The NYT made it a full page obit with a front-page lede 3-columns wide,

as "the last link to New York's gilded age" with a father "who once bought himself a United States Senate seat as casually as another man might buy a pair of shoes, had been born before the Mexican War." I had no idea about the living in hospitals stuff. Bizarre. Kind of takes Maggie Mahar's "money-driven medicine" tales about hospital luxury suites to a whole 'nother level.

According to the Times' obit, MSNBC had found hers an interesting (and profitable?) tale to tell documentary style--I also had no idea there were Hugette Clark story fans.

Reading the NYT obit, I was struck pretty hard by the horror of excess wealth. Some people get pissed off at private planes and extravagant parties, but to me, this woman's wasted life--hidden away with her dolls in a palatial apartment and various hospital suites while the nearby ER filled with poor people lacking healthcare insurance--is a greater testament to the flaws of our society. Perhaps even Ms. Clark agreed, as suggested by the last line of the WSJ article.