All that gold is not Glitter’s

Press, 26 November 1979, Page 1

All that gold is not Glitter’s

Gary Glitter, the pop star who made more than $2 million during his five years at the top and lost it after his brief “retirement” in 1976, says he will declare himself bankrupt. This is the only way he can face his financial problems, he says. He has sold his Rolls-Royce, RangeRover, Mini, and 10-bed-room house in Sussex and says he has never been happier, writes Ken Coates from London. One asset he has held on to is his collection of Garv Glitter suits, valued at $400,000, most of which he cannot get into. If he could get what he paid for them, it would pay his debts. He is estimated to owe $200,000 in tax and up to the same amount to other creditors. He thinks he can pay his creditors by “working for a year for nothing.” The taxman was after

him when he decided to “retire” in April, 1976, and flee to the Pacific with his then girlfriend, Mary Madales. But their romance did not last and two years ago Gary Glitter was picking up his guitar again to earn a living. He returned to Britain to do the only job he knew but his accountant told him that disco was now the craze and that he could either sing and go broke in London or go abroad. He went to Paris, which he made his base, hut pined for home, especially for his children, Paula, aged 15, and Sarah, aged 13. Now the former pop star who started life as plain Paul Gadd is back once more in Britain preparing for a four-month tour in a bid to make yet another comeback.