I find the financial condition of artists endlessly fascinating. From a small item in the WSJ ($):

The longtime ski retreat of singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, after three years on and off the market, is in contract.

Mr. Fogelberg, who died in December at age 56 after a prolonged bout with prostate cancer, first listed the 610-acre ranch in 2005 for $17.5 million. Its most recent asking price was $15 million. The planned purchase price couldn’t be learned. Mr. Fogelberg, who rose to fame during the 1970s, custom-built the estate, in Pagosa Springs, Colo., near the Wolf Creek Ski area.

Emphasis added. Fogelberg wasn’t a minor, star, really; he had a half-dozen platinum albums in the 1970s and 1980s. I’m sure he had a long second career as a perennial on soft-rock radio, and having been college roommates with supermanager Irving Azoff couldn’t have hurt his income. Still, the fact that a second-tier star like him had a second or third house worth that sort of money point out the sort of comfort even a temporary celebrity can afford.

See also: The Kravitz Perplex.