Word: hugheses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Three weeks after Howard Hughes died of kidney failure in 1976, his purported will surfaced mysteriously in Salt Lake City on a desk at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dubbed the Mormon will, the document bequeathed his fortune to an improbable collection of institutions and individuals...
Though the will contained misspellings and references atypical of the reclusive billionaire, onetime Hughes lieutenant Noah Dietrich, who was designated the estate's executor by the Mormon will, pressed the case. He engaged Los Angeles Attorney Harold Rhoden, who lined up several handwriting experts. All testified that the will...
But their findings were disputed by experts hired by Hughes' relatives. Last week, after a seven-month trial, a jury handed up a unanimous verdict: the Mormon will is a fake. Since no other will has been located, Hughes' dozens of relatives will now be the main beneficiaries...
Barnard Hughes, Tony Award winner for his role in Da: "I was going to be philosophical if I lost. But thank God I can postpone being philosophical for a while."
Robert Hughes