Mysteriously Reclusive Heiress Dies at 104, Leaves Her Nurse $33.6 Million
- Posted on June 23, 2011 at 9:13pm by
Billy Hallowell
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The reclusive millionaire Huguette Clark spent 70 years holed up in her New York mansion, exiting her building only to attend medical appointments. Last month, the 104-year-old mining heiress passed away, leaving a massive fortune behind.
While many people choose to share their wealth with close relatives, Clark had different plans. Reports claim that she left her goddaughter $14 million, then split the rest of her massive fortune between the creation of an arts foundation and her nurse, Hadassah Peri. In sum, Peri is set to receive $33.6 million.
Mail Online has more:
The staggering award is on top of the $2 million given to Mrs Peri to buy four properties including a $700,000 family home in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, and a $500,000 holiday home on an exclusive Jersey Shore estate.
She also used the money to secure two apartments in an up scale Manhattan apartment complex for her children to use when they were at college in the city.
Mrs Peri will also take ownership of Mrs Clark’s huge antique doll collection, which is potentially worth millions of dollars.
Clark’s story is intriguing. Her father, William A. Clark, was a one-time senator and a “mining tycoon,” who left his daughter $300 million ($3.6 billion in today’s money). In 1930, she mysteriously disappeared from public view.
Peri has publicly expressed gratitude over the astounding sum of money (and real estate) she was left with. About $275 million of the woman’s fortune — the largest portion — will be designated toward the creation of the Bellosguardo Art Foundation.
Below, watch the ABC News report for more:
(h/t Mail Online)
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DallyWama
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 4:14pmIt is safe to say that if Ms. Peri isnt a fiscal conservative she soon will be. She will end up giving 100 million to the government to support those freeloaders (aka Obama voters).
Report Post »tiredofprogressives
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 3:18pmHope she is a Tea Party Activist.
Report Post »Slayer
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 12:23amShe left the bulk to a ‘foundation’ which will no doubt be run by hard-core Leftists who will funnel the money into all kinds of Socialist/Environmentalist/Marxist/anti-American horrors.
Report Post »roadmaster
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 11:48amYep, no doubt….
Report Post »wodiej
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:29pmWith that kind of money it can be very difficult to find people who sincerely care about you and that you can trust.
Report Post »countrysideflair
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 1:57pmGive it a week, before the “relatives” start suing for their share.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 1:26pmHuguette Clark, having that kind of money might make someone want to be a recluse.
Report Post »CalvinandHobbes
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 1:13pmThis happens more frequently than you know….I know a nurse in San Diego that was left a Condo over on Coronado. Sometimes we receive our rewards on earth, sometimes later.
Report Post »catndahat
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 11:12amIs it me or does she kind of look like Jack Lemmon in ‘Some Like It Hot’?
Seriously, she sounded like a lonely, but i suppose, content individual. Mayshe she had agoraphobia or autism…
Report Post »LibertyMama
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:50amSounds like she was very lonely. I don’t care about who she left the money to… why was she so disenchanted with life?
Report Post »chips1
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 1:13pmThe article mentioned her FAMILY. That tells me she was loved by them and took care of them because she knew the meaning of FAMILY. She figured out the most important part of life back in 1930. It’s all gone now. Obama will see to that.
Report Post »SLR Cameras
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:21amGood for her! I hope the nurse was good and deserves the money. By how old she was I would think she did.
Report Post »starman70
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:47amHer will, her way.
Report Post »Lawlcat001
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 9:37amBurger King
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 7:18amNurses are in high demand.
Report Post »gs425
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 7:00amWilliam A. Clark, was a one-time senator and a “mining tycoon,” who left his daughter $300 million ($3.6 billion in today’s money…about $275 million of the woman’s fortune — the largest portion — …”
Wait….what? If 300 million in 1930 translates to 3.6 billion today, how does 275 million make of “the largest portion” of the estate. What about interest for the past 70 years?
Report Post »LastAmerican
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 7:38amLawyers
Report Post »Hayeksheroes
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 9:41amInflation of the Government printing press. Bernanke please take note. If she had owned gold…
Report Post »dbonnie24
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 1:17pmThat’s a good question. How come her fortune didn’t get any bigger since she first received it from her father? She could have been ripped off, or given lots of money away over these many years.
Report Post »sdeakins
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 6:41amLooks like Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot.
Report Post »catndahat
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 11:29amHaha–I didn’t see your reply till now–we both saw the same thing…
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 2:26amI would say that at 104 she knew who she wanted to leave her money to. Sounds like the nurse must have taken good care of her for over two decades. That is a “ripe old age”.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 2:56amIndeed it is; to see so much history during your lifetime and build such a fortune, and then in the end leave it to who you chose to – and not to the government or someone who would waste it on giving it to their dogs or such.
Incredible.
Report Post »fastfacts
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 3:34amThis is her choice, no one should ever have power to change this. More power to her. Now also, why should she have to pay taxes on this money, since it was taxes early on when she first earned it.
THE GOVERNMENT IS OVERREACHING TO ALLOW ANYONE TO DOUBLE TAX US.
The government would rather go after taking more of our money than fixing the problem of over-spending. Then when things go bad the Dems blame the republicans for not being serious about fixing the deficit. Don’t believe me that they would do this, here is Rep. Clyburn saying just that: http://tiny.cc/n16ju. The truth is, where has Obama been during this debate: http://tiny.cc/ojplm
Report Post »CatB
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 3:47amAnyone else think she looks like John Belushi in drag in the photo? … and that was quite a fur she is wearing … BTW Snow .. my son knows that if he doesn’t take GOOD care of my dog I would come back will come back and haunt him … no need to leave it in the will.
Report Post »Libertyluvnmomma
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 8:40amWasn’t she at the Bilderberg meetings?
Report Post »UPSETVET
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 9:29amIt was her money and she had the right to do what she wanted to do with it. I‘m glad she left it to a person and didn’t leave it to her cat or dog. No, I don’t have anything against cats or dogs but do have a preference for humans as far as being heirs are concerned.
Report Post »Lawlcat001
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 9:35amDang, it would suck to be 104… I’m 20, and I don‘t even want to deal with all the strife anymore xD I can only imagine how I’ll feel about life by the time I’m 50, let alone 100…
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:07amIt was her money…she can do with it or leave it to anyone she pleases.
Side note: Over the years, I’ve read bits & pieces about Huguette Clark but never ran across anything regarding WHY she chose to disappear. Intriguing.
Report Post »Jezreel
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 10:08amCatB, that is a “catty” statement. Just because a woman does not have makeup poured all over her and is dressed half naked, people today have a warped view of what beauty is in the first place. She is actually very stylish for when that picture was taken. To say she resembles John Belushi is “STUPID”.
Report Post »I would love to view her antique doll collection. It is her money and she can do with it as she wishes.
teamarcheson
Posted on June 24, 2011 at 11:32amWhat a gorgeous women she was. A real angel. She must have had hundreds of men waiting to marry her, it only she had let them, she would have had such a better life.
Report Post »hud
Posted on June 25, 2011 at 9:00amMy grandparents were Clarks, think I’ll sue for my fair share
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