $1 million on a Ferrari Enzo, one of just 349 ever produced.

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A chalet in Aspen, Colorado, and houses in San Francisco, New York, and Venice Beach were among the other assets.

He also paid $3.4 million for the notorious LaLaurie estate in New Orleans, which is said to be one of America’s most haunted homes.

A $15.7 million rural home near Newport, Rhode Island, and a lavish $8.5 million estate in Las Vegas are among his other famous assets.

According to tradition, the haunted mansion formerly belonged to Madame LaLaurie, a socialite serial murderer who killed and tortured slaves in the 1800s.

Cage had a pyramid mausoleum built for him near his supposedly haunted house in New Orleans.

“Omni Ab Uno” which means “Everything From One” in Latin, is etched into the pyramid tomb.

Another $150,000 was spent on the first Superman comic.

He was also said to hold Detective Comics #38, which debuted Robin, Batman’s sidekick.

Early in his career, Cage began collecting animals. Cage had water-dwelling animals in addition to two albino king cobras that he bought for $270,000.

He accused his money manager for putting him “down a path toward financial ruin”

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