Married 69 years, this philanthropic couple died 8 days apart—after giving away more than $20 million from a hotel-and-property fortune

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Two of Queensland, Australia’s most prominent philanthropists died within just days of each other. Roy Thompson, who built his fortune as a publican and property developer, died on Aug. 7, only eight days after his wife, Nola Thompson, had passed from Stage 4 ovarian cancer. The couple was married for 69 years, had eight children together, and donated tens of millions of dollars to charity, particularly in the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland.

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