5/15/2023 0 Comments Books on huguette clark![]() ![]() She stopped visiting the palatial family vacation home, Bellosguardo, in Santa Barbara, Calif., after her mother died. When her mother died in 1963, it seems Clark, who never was very social, began retreating further. She was married for a little more than a year, in 1928, and never remarried, though her letters show she kept in touch with her ex-husband throughout his life. She grew up in a 121-room mansion on Fifth Avenue and 77th Street in Manhattan. She was born in Paris in 1906 and spoke English with a slight French accent. So Dedman went to his editors at NBC News and pitched them the story, which he said was outside of his typical investigative beat.Ĭlark was the youngest daughter of William Andrews Clark, a Gilded Age tycoon who made his fortune in the copper industry. Dedman said he dug around in public records and visited Clark's apartment in Manhattan, where he met the doorman, who told him Clark had not been there in 20 years. ![]()
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