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Originally Posted by NoBozo
According to the tour guide in late September ('09): After Plante lost all his money, he was "Allowed" to live in the house in the manner to which he was acustomed, but with a much reduced staff. I think his young wife left him as well. He also had a neice that would come and visit from time to time. She had her own bedroom.  NB
EDIT: My Wife ..(She keeps track of such things.. where men are sometimes totally deficient). She has indicated that some corrections need to be made to the above. There were TWO wives. Plante met a young women in Europe (He was currently married) whom he eventually married. He returned home and offered his first wife a substantial $ settlement ... for the time.. for a divorce. My wife thinks it was a million dollar check rolled up in her napkin ring at breakfast. . She thinks she..the Second wife.. stayed with Plante for the rest of their lives...in the house. |
That's correct at least that's how the story goes. Tom Plante according to the tour did leave his wife a check at the table, for some reason I want to say it was more than 1 mil but I'm not positive. He also had one "servant" stay on after all others had left and at one time even borrowed money from that person...sad...