"Harriman bequeathed all of his real estate--including Willow Oaks, a 60-acre estate in Virginia's hunt country near here, and homes in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., the Georgetown section of Washington and Sun Valley, Ida.--to his widow."
"Harriman left $100,000 to each of his six grandchildren but did not provide for his daughters, Kathleen Lanier Harriman Mortimer and Mary Averell Harriman Fisk, explaining: "I know them to be otherwise well provided for.""
"The will, written on Sept. 12, 1984, and revised on Aug. 7, 1985, directs the formation of a $6-million trust. Mrs. Harriman is to receive interest from the trust, which eventually will be liquidated and distributed among Harriman's grandchildren."
W. Averell Harriman, son of a Union Pacific Railroad founder and former Soviet ambassador, died at age 94 and left the majority of his estate to his widow Pamela C. Harriman. All real estate holdings, including Willow Oaks in Virginia, properties in New York, Washington, and Idaho, passed to his wife. He provided $100,000 to each of his six grandchildren but excluded his two daughters, stating they were already well provided for. The will established a $6-million trust from which Mrs. Harriman receives interest, with eventual distribution to grandchildren. Harriman's personal fortune was estimated between $50 million and $100 million.
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