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Hetty Green dies world richest woman aged 89
Hetty Green, at 89, the world’s wealthiest woman, died at her son Colonel Edward H. Green’s home in Vermont after weeks of paralysis and illness. She left nearly 10 million to her children Edward Howland Green and Miss Astor Wilkes. Born in New Bedford in 1836, she built a vast portfolio of mortgages and investments and led a frugal, anonymous life despite vast wealth.
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