Debbie Reynolds net worth news: Woman of many talents and 'smart stock investments'

(Reuters/File Photo)Debbie Reynolds (C) with her children, filmmaker Todd Fisher (L) and 'Star Wars'" Princess Leia, Carrie Fisher (R) in 1998.

The world has not yet been able to cope with Carrie Fisher's death when it was once again shattered by the news of Debbie Reynolds' passing. Now, reports are starting to remember how Reynolds' many talents and "smart stock investments" have gained her a huge net worth.

There have been varying reports with regards to Reynolds' actual net worth. The Richest reports that Reynolds' net worth is $60 million while another one says it is up to $85 million. According to Heavy, there are also some reports that put Reynolds' net worth to as much as $275 million.

According to the same report from Heavy, Reynolds' high net worth is being credited to her "smart stock investments," several property holdings and rewarding endorsement deals such as the one with makeup brand CoverGirl.

While Reynolds was known for her role in the movie "Singin' in the Rain," it is noted that she's been in a long list of movies and was dubbed as "America's Sweetheart" in the '50s. Aside from being a successful actress and singer, Reynolds also found fortune in being a writer when she published her memoir called "Unsinkable."

Reynolds' memoir became a very controversial one after she went candid and told the world that her first husband, Eddie Fisher, left her for another famous actress, Elizabeth Taylor.

Unfortunately, Reynolds had a bad experience with one of the men she married. A former husband, Harry Karl, was known to have created a name and fortune for himself. However, several years ago, Karl reportedly spent Reynolds' money gambling.

The New York Post recounted that Reynolds' once said Karl "wiped [them] out financially." The bad experiences with men did not end there. Reynolds got married for the third time with real-estate developer Richard Hamlett.

The same report mentioned that Reynolds became Hamlett's "own personal bank" and he talked her into buying a defunct hotel as an investment. In one confrontation that Reynolds and Hamlett had, she wrote in her memoir that Hamlett weirdly wanted for them to talk in the balcony of their 12th floor apartment.

According to the New York Post, she wrote: "Why did he seem so intent on getting me out to the balcony, which is only about 3 feet wide — not enough room to have a friendly conversation? Was he thinking about my million-dollar life insurance policy with him as a beneficiary? I could practically see the dollar signs floating above his head."

Reynolds added, "I was sure he was going to toss me off the balcony. One shove and all his troubles would be over. I pictured myself plummeting twelve floors to the pavement."

Reynolds passed away last Dec. 28 after suffering from a stroke. Her death came after her daughter's own passing last Dec. 27.

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