Count(ess) Down.LIKE A PULP NOVEL, THE STORY OF ITALIAN COUNTESS Francesca Vacca Agusta reeks of sex, money, murder--even an ancient curse. The 58-year-old Portofino beauty disappeared from her US$15 million cliffside villa on a cold January evening. A bottle of whisky in her hand and a pair of mismatched slippers on her feet, the tipsy countess reportedly told house guests she was going for a swim. Two weeks later, a nude and partially decomposed de·com·pose v. de·com·posed, de·com·pos·ing, de·com·pos·es v.tr. 1. To separate into components or basic elements. 2. To cause to rot. v.intr. 1. body--wearing two of her rings--washed ashore in France. The bulk of the woman's $250 million estate was willed to her lover of five years, 50-year-old Mexican Tirso Rafael Chazaro Rosario. But a former paramour par·a·mour n. A lover, especially one in an adulterous relationship. [Middle English, from par amour, by way of love, passionately, from Anglo-Norman : par, by 17 years her junior, playboy Maurizio Raggio, has teamed with the countess's brother to contest the will. They accuse Chazaro of pushing the woman to her death. The countess, once married to helicopter magnate Count Corrado Agusta, lived in the Portofino villa built in 1874 for Lord Carnarvon, the man who financed the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb Tutankhamun’s tomb incredible archaeological find unlocks the past. [Egypt. Hist.: NCE, 2809] See : Discovery Tutankhamun’s tomb full of treasures of Egyptian pharaoh (c. 1350 B.C.). [Egypt. Hist. . Some speculate her demise is linked to King Tut's famous curse--that is, if she is dead. Recent rumors insist she is alive and well in southern Mexico, and the drowning was a ruse Ruse (r  `sĕ), city (1993 pop. 170,209), NE Bulgaria, on the Danube River bordering Romania. The chief river port of Bulgaria, it is also an industrial and communications center. to avoid a mammoth tax bill. However, if the countess is waiting in the sun for Chazaro to appear with her estate money, she'll have to be patient. The court battle could drag on Verb 1. drag on - last unnecessarily longdrag out last, endure - persist for a specified period of time; "The bad weather lasted for three days" 2. for months. |
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