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The New Yorker, December 26, 1994 P. 49Talk story about the late philanthropist Milton Petrie. When the retailer and Dickensian philanthropist Milton Petrie died last month, at age 92, he left his wife, Carroll, a trust fund of $150 million, an awesome array of real estate, planes, cars, jewelry, art and antiques, and an example of extravagant and eccentric giving almost impossible to live up to. Harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban movie. 'I hope to do the best I can the way that I think Milton would have wanted me to,' says Mrs.

Petrie, a silver-haired woman with a voice as soft as chamois. Petrie's will, which ran to 120 pages, provided $90 million in trusts and gifts for 383 individuals, including crippled policemen, widows, and families overwhelmed by medical bills. Petrie often responded after reading their hard-luck tales in the tabloids. His benefactions were almost always private save when he made large gifts to institutions like the Metropolitan Museum and Beth Israel Hospital. Over time, however, Mr.

Petrie became the world's most famous soft touch, and Mrs. Petrie's cocooned universe was occasionally shattered by the din of petitioners. Petrie was her 4th husband and she his 4th wife. Petrie is now not only the heir to an immense personal fortune but a trustee of the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation, whose initial endowment is expected to be as much as $400 million. 'I have been vaguely approached,' she said, 'but most people have had the thoughtfulness to postpone asking for a while.' Petrie smiled, ever so slightly-the smile with which the perfect hostess greets the crashing faux pas.