Poor Don Barden.

Suffering from lung cancer that has spread to his brain, and with his gambling ventures facing bankruptcy, he now faces another fight -- with his wife, Bella Marshall, 'who filed papers last week in Wayne County Circuit Court asking he be declared incompetent.

She also requested a legal state called "separate maintenance," in which the assets are split up but the two remain legally married.'

Link to Crain's Article - "Cancer isn't Barden's only battle"

The vultures may be swarming but he's fighting back.

"Don Barden's court response to wife: I want a divorce, change of venue"