She remained a mystery

Huguette Clark, the reclusive copper heiress, dies at 104: With her mansions empty, she lived in N.Y. hospital rooms for decades; the criminal investigation into handling of her fortune continues

Though she inherited one of the great mining fortunes of the 19th century, she lived quietly into the 21st century, secluded in a spartan hospital room for more than two decades despite being in relatively good physical health. Intensely shy, in the last year of her life she became a subject of public fascination, a trending topic of searches on Google and Yahoo, pictured on the cover of the New York tabloids, with fan pages on Facebook, a biography on Wikipedia, and her story read by tens of millions — though the last known photograph of her was made in 1930.

Rest in peace.