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Nancy L. Bass, Matriarch of Prominent Family, Dies 3/2/13
Associated Press
March 2, 2013
FORT WORTH - Nancy Lee Bass, philanthropist and matriarch of
Fort Worth's leading family, has died a week before her 96th birthday.
Longtime family friend and attorney Dee Kelly Senior says the widow of
prominent oil billionaire Perry R. Bass died at her Fort Worth home Thursday
night after a brief illness.
Perry Bass, nephew and heir to the oil fortune of famed Fort Worth
wildcatter Sid Richardson, died in 2006 at age 91. Over the years, the Basses
played host to five presidents.
The Basses four sons - Sid, Ed, Bob and Lee - have lavished funds on Fort
Worth's artistic, cultural and educational institutions for years. They've also
bought up and redeveloped much of downtown Fort Worth into one of the most
vibrant city centers in Texas.