His widow ran the show for four years until she felt unable to do so due to its high demands of time and effort.
Wagner's widow, Cosima, ran the early years in stern homage to her husband's specific wishes.
His widow ran the firm until 1850, closing it down shortly before her own death in 1851.
The widow gathered her children and ran out of the front door seeking protection from another Bengali family thirty yards across the court.
Now his widow is running in his place in Tuesday's election.
Lady Bird Johnson's father provides the $10,000, and gets confirmation that the widow will not run.
It was a strange and unusual Senate race: A dead man and his widow running against an incumbent.
This socialite and three-time widow is running low on youth and inheritance.
"I merely heard that their widows were running a bed-and-breakfast here."
His widow, Violet, inherited the team and ran it until her own death in 1962.