American millionaire leaves part of estate of $ 40 million for 18 Brazilian

Entrepreneur Odd Odsen Junior victim of cardiac arrest at age 52, including former interns Brazil's testament assessed in the amount of R $ 80.8 million. An American businessman left part of his estate of $ 40 million (about U.S. $ 80.8 million) to 18 Brazilians who were interns in your company for twenty years. Odd Odsen Junior, who died on June 19 aged 52, was unmarried, had no children and kept in touch with former interns. Ten of them still live in the United States and two work in his company, which produces articulated arms for electronics. The business suffered a cardiac arrest and died in the city of Glen Cove, State of New York, and each of the beneficiaries in his will receive about $ 300,000 (£ 606,100). Among the heritage left by Odsen there a townhouse in Northampton (USA), built in 1700, and an apartment on Central Park in New York. Odsen's sister, Kristine Lamb, who is a professor of music, received the largest share of the inheritance. Odsen established its relationship with Brazil in 1976, at age 16, when he met and befriended a Brazilian exchange student who studied in his school. All heirs who asked the media to keep the identity a secret, are of Santa Catarina. One of those who returned to Brazil works as a representative of Innovative Office Products, company Odsen, who every year visited Florianopolis.