Dennis Hopper's Wife Ensuring He Has A Sad Death

Originally it seemed like Dennis Hopper's deathbed divorce from his fifth marriage to Victoria Hopper was orchestrated in part by greedy grown children intent on cutting their stepmother and half-sister out from the will. Dennis Hopper's Daughter Pushes Deathbed Divorce

You felt sorry for Victoria, seemingly the victim of blended-family tensions, slapped with restraining orders and left with nothing to provide for her and Dennis' six-year-old daughter.

Well, it turns about that Vicki is a bit of a biddy, an evil step-mother and prototypical Hollywood fifth wife. She's in it for the money and isn't leaving until her purse is full and his frail frame is six feet under.

The sad thing is that Dennis Hopper doesn't have any money. And he's sick, like 100 lbs, unable-to-sit-up, I-have-terminal-cancer sick, with his doctors are saying "It is doubtful that Mr. Hopper will ever recover sufficiently to be subject to a deposition in his divorce case," according to legal documents obtained by TMZ.

But that's not stopping her from pressing forward despite his offer to pay her $5,000 a month in spousal support--an offer that's supposedly all he can afford. And here's where it gets sad and nasty.

Hopper's CPA says Dennis' liquid assets total $300,280 ... plus another $10,900 in Hopper's corporations.

The CPA says in recent years, "Hopper has basically lived on income derived from new acting services." Because of his cancer, Hopper can't work, and in 2009 he earned $57,000 in residuals. Mannis says that's what Hopper will pull in this year as well.

Victoria has alleged Dennis is loaded because of art he has created and sold. Dennis counters in legal docs that in the last 9 years he's sold art to the tune of $1,895,000, but his expenses to create and store the art totaled $1,850,000 — so he's saying the net profit for 9 years is a measly $45,000.

According to the docs, Dennis has been living off a $450,000 line of credit, but there is "no further borrowing possible."

Now, according to Page Six, it seems that the barely-living legend is fighting back, demanding that Victoria return "valuable works of art she literally stole from him." Among his claims are that she "surreptitiously removed from my home very valuable personal property while I was extremely ill, refused to tell me where the property was when I asked her, and then left town."

Yikes, not a nice way to end a marriage OR a life. The Most Expensive Celebrity Divorces

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