Neil Diamond

About Neil Diamond

It really seems Neil Diamond prefers singing about love rather than experiencing it in reality. After counting his encrusted rhinestones, it became apparent that one statistic surpassed even his impressive discography - a whopping $150,000,000 less in his piggybank! Yes, dearly beloved, this lump sum puts Diamond at the sparkling peak of one America's most expensive divorce settlements. Record sales? Large. Love life? Do you mean love L"I"Fe?

It's truly a hard life for this "Solitary Man," whose lucky wife of over 25 years, Marcia Murphey, hit a consistent streak of aces as she waltzed away with half his distinct diamond fortune. Were their bills accompanied by a soundtrack of "Sweet Caroline," delivering sprigs of ironic spice to the bitter sugar? Well, that's anyone's guess. But one can't help but hum the heavy tune of "Money Talks." And in this case, it loudly proclaimed, "Won? Sadly, no!"

Don't retract those "Heartlight" beams yet, though! According to our velvety king of serenades, it wasn't like Marcia packaged up his fortune straight out of the blue one bleak day. Rather remarkably, he acknowledges his ex-wife was "worth every penny." With such faith in humanity restored (and balanced back from the enormous checkbook drain), surely Neil will be appeasing our eager earbuds with more sad love ballads before sweating another treasure from his diamond mine. While his love life might patently inspire sadder melodies, we remain steadfastly tuned in because hey, isn’t that songwriting gold?