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Having suffered 40 years of pain in his back, and now reported to be in poor health, Ludwig has become increasingly interested in medicine. Recently, he set up a foundation to channel money into cancer research. Much of his estate will go to the foundation. Characteristically, he has made his arrangements without fanfare, and with attention to legal nuance. In concentrating on detail, however, he seems to have missed one major item: the selection of a successor to steer one of the largest and last personal financial empires.