FORTUNE GIVEN AWAY
£35,000 IN EIGHT YEARS WOMAN RECLUSE’S CHARITIES. Nearly the whole of a fortune of £35,000, which was left to her about eight years ago, is believed to have been given away anonymously by Miss Amy Hare. For eight years she never feit tno top flat in Oakwood Court, Kensington, whero she made her home after inheriting the money. Her will revealed that she left only £1,418, with net personalty £1,106. . . Miss Hare, -who was a pianist and composer, died at tho age of 78. the £35,000 was left to her by the late Hon. Marv Isabel Portmau, the violinist, to whom she had been accompanist and close friend for many years. Miss . Hare, who left all her money and effects to her companion, Miss Mathildc Caroline Koeuen, was a mystery to occupants of flats in the same building, who obtained only brief glimpses of her. The porter saw her only once in eight years—when ho Was called up to attend to the radiators. She spent the whole of her time Indoors, with the two grand pianos and a, valuable violin, which were also loft to her by her dead friend. She was never known to use the motor car which was also left to her.
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Evening Star, Issue 23383, 28 September 1939, Page 2
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208FORTUNE GIVEN AWAY Evening Star, Issue 23383, 28 September 1939, Page 2
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