At first blush, Casey Johnson and Ruth Lilly, who died within days of each other around the new year, could hardly have been more different. Johnson (pictured), who died at 30, was a party animal who lived her life in the public eye, most recently as the fiancée of D-list celebrity Tila Tequila. Lilly, 94, made her biggest waves not on with clubbing but philanthropy -- most famously with her $200 million donation in 2002 to the Poetry Foundation, a bequest so eye-popping that the controversy surrounding it hasn't yet died down.

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Casey Johnson and Ruth Lilly: A Tale of Two Heiresses, Tax Loopholes, and Tequila originally appeared on DailyFinance on Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:00:00.

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