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I just read this story: Dr. Howard Marcus died in 2014 at age 105, and his wife Lottie died at age 99 a year later. They retired to a one bedroom condo in San Diego. They always flew coach.
He had been a dentist in Germany, and fled to the US in the 1930's. Most of his immediate family were gassed by the Germans. In NY he opened a dental practice, and he met and married Lottie, whose family had also died in German concentration camps. At the time she was working as a secretary on Wall Street. The couple was friendly with a Wall Street investor Lottie knew from work, and they asked him for investment advice. He referred them to a young protoge' of his who was just starting out. They invested with him.
You can probably guess the rest. Lottie's friend was Benjamin Graham. He sent them to a young Warren Buffet. They left a $400 million bequest to a university, in addition to other charitable contributions they had given in their lifetime.
He had been a dentist in Germany, and fled to the US in the 1930's. Most of his immediate family were gassed by the Germans. In NY he opened a dental practice, and he met and married Lottie, whose family had also died in German concentration camps. At the time she was working as a secretary on Wall Street. The couple was friendly with a Wall Street investor Lottie knew from work, and they asked him for investment advice. He referred them to a young protoge' of his who was just starting out. They invested with him.
You can probably guess the rest. Lottie's friend was Benjamin Graham. He sent them to a young Warren Buffet. They left a $400 million bequest to a university, in addition to other charitable contributions they had given in their lifetime.
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