Ms. Warwick has or had a financial manager. All well and good if you find an honest, competent one. But what if you don't? A good manager would have invested her money well and put her on a reasonable allowance. But Ms. Warwick herself should have kept tabs on her money and the manager, making sure that the manager was handling her finances in a sound manner and if he did recommend altering her lavish spending, she should have listened.
Ms. Warwick is in her 70s, hasn't had any major success in decades, plus her children are grown and on their own. She should have retired, downsized and uncomplicated her life years ago. She has no one to impress anymore. She could have lived well in a nice condo or an upscale senior community for a lot less than what she was spending. Foolishness on her part.
Sadly, I agree. She seems like a nice person publicly, which is a lot more than entertainers today can say. I do feel sorry she did not get some better advice.