Reclusive heiress Huguette Clark died yesterday at the age of 104 in Beth Israel, where she has resided the last 20 years of her life. Her obituary in the Times describes her as “certainly the last link to New York’s Gilded Age” (no relation to its current Gilded Age). Her extended family sued her longtime attorney Wallace Bock, and accountant Irving Kamsler for “suspicious transfers” and mismanaging Clark’s estimated $500 million fortune, but a judge ruled that the money remain under their control, despite a continuing investigation by the Manhattan DA’s office. Through a spokesman, Bock said of her passing “She died as she wanted, with dignity and privacy. We continue to respect her wishes for privacy.” [ more › ]

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Reclusive Heiress Huguette Clark Dead At 104