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Cash-Strapped Former TV Star Holds Garage Sale

Former 'Eight is Enough' star Willie Aames, facing foreclosure, holds garage sale

Cash-strapped former TV star holds garage sale
Willie Aames, former star of "Charles in Charge" and "Eight is Enough", displays a vintage poster of himself as a teen hunk during a garage sale in Olathe, Kansas, on Thursday, March 26, 2009.
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Cash-strapped former "Eight is Enough" and "Charles in Charge" star Willie Aames is selling off his belongings in suburban Kansas City.

Dozens showed up Thursday at a garage sale at his Olathe home, where Aames made deals with bargain-hunters and signed autographs.

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A production crew filmed the sale for a TV show.

The 48-year-old Aames has fallen upon hard times. He filed for bankruptcy last year and his home is in foreclosure.

Items on sale included antiques, artwork, a piano, deer head mounts and TV and movie memorabilia.

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