In 2009, Forbes had estimated Wassersteins net worth at $2.2 billion, making him the 147th wealthiest person in America. When I finally reached the pulpit and began to speak, my voice cracked. The nurses there call every mother Mommy.. He was bruised all over his body, explains one who saw him after he returned to the office that May. Four years after that play opened, Wasserstein began fertility treatments, and in 1999 Lucy Jane Wasserstein was born prematurely. I had never been asked to be the opening act at an Episcopal service before. She needs a name, he said. ''She's very competitive.''. Dr. Goldstein is deeply committed to womens-health issues, and she still wears the insignia of her activist generation: dangling earrings, little makeup, and evolved-graduate-student attire. Hed come in; hed go to his office. I went home, got into bed, and cried. Would you like to hold Lucy? Catherine asked me that morning. Wasserstein Word around town was that Chao was fine with his decision to adopt Wendy Wassersteins daughter, Lucy Jane, and have her come live at 927 Fifth after Wendys death. On behalf of the firm, Judi Mackey issued this statement: Bruce was a visionary leader of the firm from January of 2002 until his untimely passing in October 2009. Thats right. Lucy's birth is in effect the final act of ''The Heidi Chronicles'' (1989), in which the heroine (whose name was borrowed from Ms. Ettinger), after much spiritual anguish and backing and forthing, becomes a single mother and sits, rocking her baby and singing, ''Darling, you send me. Asked about the rumors that he was gravely ill, he told reporter Anthony Bianco, Its just silly, and added, Im exactly the same weight I was ten years ago. Although I have given up trying to estimate how old she is, it is clear that my mother is a trouper. Weeks earlier, Miss Hutchinson had told me, Every night, I pray for all the children here. I began to pray for them, too. And the idea that either Bruces or Wendys admirers might want to pay their respects by visiting their gravesite is not received kindly. By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. The decade of loss had almost passed, and I was content to be uprooted, in space, alone. To Jeanne Manford, it was just part of being a parent. Howve you been? he asked. Pinterest. Miss Hutchinson wins Best Supporting Actress in The Birth of Lucy Jane, Gerry said over dinner. My friend Gerald Gutierrez, the Broadway director, pulled back the curtain. As this article went to press, an informed source, in conjunction with Howard Rubenstein and Judi Mackey, Lazards public-relations head, finally told Vanity Fair, While in a car on his way to a lunch downtown with his daughter Pamela, Mr. Wasserstein experienced a sudden and unexpected cardiac arrhythmia. Fertility treatments, even more than high-school dances, are a regular confirmation of negative femininity, with every disappointment underscored by megadoses of hormones. I put my hand through the porthole and touched her head. Two weeks later, Lucy was born, at about 27 weeks gestation. It was kind of, well, I won. Look, I hope its just for the night, she said. I think Lucy and Shayna leave here in the middle of the night and go out for pizza, I said one evening, trying to lighten the mood. Most likely, shell grow out of it. And building firms, not destroying them. Melania Trump Apparently RSVPd F--k Off to Her Husbands Post-Arraignment Speech. But I had lost my momentum. Not a problem, he told me. He was put on life support immediately upon arrival at the hospital. Most of us didnt really notice for a while that he was gone because most of us had very little interaction with the guy.