Mack Sennett, the noted comedian who died last November, at the age of 81, has left his entire estate, described as “very substantial, ” to Jewish and Catholic orphanages, it was reported here today. Mr. Sennett, who was a Catholic, bequeathed half of his estate to the Jewish Orphans Home of Southern California in Culver City, California and half to the Los Angeles Orphans Asylum, a Catholic institution.
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