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. And thus, the series, and eventually the book, were born.Ĭlark was the youngest daughter of William Andrews Clark, a Gilded Age tycoon who made his fortune in the copper industry.
"My editors said, 'I would read that,' " he said. So Dedman went to his editors at NBC News and pitched them the story, which he said was outside of his typical investigative beat. When he found a note in the listing that the house had been unoccupied for the 60 years Clark owned it, he drove there the next day to investigate how that could be.ĭedman 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. Out of curiosity, he began searching online for listings of the most expensive houses.Īt a listing price of $24 million, down from $34 million, Le Beau Chateau was the most expensive in the state.
The tentative settlement will give the relatives about $34.5 million after taxes under the deal, while her nurse would have to turn over $5 million and a doll collection valued at about $1.6 million, the person told The Associated Press on condition of anonymityĭedman's interest in Clark began in 2009 when he was researching homes in Connecticut for an upcoming move. Another will, six weeks earlier, left them most of her money.
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