Recipient of Huge Divorce Settlement, Dies at 91

Barbara Sears Rockefeller (born Jievute Paulekiute), died this week of natural causes in Arkansas. She received one of the largest divorce settlements of all time. 5.5 million dollars, which in 1954 was a huge chunk of cash–enough to live in a 6-story townhouse in Manhattan with a squash court. The marriage ended acrimoniously, after only [...]