The article says she spent $400,000 each year. I'd wager the majority of that DID, in fact, go to people less fortuante than she was.
Quit yer bitchin, we live in a capitalist society, where wealth is still spread.
I don't think you can assume that at all. It doesn't say she spent that much-- just that she was receiving it as an income. But, regardless, the fact that she lives in a house and has a condo and that neither are paid for, yet, that she spent money all the time on trips and art and jewelry and new furniture and new cars and such (according to another story about her) tells me that she could spend with the best of them. It's no different than hearing about rappers being broke because of how poorly they spent their windfall. Millionaires spend money in ways you can barely imagine, in sums you can barely imagine. I don't assume at all that she donated a large share of her income to charity. There's no evidence of it.
And I'm not bitching about her being rich or even how she spent it. I just said I don't have any pity for her. I don't waste energy pitying fools.