Emma kate bateman biography of william

The next to last episode of Succession was all about the funeral and interment of patriarch Logan Roy.  The fictional Roy’s mausoleum was a huge marble structure adorned with classical Greek columns and motifs.  It’s an interesting scene, because how can this film crew decorate the exterior — and even go inside — someone’s final resting place?  That’s because this particular mausoleum once belonged to William B.

Leeds, but it has been unoccupied since around 2002.  

William Bateman Leeds was a Richmond native who joined with his childhood friend, Daniel Reid, to create a domestic tin plate industry, first in Elwood, Indiana, and ultimately becoming super wealthy along with Reid and his associates after their company was incorporated into United States Steel in 1901.  Leeds suffered a stroke and died in 1908 at the age of 46.  HIs second wife, Nonnie, used some of his riches to erect a magnificen Emma Kate Bateman - IMDb NILY