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40 || FITNESS MAGAZINE || JUNE 2015 || EDITION 2Reps! and American Curves. Tosca was also heavily invested in working with the magazines. When Tosca and Robert married, their two families merged; Tosca bringing her three children, Robert bringing his son and daughter. Kennedy and his son Braden were in a car accident in 1988 that left Braden, 11, with severe brain damage requiring constant care. Braden lived in their home until his death in 2011. The following year, Kennedy was diagnosed with lung cancer and died in April 2012. On Robert%u2019s %u201cdeath bed%u201d he gave the publishing company over to his wife. So, now imagine, Braden has passed away, Robert has passed away, Tosca is helping four girls cope with these two major losses, and now she must run this empire of a publishing company and her own brand. She soon discovered there would be nothing to running the publishing company, because the company had already been run into the ground and she had no idea. Kennedy had leveraged, mortgaged and used all income from the company just to keep the company up, but it was not working. She never saw the majority of her $25 million in sales earned from her books. Before she was married to Robert he also built a $13 million dollar house, which upon his death she learned Robert was also upside-down in. From the public%u2019s view, and because Tosca had not learned nor disclosed all the facts to the public, it appeared the publishing empire failed once she took it over. The fact is she can only be blamed for trusting her husband. So Tosca and I talked a lot about spouses, and having the right to ask financial questions. She also asks herself, %u201cHow did this happen to me? I loved him and I trusted him.%u201d We need to be knowledgeable about all debt in a marriage, because ultimately each spouse is responsible, as Tosca discovered. She had no choice but to file for bankruptcy on the publishing company. She is still trying to sell their