Ms Lim Bee Bee died of diabetes and kidney failure, at 51 in January last year. She was a Singapore Airlines poster girl before she left to run a hair salon.
Three men in her life were mentioned in her will, which she changed at least once. They were Mr Goh Chin Peng, her lover of four years, Mr Kelvin Lim Chen Yeow, her nephew and her former husband Michael Cheong, whom she divorced in 1987. They had no children.
According to The Straits Times, Mr Cheong was the original benefactor of her estate. But, she later changed her will and left everything to Mr Lim, including her hair salon and properties worth about $1 million.
For Mr Goh, she put her retirement savings into a joint account with him. As a result, Mr Goh, an aircraft maintenance technician with the Republic of Singapore Air Force, inherited the A$273,069 (S$345,731) in the account on her death, reported The Straits Times.
Mr Lim was unhappy with this and went to court to wrestle the money from Mr Goh.
Last Tuesday, however, the court ruled that Mr Goh could keep the cash as it was intended for him. In addition, Justice Chan Seng Onn also rapped Mr Lim for being 'greedy'.
The nephew's story
Nephew Kelvin Lim Chen Yeow, 35, told The Sunday Times over the phone that he knew his aunt better than anyone else, having been with her every day for the past 30 years.
He joined her hair salon, called Match Point, immediately after his national service and was groomed to be her successor, spending 10 hours a day, every day of the week, working with Ms Lim.
'My mother and I took care of her when she was sick and kept her company at the salon. She was alone only at night when we went home,' he told The Sunday Times.
The lover's story
Mr Goh Chin Peng, Ms Lim's lover of four years, told The Sunday Times that their social activities included nightly dinners, jogging and practising taiji, with weekends spent at Jack's Place, her favourite restaurant. They also went on overseas holidays.
Mr Goh also told The Sunday Times that he proposed to her two years after they met but she declined, saying marriage at their age was pointless.
'But she treated me like a husband. When I came home from work, she'd tell the dog 'Daddy's home!' and greet me at my car. Before I went to work in the morning, I'd hug and kiss her goodbye. I loved her so much and I still do,' he said.
'Bee Bee and I were like husband and wife: Whatever was hers was mine and whatever was mine was hers. If I had died before her, I'd have given her at least half of what I owned,' he told The Sunday Times.
Prudent and generous woman
According to The Sunday Times, Ms Lim had always been prudent and generous with her money.
She bought a property in Australia and rented it out. When she sold it, she left the money in a fixed deposit account to let it accumulate more interest.
She did not borrow money from the banks when her salon went into some financial difficulties in 2004. Instead, she took a $48,000 interest-free loan from Mr Goh. Only $8,000 was left unpaid when she died.
In 1993, she was featured in The Straits Times for her habit of getting advice from customers on share-trading while styling their hair.
She paid for her niece's education in Australia and supported Mr Lim and his mother after his father died.
When Mr Lim's son was born three years ago, she gave the newborn a $1,000 hongbao.
For more, check out today's edition of The Straits Times.
