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Princess
Yasmin Aga Khan's annual fundraiser for the Rita Hayworth
Foundation to fight Alzheimer's honored Claudia Cohen
at the Waldorf glamour gala of the year. Regis Philbin
emceed the night, which culminated in a throbbing
dance-a-thon to Ashford and Simpson's blowout soul
sounds. The Very Rich & Glitzy included gala chair
Susan Hess, corporate chair Earl Graves, Gail and
Carl Icahn, Anne Hearst, Muffie Potter Aston and Dr.
Sherrell Aston, Cornelia and Marty Bregman, Nurit
Kahane Haase, Freddie Fields, John and Andrea Stark,
Elie Wiesel, Dr. Martin Citron, Burt and Judith Resnick,
and Leona Helmsley, svelte and wrinkle-free, touting
new beau Dr. Patrick Ward. I heard the hardest thing
about going to the slammer for this 80-year-old billionairess
was revealing her age… but don't shed tears for this
Merry Widow—she's having a ball parading around
her new boy-toy half her age. And talk about spectator
sports—the duo played tonsil hockey and footsie
all night long, and later joined a select group for
a late nightcap upstairs at Rick and Kathy Hilton's
Waldorf spread. Go, Leona!
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