Fascinating True Stories from the Flip Side of History
When Mrs. Clementine Farr Duff died on February 6, 1937, her estate was valued in excess of one-million dollars (nearly $17 million today). She left a sizeable chunk of the money to thirteen individuals, which included her chauffeur, maid, butler, laundress, and others. Continue Reading
You could say that 8-year-old Edith Diane Brown was the luckiest girl on Earth way back in October of 1956. That’s when her family learned that she would be inheriting an estimated $1.8 million. That’s about $15.5 million today, adjusted for inflation.
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