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Bill Spitz, Kim Garcia, and Jeff Carson
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Dee Dee and Larry Bryan, Bill Dedman, Kim Garcia, and Rob Lineberger
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Bill Dedman and Sam Graham
On Tuesday, April 30, Diversified Trust hosted Bill Dedman, author of Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune at Cheekwood to discuss the importance of proper estate planning.
Dedman’s No. 1 New York Times bestseller opens a portal into American history as it connects the Gilded Age opulence of the nineteenth century with a twenty-first-century battle over a $300 million inheritance.
Based on a true story, the novel unveils the secretive life of Huguette Clark, a talented heiress who was born into a family of fortune and privilege, but chose to live her perfectly healthy life in a hospital room; what’s more, Huguette preferred this one room over the numerous mansions she owned across the country.
Over 200 guests attended the event to learn more about the consequences associated with mismanaged inheritance.