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Book Review of Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune

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Huguette Clark was a woman who grew up with extreme wealth. She owned properties in the United States that were never lived in by her, but were kept maintained as if they were. She was an artist, a collector of Japanese items, etc. She had major pieces of art in her possession, jewelry, musical instruments.
She eventually ended up living in a hospital for 20 years. Why? I believe that one would have had to know her to figure that out.
This book was fascinating.