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    What did heiress Eleanor Ritchey leave her fortune of 4.5 million dollars to in 1968?

    Question #120755. Asked by 29CoveRoad. (Mar 18 11 12:37 PM)


    Zbeckabee

    		Eleanor E. Ritchey, the heir to the Quaker State Refining Corporation, left $4.5 million to her dogs…all 150 of them…in 1968. Her family contested the will and the dogs ended up with $9 million (the value grew to $14 million while the case was in dispute). When the last dog died in 1984 the remainder of the money went to Auburn University Research Fund for research into animal diseases.

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    Mar 18 11, 2:13 PM

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