Helen Brach
Deceased Person
1911 – 1977
Who was Helen Brach?
Helen Voorhees Brach, was an American multimillionaire widow whose wealth had come from marrying into the E. J. Brach & Sons Candy Company fortune; she endowed the Helen V. Brach Foundation to promote animal welfare in 1974. Brach disappeared on February 17, 1977 and was declared legally dead in May 1984. An investigation into the case uncovered serious criminal activity associated with Chicago stable owners including Silas Jayne and Richard Bailey. More than a decade later Bailey was charged with, but not convicted of, conspiring to murder Brach; he eventually received a long sentence after being convicted of defrauding her.
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- Born
- Nov 10, 1911
United States of America - Nationality
- United States of America
- Died
- Feb 17, 1977
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on July 23, 2013
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