They weren't complete strangers; they were his driver and the doorman of his house, but it is still unusual to leave million-dollar inheritances to people who have no blood relation to the deceased.
This is the news that "lanacion" published on its website:
USA: Tycoon leaves million-dollar inheritance to doorman and chauffeur
Alan Meltzer, founder of Wind-Up Records, left one million dollars to his driver and 500,000 to the doorman of his New York building. Meanwhile, his ex-wife, from whom he divorced a year before his death, said she didn't care who left her money.
Monday, January 30, 2012 | by EFE, ANSA
He American tycoon Alan Meltzer, founder of the record label Wind-Up Records, left a million-dollar inheritance to his driver and the doorman of its elegant building.
Meltzer, who died in November 2011 at the age of 67, never had children with his wife, from whom he divorced a year before his death, and therefore decided to dedicate one million dollars to his driver and another 500,000 to the doorman of his building, located in the Upper East Side neighborhood of New York City.
“He was a generous man and I considered him a friend, but the truth is I didn’t expect this,” said goalkeeper Chamil Demiraj, who did recall that the millionaire was “a generous man.”.
Meanwhile, the driver, Jean Laborde, a father of five, admitted that he doesn't know what he will do with the money and lamented Meltzer's loss.
“He was a very nice man. He left me the money, but it doesn’t make up for it, because he’s no longer with us,” Laborde, 54, told the New York Post.
The money he received Laborde rises to 10% of Meltzer's assets.
He The magnate, a well-known poker player, had founded the record label in 1997, who played an important role in popularizing the hard rock genre in the late 1990s, and among the best-known groups that passed through his hands are Creed and Evanescence.
Meltzer died on Halloween and a year earlier he had divorced his wife Diana., after 13 years of marriage, during which they never had children.
The woman, after learning that she would not be entitled to inherit 331% of his fortune, estimated that He “could leave the money to whomever he wanted.”.
“If he wants to leave the money to the homeless, let him,” said his ex-wife, who said she was “fine” and didn’t care what her ex-husband had done with the money.
“We are divorced and the man is already dead,”, he added.
Meltzer, who died in November 2011 at the age of 67, never had children with his wife, from whom he divorced a year before his death, and therefore decided to dedicate one million dollars to his driver and another 500,000 to the doorman of his building, located in the Upper East Side neighborhood of New York City.
“He was a generous man and I considered him a friend, but the truth is I didn’t expect this,” said goalkeeper Chamil Demiraj, who did recall that the millionaire was “a generous man.”.
Meanwhile, the driver, Jean Laborde, a father of five, admitted that he doesn't know what he will do with the money and lamented Meltzer's loss.
“He was a very nice man. He left me the money, but it doesn’t make up for it, because he’s no longer with us,” Laborde, 54, told the New York Post.
The money he received Laborde rises to 10% of Meltzer's assets.
He The magnate, a well-known poker player, had founded the record label in 1997, who played an important role in popularizing the hard rock genre in the late 1990s, and among the best-known groups that passed through his hands are Creed and Evanescence.
Meltzer died on Halloween and a year earlier he had divorced his wife Diana., after 13 years of marriage, during which they never had children.
The woman, after learning that she would not be entitled to inherit 331% of his fortune, estimated that He “could leave the money to whomever he wanted.”.
“If he wants to leave the money to the homeless, let him,” said his ex-wife, who said she was “fine” and didn’t care what her ex-husband had done with the money.
“We are divorced and the man is already dead,”, he added.