We regret to inform you of the untimely death of one of Brazil’s billionaires.  Prior to her death, many have enquired about knowing more about her late husband and her nuclear family.

Lily Safra husband: Who was Edmond Safra?

Lily Safra, Edmond Safra’s widow who inherited the billionaire banker’s fortune, has died. She was said to have died at 87 years old.

According to a representative for the Edmond J. Safra Foundation, she died on Saturday in Geneva. Per reliable sources, she is said to have died of pancreatic cancer.

She married into the powerful Safra dynasty in 1976, after being born Lily Watkins in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

After his family relocated to Brazil following the end of World War II, her husband Edmond established banks in Europe and New York.

Edmond was killed in an arson attack in Monaco in 1999, the same year he sold some banking assets to HSBC Holdings Plc for approximately $10 billion dollars.

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