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Show MRS. JOHN W. GATES DIES SUDDENLY FROM APOPLEXY NEW YORK, Nov. 28. Mrs. Dellora R. Gates, widow of John W. Gates, died today at the hotel Plaza, where she lived after an attack of apoplexy. Mrs. Gates always has taken nn active ac-tive interest in the great financial affairs af-fairs of her husband whose death in 1911 left In trust to her and their only son, Charles G. Gates, a fortune estimated esti-mated at over 530,000,000. The death of "her son in 191&Jeft Mrs. Gates to carry alone tho business responsibilities responsibili-ties of tho estate. The properties in which she was Interested In-terested included the Texas company, extensive iron ore property jn Canada, tho United States Realty ,& Improvement Improve-ment Co., the Plaza hotel and a variety vari-ety of interests in southeastern Texas. Mrs. Gates was born near St. Charles, 111., In 1855, and was married to Mr. 'Gates in 1873. i |