Tuesday, July 05, 2011

The joys of solitude...

Last month, the will was read of a New York billionairess called Huguette Clark, who died earlier this year at the age of 104.

The event was reported around the world because, for decades, well-to-do society has been obsessed by the mystery of the copper mining heiress who had not been seen in public for 80 years.

The last photograph of the famous recluse — a sepia-toned image of a handsome woman wrapped in furs on the deck of a steamship — was taken in 1930.

Shortly after this picture was taken, Huguette vanished into self-imposed exile, living in her 42-room Fifth Avenue apartment and in later years a private hospital. Her only companion was a nurse — and a vast collection of French dolls.  More...

Don't miss:
  1. Gilbert O'Sullivan and Alone again ... naturally.
  2. Tame Impala - Solitude is bliss...
  3. Alone in New York...
  4. Meditation can cut heart attacks by as much as half...
  5. The more you earn the happier you are? 

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