Legacy
One of Bill’s daughters, Faustine, married Glenn Herbert McCarthy, popularly known as “Diamond Glenn,” a legendary wildcatter who built the world famous Shamrock Hotel in Houston. Purportedly, McCarthy, a close friend of Howard Hughes, inspired the character of Jett Rink found in Edna Ferber’s best-selling novel Giant. Another of Bill Lee’s children, William Howard, married into Hollywood royalty not once but twice: first to actress Hedy Lamarr from December 1953 until the couple divorced in 1960; and then to Gene Tierney in 1960.
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“What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)