Estate Against Fortune In Clark
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And when her will was finally settled in 2013, the Bellosguardo Foundation was established. Still, it wasn't until 2018, seven years after her death, that the mysterious mansion was transferred to the foundation.
She had tickets on the Titanic, and was still living in New York City on Sept. 11, 2001. She had all the possessions anyone would want, but Huguette Clark set them aside, choosing to live in a simple hospital room for her last 7,364 nights.
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Upon her death, Mrs. Clark bequeathed this magnificent estate to the Bellosguardo Foundation with the goal of transforming it into a focal point for art and culture in Santa Barbara and beyond. For half a century, the historic, twenty-four acre, estate has stood frozen in time.
Huguette Clark was married only briefly and had no children. Her only full sister died at age 16 and had no children. Her mother had no other children.
Upon her death at 104 in 2011, Clark left behind a fortune of more than $300 million, most of which was donated to charity after a court dispute with her distant relatives.
Huguette attended the coronation of King George V. And at twenty-two with a personal fortune of $50 million to her name, she married a Princeton man and childhood friend William MacDonald Gower.
On September 24, 2013, Clark's will was finally settled, with the majority of the distant relatives receiving a total sum of $34.5 million. Peri received nothing and agreed to return $5 million of the earlier $31 million in gifts made to her and her family.
