Monday, Dec. 20, 1999

The $400 Million Celebrity

By Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Chen Dan, Tam Gray, Ellin Martens, Michele Orecklin, Julie Rawe, Josh Tyrangiel

Are chopped-up celebrities worth more than whole regular people? You betcha. Following reports that callipygian singer/actress Jennifer Lopez insured her bodacious back end for a tidy $300,000,000 (and her entire body for $1 billion), we dug up other personalities who took out similar policies. Below, the world's most expensive Frankenstein: $417,440,000.

NOSE Jimmy Durante $140,000 VOICE (MOUTH) Bruce Springsteen $6,000,000 BREASTS Dolly Parton $600,000 RIGHT INDEX FINGER Keith Richards $1,600,000 RIGHT ARM Pitcher Kevin Brown $67,500,000 BUTT Jennifer Lopez $300,000,000 PENIS British stripper Frankie Jakeman $1,600,000 LEGS Dancer Michael Flatley $40,000,000