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Old 05-27-2011, 01:34 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Upstate NY!
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Huguette Clark passed away this week in NYC.

Huguette Clark Dead: Reclusive Mining Fortune Heiress Dies At 104

Odd life for this very rich woman...perhaps a movie will be made.

She just might be the only NY'er who ever left Las Vegas with their money.
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Old 05-27-2011, 03:56 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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Here is his story re: Las Vegas;

The First 100 Persons Who Shaped Southern Nevada



I have a cousin in Connellsville, PA, where he was born. I doubt if people in Connellsville even know this story. Apparently he was part Irish and part alcoholic beverage called Scotch ...unless Hopkins meant to say he was Scots-Irish, not Scotch-Irish.
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Old 05-27-2011, 06:51 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Upstate NY!
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I heard it said that he was a real SOB...and one helluva businessman. Your link definite confirms the businessman part.
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Old 05-27-2011, 07:15 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada
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In those days businessmen didn't care about anybody else. They were just greedy SOBs trying to steal everything they could get.

No, wait. That was 2007.
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Old 05-27-2011, 07:27 PM
 
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Dibs on the California property! Dibs is how it works legally when the deceased don't have heirs, right?
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Old 05-27-2011, 08:46 PM
 
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Huguette Clark passed away this week in NYC.

Huguette Clark Dead: Reclusive Mining Fortune Heiress Dies At 104

Odd life for this very rich woman...perhaps a movie will be made.

She just might be the only NY'er who ever left Las Vegas with their money.

LOL Good point.
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