Nurse inherits $41m from copper mining heiress

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A reclusive copper mining heiress who died aged 104 has left US$34 million ($41 million) to an agency nurse from New York.

Hadassah Peri, a 61-year-old immigrant from the Philippines, was sent to look after Huguette Clark, who had no children, by the nursing agency in 1991.

She became Clark's "friend and loyal companion", spending more time with her than anyone else.