The late Katharine Hepburn has demonstrated her generosity one last time by leaving $200,000 to her housekeeper Norah Moore. The legendary actress, who died last month at the age of 96, also gifted a section of her eight-acre waterfront estate in Connecticut to local authorities to be "used for the benefit of the general public".
Her collection of four Oscars will meanwhile go to charity. Katharine decreed that the statuettes, along with an extensive collection of movie memorabilia, should be given to a charitable organisation chosen by her old friend Cynthia McFadden.
Cynthia, who was Katharine's closest confidante for many years, will personally receive $10,000 and much of the star's furniture and art collection. Her accountant has been gifted $50,000 while another $10,000 is earmarked for The Actors Fund of America. The actress has also established two $100,000 trust funds, for a nephew and a grandniece.
The bulk of the $20-million estate will be divided between her sister Margaret, brother Robert and the descendants of her late siblings Marion and Richard, however.
In characteristically unpretentious fashion, the iconic star also requested that no funeral or memorial service be held in her name.
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