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By Associated Press
Published May 6, 2003, 7:56 AM CDT
LONDON -- Tinker really is the cat that got the cream.
Thanks to his late owner, a wealthy widow, the former stray now lives in some splendor in his own house, valued at $560,000, and dines on fish bought from his $160,000 trust fund.
The will of Margaret Layne, 89, published in The Times newspaper on Tuesday, named Tinker as the beneficiary of a large chunk of her estate, including her house in Harrow, northwest London.
When he dies, the estate will pass to the trustees, Layne's former neighbors, Ann and Eugene Wheatley, who deliver Tinker's food and milk each day.
The good life is proving attractive to other cats.
In an interview with The Times, Wheatley, 75, said Tinker now shares the house with Lucy, "who was our pussy but decided to move there after she had a litter.
"And there's Stardust, a white cat who came to us from a friend who couldn't look after him any more but chose to go and live there," he said.
Wheatley said recent stock market falls had hit Tinker's trust fund but "there's a limit to what you can spend it on."
He said he had used some of the money to maintain the house "and Tinker is fond of coley (fish), so we bought him some."
Layne, who had no children, died last year, leaving an estate worth nearly $937,000.
By Associated Press
Published May 6, 2003, 7:56 AM CDT
LONDON -- Tinker really is the cat that got the cream.
Thanks to his late owner, a wealthy widow, the former stray now lives in some splendor in his own house, valued at $560,000, and dines on fish bought from his $160,000 trust fund.
The will of Margaret Layne, 89, published in The Times newspaper on Tuesday, named Tinker as the beneficiary of a large chunk of her estate, including her house in Harrow, northwest London.
When he dies, the estate will pass to the trustees, Layne's former neighbors, Ann and Eugene Wheatley, who deliver Tinker's food and milk each day.
The good life is proving attractive to other cats.
In an interview with The Times, Wheatley, 75, said Tinker now shares the house with Lucy, "who was our pussy but decided to move there after she had a litter.
"And there's Stardust, a white cat who came to us from a friend who couldn't look after him any more but chose to go and live there," he said.
Wheatley said recent stock market falls had hit Tinker's trust fund but "there's a limit to what you can spend it on."
He said he had used some of the money to maintain the house "and Tinker is fond of coley (fish), so we bought him some."
Layne, who had no children, died last year, leaving an estate worth nearly $937,000.
