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4 Entitled American Heirs Inherited Millions & Still Died Miserable
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They inherited more money than most people will ever see in a lifetime. They still couldn't find happiness.
Barbara Woolworth Hutton inherited $42 million from the Woolworth five-and-dime fortune. She went through 7 husbands, bought men's affection with jewelry and titles, and died with less than $4 in her bank account. A'Lelia Walker inherited Madam CJ Walker's hair care empire...the brownstones, the mansion on the Hudson, the business. She threw legendary Harlem Renaissance parties, refused to run the company, and died at 46 from the same hypertension that killed her mother. John Jacob Astor VI was the son of the richest man to die on the Titanic. He spent his whole life bitter that his brother got more of Daddy's money. Doris Duke inherited the American Tobacco fortune and became one of the richest women in the world. She fell for playboys, got hooked on plastic surgery, and died under suspicious circumstances...with her butler as the prime suspect.
Four heirs. Four fortunes. Zero happy endings.
This is what happens when you inherit everything except the sense to keep i
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