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These 10 stars once floated our boats. Now they give us a sinking feeling ...

It's that testosterone-y time again -- the time when People magazine gets all hot and bothered as it anoints the new Sexiest Man Alive. But sexiness, like fame, can be fleeting. While certain actors ... morealways maintain their allure (think Paul Newman, Cary Grant, Sidney Poitier) or grow more lust-worthy with age (George Clooney and Patrick Dempsey weren't exactly eye candy in their youth), some don't. At all. The 10 celebrities who follow have squandered their media-endorsed hotness through word, deed and/or general indifference toward their appearance. A few are simply no longer as aesthetically pleasing as they once were (and don't get us wrong, we're not looking to punish anyone just for growing older or puffier, although actresses rarely receive that same courtesy), while others are so far gone from their handsome heyday that they trigger a cringe reflex. So, strap on your scuba gear, grab your laminated copy of last year's Sexiest Man Alive issue with Matt Damon, and dive into our list of sunken dreamboats ...