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THE LATE ALICE TULLY, the Corning Glass heiress who died last December at the age of 91, was one of America's great philanthropists, a woman who loved the arts - particularly the art of music - and put her considerable fortune to the service of what she loved.
Her will, an enormous document drafted in 1972 and amended in 11 codicils over the next 20 years until it grew to more than 100 pages, reflects her charitable desires as they evolved over time. A close reading of the will, obtained by Newsday last week, reveals numerous changes in the codicils: An organization or individual might be left a large sum in one draft (up to $1 million in one case) only to have it stricken out entirely in a later draft.
Tully's lawyer and one of her executors, James McGarry, acknowledged the will's formidable complexities in an interview yesterday: "Miss Tully never found the time to sit down and...