Monet brings $24 million, not enough to benefit Corcoran

... two decades in a hospital room, even though she was healthy for most of that time, and despite owning mansions in Greenwich, Conn., and Santa Barbara, Calif. Her unusual lifestyle and her practice of writing huge checks to her nurse and other ...

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