In 1991, Hadassah Peri was randomly chosen to look after copper-mining heiress Huguette Clark (pictured right), who chose to live as a recluse for decades at New York City's Beth Israel Hospital.
Clark died at the age of 104 in May, leaving Peri, a private nurse from Brooklyn, a rich woman -- $34 million to be exact, in addition to a valuable doll collection.
Legal papers filed in Manhattan's Surrogate's Court this week showed Clark's fortune to be $400 million, $14 million of which went to a god-daughter, but none to distant relatives. In her will. The heiress cited her longtime nurse as a "loyal friend and companion."
An inheritance like this can be the kiss of death -- or not -- for those who have always lived humble lives, say psychologists.
Those who have been able to anticipate eventual wealth or those like Peri, who have been devoted caretakers, may fare best.
She was rewarded for faithful service to Clark, and there are other examples of those whose inheritances could positively change their lives.
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