Fanny White
Courtesan
Died when: 37 years 204 days (450 months)Star Sign: Aries
Jane Augusta Blankman (née Funk;March 22, 1823 – October 12, 1860), better known as Fanny White, was one of the most successful courtesans of ante-bellum New York City.
Known for her beauty, wit, and business acumen, White accumulated a significant fortune over the course of her career, married a middle-class lawyer in her thirties, and died suddenly a year later.
Rumors that White had been poisoned caused a public outcry, which forced an inquest into her death.
This content was extracted from Wikipedia and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License