, Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist and author of The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark & the Spending of a Great American Fortune Presents A Virtual Talk In Empty Mansions, Bill Dedman and Tour unravels a mystery of wealth and loss. Meet W.A. Clark, the second of the life and homes of the reclusive copper wealthiest American of his time, a copper king, founder of , heiress Huguette Clark & her eccentric family and controversial U.S. senator. His in photos, audio, and video. shy second wife, Anna, 39 years his junior. And his daughter Huguette, Followed by a Q&A with author, Bill Dedman who held a ticket for the Titanic and was still living in on 9/11. While Huguete owned palatial Thursday, July 15, 2021 homes in , New York, and 6:00 - 7:30 PM PST , she lived her last twenty years in a simple hospital On Zoom room - despite being in excellent health. Santa Barbara Mansion Bill Dedman co-wrote Empty Mansions with Clark's cousin, Paul If Huguette had been better advised, Clark Newell, Jr. Empty Mansions she would not have wasted $25 debuted at No. 1 on The New York million on legal fees, and her Times bestsellers list in 2013. A charitable wishes would have been TV series based on Empty more successfully fulfilled. Mansions is under development. Huguette's life story is extreme, but it holds lessons for us all. Learn more at emptymansionsbook.com

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