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Paris Hilton cut out of grandpa's will

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American socialite Paris Hilton won’t inherit a penny from her grandfather. Eighty-year-old hotel magnate Barron Hilton says he will donate 97 per cent of his $US 2.3 billion fortune to the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.

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The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is a charity founded by Barron Hilton’s father in 1944.

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