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Created by dipity on Dec 11, 2009

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• Advocate video: 4949 Swiss, the Mary Ellen Bendtsen house
  May 7, 2010 10:01 AM

  Excerpt ...of the second floor. Plus, one of the home tour's organizers, Cynthia Robinson, explains why W.W. Caruth sold the house to Bendtsen's parents. Also, we heard today that Lower Greenville garden boutique, Downing Hill, will have an outdoor kitchen and dining... Source Info The Advocate
  http://www.advocatemag.com/r?19=961&43=357464&44=93086492&32=4997&7=401324&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.advocatemag.com%2Flakewood%2Fblog%2F93086492.html

• Mary Ellen Bendtsen
  Dec 12, 2009 6:26 AM

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• Texas Supreme Court won't hear appeal in case of Swiss Avenue mansion
  Aug 29, 2008 7:29 PM

  Excerpt ...in the long-running battle for ownership of an aging Swiss Avenue mansion, once the crumbling centerpiece of former model Mary Ellen Bendtsen's fantasy world. But 4949 Swiss Ave. remains the focal point of ongoing legal battles – including state felony charges... Source Info Dallas Morning News Related Topics
  http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/083008dnmetswissmansion.3a6257c.html

• Fighting to the end – and beyond
  Aug 16, 2006 4:08 PM

  Excerpt ... On a cold winter night, the last night of January 2005, Mary Ellen Bendtsen wandered her Swiss Avenue mansion as a small group of revelers toasted her homecoming. She turned to the newcomer she'd led through the unheated house as the other guests... Source Info Dallas Morning News
  http://www.dallasnews.com/perl/common/rssredir.pl?page=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/081606dnmet4949swissdayfour.3815e8d.html

• 4949 Swiss Avenue
  Aug 16, 2006 1:27 AM

  Excerpt ... this week plays like a Swiss Avenue version of a Hollywood noir classic. Frail, faded beauty queen Mary Ellen Bendtsen, trapped by her own dowager-empress vanity and grandiose fantasies, fell prey before her death to a pair of grifters... Source Info Dallas Morning News Related Topics
  http://www.dallasnews.com/perl/common/rssredir.pl?page=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-swiss_16edi.ART.State.Edition1.3eb2e74.html