Heir To Johnson & Johnson Fortune Dies At 76

Associated Press, Associated Press
Thu, 04/04/2013 - 2:51am

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- The family of Barbara Piasecka Johnson, a Polish farmer's daughter who worked as a maid for an American heir to the Johnson & Johnson fortune before marrying him and eventually inheriting much of his wealth, says she has died. She was 76....

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