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Richard LeMieux had a lengthy career as a sports writer for the Springfield News-Sun before moving to Bremerton, Wash., and starting a business publishing medical directories.
But after flourishing for several years, sales dried up. And the Urbana native — who said he was making $300,000 a year and had purchased luxury cars and several boats — went deep into debt and eventually lost everything.
With his family having turned its back on him, LeMieux descended into homelessness. He slept in his van, ate meals at churches and the Salvation Army and even ended up begging for money in grocery store parking lots.
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