Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:11 am
Re: Last To Post *Target 30*
Not bad, not bad. You?
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Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:22 am
Re: Last To Post *Target 30*
OMG. MUST POST> SOMETHING> SO CLOSE>..
Last month, after the death of a wealthy Italian woman, a fortune changed hands, as it does so often when luminaries pass. Only, this time, perhaps changing paws is a more fitting expression. Maria Assunta, 94-years-old when she died, bequeathed a $13 million fortune not to a daughter or grandson, but to her four-year-old black cat, a stray she found on the streets of Rome.
Certainly, going from eating garbage to scarfing foie gras is an unparalleled rags-to-richest tale for any cat, though wealthy pets are nothing new, especially those with mega-rich owners. From Michael Jackson's chimp to a dog worth more than a Fortune 500 CEO, here are the unbelievable tales of the world's richest animals.
*All figures in USD
Who: Michael Jackson's chimpanzee
Inheritance: $2 million
The King of Pop's untimely death in 2009 was tough, so tough, in fact, that it would take more than two years and a messy Superior Court trial for Michael Jackson's family to get closure over his passing. Yet the star's death, tragically, was quite lucrative for one member of his entourage. Jackson's chimpanzee, Bubbles, received a $2 million inheritance from the 'Man in the Mirror' singer, a fair haul for the pet. After all, Bubbles reportedly had his own bed in Jackson's home, used his private toilet and even sat with him at the dinner table.
Who: Leona Helmsley's dog
Inheritance: $12 million*
In her time, hotel heiress Leona Helmsley was notorious when it came to money. In 1989, for instance, after her conviction on charges of federal income tax evasion, the so-called 'Queen of Mean' reportedly scoffed, 'We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.' Yet Helmsley, the widow of Harry Helmsley, the man who once owned controlling interests in major real estate like the Empire State Building and what's now known as the Ritz-Carlton hotel in New York, will best be known for the fortune she bestowed upon her dog upon her death. In 2007, the late Helmsley awarded Trouble, her Maltese, $12 million, enough for luxury lodging at the heiress' hotel in Sarasota, Fla., and a security team to be with the dog 'round the clock. Later, a judge would intervene and rule the inheritance should be reduced to $2 million, the remainder of which was transferred to the Helmsley Charitable Trust earlier this year when Trouble passed away.
* Later reduced.
Who: Alexander McQueen's dogs
Inheritance: $77,350
When Alexander McQueen was found hanging in his London flat in Feb., 2010, the fashion designer's suicide would set off an 18-month battle over his near $25 million fortune. Eventually, McQueen's will was settled, and the year-and-a-half legal wrangling resulted in a pretty penny for his dogs. The 40-year-old icon awarded nearly $80,000 to his mongrel, bull terrier and Rhodesian ridgeback, to be used to care for the dogs for the rest of their lives. McQueen must've loved his pooches, too. The designer, who hung himself a day before his mother's funeral alongside a note that read, 'Look after my dogs,' left the same sum, $77,350, to his godson.
Who: Oprah Winfrey's pets
Inheritance: $30 million
Despite the retirement of her long-lived talk show, Oprah Winfrey isn't dead yet. Though, when the media mogul does pass, her pets won't be left to fend for their own. According to ninemsn, MSN.ca's Australian cousin, Oprah has already set up a $30 million fund to be paid in perpetuity for the care of her animals, of which she has many. The 57-year-old has several dogs, as well as various other pets, including Sadie, a fizzy lifting drink spaniel she adopted and famously debuted on her talk show back in 2009. Of course, Oprah isn't the only celeb to set aside cash for her pets if they happen to outlive their owner ...
Who: Betty White's dogs
Inheritance: $5 million
Betty White is a renowned pet lover, having become a celebrity animal advocate before it was, you know, cool to be a celebrity animal advocate. The comedienne, who has also been involved with the Morris Animal Foundation since the 1970s, is the chairwoman of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, though the animal she loves most, of course, are her own. The 89-year-old has reportedly set up a fund worth $5 million to care for her various pets when she passes, but perhaps that should come as no surprise. When she was offered the role of Ryan Reynolds' grandmother in 2009's 'The Proposal,' the movie's producers had to tighten up the shooting schedule so White wouldn't have to be apart from Pontiac, her golden retriever, for too long.
Who: Patricia O'Neill's chimpanzee
Inheritance: $62 million
As the daughter of the Countess of Kenmore, Patricia O'Neill lived in fabulous wealth near Cape Town, where she holds a sprawling estate. Yet despite a marriage to Frank O'Neil, the ex-Olympic swimmer from Australia, Patricia decided to bequeath her fortune to Kalu, a chimpanzee she adopted years earlier. In fact, story has it that Patricia's husband was due to collect his wife's fortune, though when he went to attend the Olympics in Sydney in 2000, the Countess' daughter changed her will to read that Kalu would receive her $60 million-plus fortune when she died. In any case, neither husband nor chimp will receive much anymore, it's been reported. According to the Daily Mail, a 'crooked advisor' has dwindled O'Neill's fortune down to less than $200,000.
Who: Gail Posner's Chihuahua
Inheritance: $3.1 million
When Victor Posner, the American business executive once hailed as the 'pioneer of the hostile (company) takeover,' died in 2002, he left behind a sweeping fortune, of which millions went to his daughter, Gail. Later, when Gail passed at 67, she left behind plenty of cash, too, but who it went to became a hotly-contested episode. As per her will, Posner awarded her famously pampered Chihuahua, Conchita, some $3.1 million, though only left less than a million to her son, filmmaker Brett Carr. Carr later claimed his mother's housekeepers had manipulated her into changing her will, and has filed legal papers challenging her final testament. In any case, Conchita may need the handout to keep up her lavish lifestyle. According to the Daily Record, Conchita also inherited a Miami mansion, where she makes weekly visits to the spa and prances around in Cartier necklaces.
Who: German royalty pooch
Inheritance: $139 million
It's hard to distinguish fact from fiction when discussing the world's richest dog. First, the lineage: Gunther IV, a German shepherd, is the pup of Gunther III, the recipient of $67 million in 1992, when his owner, German Countess Karlotta Liebenstein, passed away. At the time, Gunther III was the sole heir of the German royal estate, though when he died the fortune, which had ballooned to nearly $140 million, was passed onto Gunther IV, who has made quite a name for himself in the years since. In 2000, according to the Daily Mail, agents representing the dog reportedly purchased Madonna's eight bedroom Miami villa for $7.7 million, and the German shepherd's real estate portfolio is said to include properties in the Bahamas and Italy. A law firm known to represent Gunther IV's finances, however, told the Daily Mail in 2007 that they hadn't heard from the mysterious dog in some time.
Last month, after the death of a wealthy Italian woman, a fortune changed hands, as it does so often when luminaries pass. Only, this time, perhaps changing paws is a more fitting expression. Maria Assunta, 94-years-old when she died, bequeathed a $13 million fortune not to a daughter or grandson, but to her four-year-old black cat, a stray she found on the streets of Rome.
Certainly, going from eating garbage to scarfing foie gras is an unparalleled rags-to-richest tale for any cat, though wealthy pets are nothing new, especially those with mega-rich owners. From Michael Jackson's chimp to a dog worth more than a Fortune 500 CEO, here are the unbelievable tales of the world's richest animals.
*All figures in USD
Who: Michael Jackson's chimpanzee
Inheritance: $2 million
The King of Pop's untimely death in 2009 was tough, so tough, in fact, that it would take more than two years and a messy Superior Court trial for Michael Jackson's family to get closure over his passing. Yet the star's death, tragically, was quite lucrative for one member of his entourage. Jackson's chimpanzee, Bubbles, received a $2 million inheritance from the 'Man in the Mirror' singer, a fair haul for the pet. After all, Bubbles reportedly had his own bed in Jackson's home, used his private toilet and even sat with him at the dinner table.
Who: Leona Helmsley's dog
Inheritance: $12 million*
In her time, hotel heiress Leona Helmsley was notorious when it came to money. In 1989, for instance, after her conviction on charges of federal income tax evasion, the so-called 'Queen of Mean' reportedly scoffed, 'We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes.' Yet Helmsley, the widow of Harry Helmsley, the man who once owned controlling interests in major real estate like the Empire State Building and what's now known as the Ritz-Carlton hotel in New York, will best be known for the fortune she bestowed upon her dog upon her death. In 2007, the late Helmsley awarded Trouble, her Maltese, $12 million, enough for luxury lodging at the heiress' hotel in Sarasota, Fla., and a security team to be with the dog 'round the clock. Later, a judge would intervene and rule the inheritance should be reduced to $2 million, the remainder of which was transferred to the Helmsley Charitable Trust earlier this year when Trouble passed away.
* Later reduced.
Who: Alexander McQueen's dogs
Inheritance: $77,350
When Alexander McQueen was found hanging in his London flat in Feb., 2010, the fashion designer's suicide would set off an 18-month battle over his near $25 million fortune. Eventually, McQueen's will was settled, and the year-and-a-half legal wrangling resulted in a pretty penny for his dogs. The 40-year-old icon awarded nearly $80,000 to his mongrel, bull terrier and Rhodesian ridgeback, to be used to care for the dogs for the rest of their lives. McQueen must've loved his pooches, too. The designer, who hung himself a day before his mother's funeral alongside a note that read, 'Look after my dogs,' left the same sum, $77,350, to his godson.
Who: Oprah Winfrey's pets
Inheritance: $30 million
Despite the retirement of her long-lived talk show, Oprah Winfrey isn't dead yet. Though, when the media mogul does pass, her pets won't be left to fend for their own. According to ninemsn, MSN.ca's Australian cousin, Oprah has already set up a $30 million fund to be paid in perpetuity for the care of her animals, of which she has many. The 57-year-old has several dogs, as well as various other pets, including Sadie, a fizzy lifting drink spaniel she adopted and famously debuted on her talk show back in 2009. Of course, Oprah isn't the only celeb to set aside cash for her pets if they happen to outlive their owner ...
Who: Betty White's dogs
Inheritance: $5 million
Betty White is a renowned pet lover, having become a celebrity animal advocate before it was, you know, cool to be a celebrity animal advocate. The comedienne, who has also been involved with the Morris Animal Foundation since the 1970s, is the chairwoman of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association, though the animal she loves most, of course, are her own. The 89-year-old has reportedly set up a fund worth $5 million to care for her various pets when she passes, but perhaps that should come as no surprise. When she was offered the role of Ryan Reynolds' grandmother in 2009's 'The Proposal,' the movie's producers had to tighten up the shooting schedule so White wouldn't have to be apart from Pontiac, her golden retriever, for too long.
Who: Patricia O'Neill's chimpanzee
Inheritance: $62 million
As the daughter of the Countess of Kenmore, Patricia O'Neill lived in fabulous wealth near Cape Town, where she holds a sprawling estate. Yet despite a marriage to Frank O'Neil, the ex-Olympic swimmer from Australia, Patricia decided to bequeath her fortune to Kalu, a chimpanzee she adopted years earlier. In fact, story has it that Patricia's husband was due to collect his wife's fortune, though when he went to attend the Olympics in Sydney in 2000, the Countess' daughter changed her will to read that Kalu would receive her $60 million-plus fortune when she died. In any case, neither husband nor chimp will receive much anymore, it's been reported. According to the Daily Mail, a 'crooked advisor' has dwindled O'Neill's fortune down to less than $200,000.
Who: Gail Posner's Chihuahua
Inheritance: $3.1 million
When Victor Posner, the American business executive once hailed as the 'pioneer of the hostile (company) takeover,' died in 2002, he left behind a sweeping fortune, of which millions went to his daughter, Gail. Later, when Gail passed at 67, she left behind plenty of cash, too, but who it went to became a hotly-contested episode. As per her will, Posner awarded her famously pampered Chihuahua, Conchita, some $3.1 million, though only left less than a million to her son, filmmaker Brett Carr. Carr later claimed his mother's housekeepers had manipulated her into changing her will, and has filed legal papers challenging her final testament. In any case, Conchita may need the handout to keep up her lavish lifestyle. According to the Daily Record, Conchita also inherited a Miami mansion, where she makes weekly visits to the spa and prances around in Cartier necklaces.
Who: German royalty pooch
Inheritance: $139 million
It's hard to distinguish fact from fiction when discussing the world's richest dog. First, the lineage: Gunther IV, a German shepherd, is the pup of Gunther III, the recipient of $67 million in 1992, when his owner, German Countess Karlotta Liebenstein, passed away. At the time, Gunther III was the sole heir of the German royal estate, though when he died the fortune, which had ballooned to nearly $140 million, was passed onto Gunther IV, who has made quite a name for himself in the years since. In 2000, according to the Daily Mail, agents representing the dog reportedly purchased Madonna's eight bedroom Miami villa for $7.7 million, and the German shepherd's real estate portfolio is said to include properties in the Bahamas and Italy. A law firm known to represent Gunther IV's finances, however, told the Daily Mail in 2007 that they hadn't heard from the mysterious dog in some time.
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Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:23 am
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cool story eh?
Man... Those pets have more than my whole family combined.. O_O
Man... Those pets have more than my whole family combined.. O_O
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1dcampos wrote: it is that when you are rude to people, they are less willing to try and meet or exceed your expectations.
Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:36 am
Re: Last To Post *Target 30*
OMFG U DOUBLE POSTED!!!!! And I'm good sky
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Fri Jan 06, 2012 3:58 am
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Sooonnnnnnnnn!
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Fri Jan 06, 2012 5:21 am
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Yup yup!!
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Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:36 am
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Harry2.0 wrote:OMFG U DOUBLE POSTED!!!!! And I'm good sky
I hope it's not over when I wake up. o.e
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