‘The Phantom of Fifth Avenue’: 14 things to know about heiress Huguette Clark’s life and death
By Caroline Linton, amNewYork, New York | |
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Who was this reclusive heiress, and how did she end up that way? Author
1. Although most people described Huguette with delicate words, the former director of the
2. Huguette's father,
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4. Despite this (not) understated house, Clark "practiced ludicrous frugality. He took the subway in
5. The Clarks split there time between
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7. Before he died, Clark had time to give his young daughter psychological trauma about the giant fortune he left her. "'Her father always said to her, 'No one will really love you, you have to be careful. No one will love you for who you are. They will love you for your money,'" recounted [Huguette's friend
9. A fanatic about Japanese culture,
10. After her mother's death in 1963, Huguette's descent into being a full-on recluse began. Although her
11. Huguette was last seen in public in the late 1960s, and then eventually even her servants never even saw her as Huguette would make sure she was in a separate apartment whenever they came by. In 1991, she entered
12. During her stay at Beth Israel North, a valuable painting went missing from her collection. Degas' "Dancer Making Points" disappeared during her stay. The
13. Huguette's mental condition toward the end was much debated, but she read the news obsessively. In 2000, she, like everyone else, closely followed the Bush-Gore election. After a visit in 2000, "Dr.
14. For most of her life, Huguette refused to discuss her will, even as most of her contemporaries (and their children) died off. In 2005, she finally broke down and agreed to draft a will. In true scandalous fashion of the fabulously wealth (see:
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