he lived like a pauper and was a millionaire. He wore torn clothes and lived in a one-room apartment for years, and was a multimillionaire the entire time. A man who used coupons to buy food and ride the bus has amassed a secret fortune of $187.6 million and donated it all to charity. He participated in World War II and later became a lawyer who protected veterans' rights. His parents, who owned a slaughterhouse, gave him property that MacDonald later turned into a fortune thanks to the stock market. During his lifetime, he earned hundreds. of anonymous donations, including $150,000 to the Canadian town of Ellore, where his grandfather lived after immigrating from Scotland. McDonald had no biological children and his wife died in 1999. Only his closest family members knew how wealthy he was. His stepdaughter, Regan Denise, said: “Our family has lived with the secret of Jack's wealth for more than 40 years and we have all been impressed by his ascetic lifestyle. He was eccentric in many ways, but always true to himself, working according to his convictions.” Jack McDonald, who died at age 98 in Seattle, left money to that city's children's hospital, the University of Washington and the Salvation Army. ❤️🌎

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