Huguette Clark, the heiress, has died at age 104 and has left behind many unanswered questions.
As the Vancouver Sun reports, Clark’s father was a copper mining tycoon in the 19th century as well as a senator. Clark was raised in Paris, California and Manhattan. After a brief marriage, she grew increasingly reclusive. She returned to live at home with her mother and refused to see anyone except for a select number of friends. In fact, the last known picture of her is from the day of her divorce in 1930.
Clark refused to be photographed and spent most of her time boarded up in a Manhattan apartment collecting dolls and watching “The Flintstones” cartoon. According to the Sun, she spent the last two decades of her life living in hospital rooms even though she appeared to have no illness.
Clark’s fortune is estimated to be worth half a billion dollars and includes three luxurious but unoccupied homes. Although Clark reportedly was a philanthropist, giving away large sums of money to charities and organizations, the rest of her fortune will probably not be dispersed in that way.
Clark’s family and Clark’s lawyer have begun the battle over her estate and finances. The family claims Clark’s lawyer, Wallace Bock, manipulated her and prevented her from having contact with her family and vice versa. Bock claims he was only fulfilling her wishes to be in total isolation.
Although the heiress wanted total privacy, it appears that, thanks to this battle over her estate, her name will not be leaving the headlines any time soon.
As the Vancouver Sun reports, Clark’s father was a copper mining tycoon in the 19th century as well as a senator. Clark was raised in Paris, California and Manhattan. After a brief marriage, she grew increasingly reclusive. She returned to live at home with her mother and refused to see anyone except for a select number of friends. In fact, the last known picture of her is from the day of her divorce in 1930.
Clark refused to be photographed and spent most of her time boarded up in a Manhattan apartment collecting dolls and watching “The Flintstones” cartoon. According to the Sun, she spent the last two decades of her life living in hospital rooms even though she appeared to have no illness.
Clark’s fortune is estimated to be worth half a billion dollars and includes three luxurious but unoccupied homes. Although Clark reportedly was a philanthropist, giving away large sums of money to charities and organizations, the rest of her fortune will probably not be dispersed in that way.
Clark’s family and Clark’s lawyer have begun the battle over her estate and finances. The family claims Clark’s lawyer, Wallace Bock, manipulated her and prevented her from having contact with her family and vice versa. Bock claims he was only fulfilling her wishes to be in total isolation.
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