As Swift mentions, Harkness was also friendly with Salvador Dalí; after she died of cancer in 1982 at the age of 67, she even requested her ashes be kept in a $250,000 custom urn of the artist ...

Upon her death in 1982, Rebekah Harkness was called many things in her New York Times obituary. A philanthropist. A patron of dance and medicine. An artist (a descriptor she bestowed upon herself).

Rebekah Harkness, who also went by Betty, was the previous owner of Taylor Swift's Rhode Island home and serves as the inspiration for the third track on her latest album Nicholas Rice is a Senior ...

Taylor Swift’s surprise-release album “Folklore,” recorded in quarantine, came with its own local surprise: a song about St. Louis-born oil heiress and Harkness Ballet founder Rebekah Harkness.

Blue Blood By Craig Unger Morrow, 415 pages, $19.95 ”Blue Blood,” the story of heiress Rebekah Harkness, is a story of greed-not for more money, but for pleasure and, even worse, for significance.

Taylor Swift and Rebekah Harkness. Getty Images (2) Taylor Swift’s connection to Rebekah Harkness has made headlines ever since her 2020 song “The Last Great American Dynasty.” And in honor ...

Rebekah Harkness stars in Taylor Swift's song "The Last Great American ... The folks at the funeral home couldn’t fit all of Harkness’ ashes in the $250,000 custom urn made by Salvador Dalí.

The Rebekah in question is Rebekah Harkness, a philanthropist and patron of the arts from St. Louis. As Swift notes, she married Standard Oil heir William Hale Harkness in 1947, ...

Born Rebekah Semple West, Harkness was a patron of the arts and philanthropist. After her husband's death in 1954, Harkness embarked on her own creative endeavors.