In today's #OnlyinNYC happenings, one super wealthy Asian-art collector, Robert Ellsworth, more than just took good care of two waitresses at Donohue's Steakhouse when he died last August.
He left them $50,000 in his will. Each.
And get this: Robert Ellsworth, 85 at the time of his death, didn't even know the names of the two waitresses (even though he frequented the establishment for decades-- oftentimes for both lunch and dinner).
He simply referred to them in his will as “Maureen at Donohue’s” and “Maureen-at-Donohue’s Niece Maureen.”
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“I was shocked,’’ said Maureen Donohue-Peters, 53. “I just couldn’t believe it. I didn’t expect anything. Out of eight meals, he ate seven here. We were his dining room."
Ellsworth, said to be the world’s wealthiest Asian-art collector, was worth an estimated $200 million at the time of his death. So where's the rest of his fortune going (as he had no children)?
Where else: his live-in chef and closest friend for more than 40 years was left more than $10 million, and the rest will be divided amongst his family and friends.
Looks like that waiting tables gig isn't looking too bad right about now, eh?
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[via NY Post]

