{"id":1589,"date":"2024-08-13T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/?p=348941"},"modified":"2025-02-07T16:59:35","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T16:59:35","slug":"millionaire-richard-lugner-who-paid-kim-kardashian-500000-to-be-his-plus-one-dies-at-91","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2024\/08\/13\/millionaire-richard-lugner-who-paid-kim-kardashian-500000-to-be-his-plus-one-dies-at-91\/","title":{"rendered":"Millionaire Richard Lugner who &#8216;paid Kim Kardashian $500,000 to be his plus one&#8217; dies at 91"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Austrian millionaire Richard Lugner has passed away at the age of 91. A business tycoon and entrepreneur, Richard died at his home in Austria on Monday, August 12, per multiple reports. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard Lugner passes away just two months after getting married for the sixth time. He married 42-year-old Simone Reil\u00e4nde on June 1 at Vienna City Hall in Vienna. The millionaire&#8217;s love life appears to have been eventful, and his social schedule was also busy throughout his life. Richard would have various celebrities\u00a0accompany him to the Vienna Opera Ball each year, one of which was <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/kim-kardashian\">Kim Kardashian<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-kim-kardashian-was-richard-lugner-s-plus-one\">Kim Kardashian was Richard Lugner&#8217;s plus one<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/tag\/the-kardashians\">The Kardashians<\/a> star Kim Kardashian is known for being a socialite. But, back in the day, she was taken under the wing of a socialite of all socialites, Richard Lugner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2014, Kim accompanied Richard to the Vienna Opera Ball. Her mom, Kris Jenner, was also in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebritynetworth.com\/richest-businessmen\/richest-billionaires\/richard-lugner-net-worth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Celebrity Net Worth<\/a>: &#8220;He reportedly paid Kim Kardashian $500,000 and then she refused to dance with him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>OMG:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/shows\/doctor-says-khloe-kardashians-workouts-key-to-phenomenal-age-test-result\">Doctor says Khlo\u00e9 K\u2019s \u2018workouts\u2019 key to \u2018phenomenal\u2019 age test result<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Late businessman Richard &#8220;was known for paying celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Pamela Anderson hundreds of thousands of dollars to be his plus one to lavish events,&#8221; reports <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/08\/12\/celebrity-news\/austrian-billionaire-richard-lugner-dead-at-91-two-months-after-marrying-sixth-wife\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Page Six<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2010\/01\/31\/celeb-rent-a-dates\/?_gl=1*1n664ei*_ga*NDMyMzA0NzYzLjE3MDI3NDIzNjY.*_ga_0DZ7LHF5PZ*MTcyMzUxODQ2Ni40MS4wLjE3MjM1MTg0ODAuNDYuMC4w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Post<\/a> previously reported: &#8220;&#8230; Austrian billionaire Richard Lugner has paid for nights with beautiful B-list bombshells. He pays them about $150,000 and, in exchange, they sign autographs at one of his shopping malls and then accompany him to Austria\u2019s premier social event, the Vienna Opera Ball.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The post adds more famous faces Richard had accompany him to the event: &#8220;Paris Hilton, actresses Sophia Loren, Raquel Welch, and Andie MacDowell, and burlesque performer Dita Von Teese.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the annual Opera Ball saw Richard with the likes of Kim Kardashian, Pamela Anderson, Goldie Hawn, Jane Fonda, and Priscilla Presley on his arm, he also partied with Geri Halliwell and Grace Jones in his time, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sun.com\/news\/12177388\/richard-lugner-dead-billionaire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GRV Media and Reality Tidbit have approached Kim Kardashian&#8217;s representatives for comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Richard Lugner war ein erfolgreicher Unternehmer und eine schillernde Pers\u00f6nlichkeit. Ein \u00f6sterreichisches Original, das sich nie verbogen hat. Er ruhe in Frieden! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tqp6Zau9fJ\">pic.twitter.com\/tqp6Zau9fJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Karl Nehammer (@karlnehammer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/karlnehammer\/status\/1822909532558835724?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 12, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-richard-leaves-behind-four-children\">Richard leaves behind four children<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Just two months after marrying for the last time, Richard passed away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He was hospitalized in July after experiencing chronic back pain in June. Page Six writes: &#8220;His health continued to decline on July 12 when he was rushed to the Vienna General Hospital due to a ruptured heart valve.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Emergency services rushed to his villa on Monday but were unable to revive him,&#8221; reports The Sun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Richard has passed but he leaves behind a legacy. The millionaire was well known for building his Lugner City shopping center in Vienna in 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_31-0\">His five marriages were to Christine Gmeiner from 1961 to 1978, Cornelia Laufersweiler\u200b\u200b \u200bfrom 1979 to 1983, Susanne Dietrich from 1984 to 1989, Christina Lugner from 1990 to 2007, and Cathy Schmitz from 2014 to 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being labeled a &#8220;billionaire&#8221; throughout his life, Celebrity Net Worth estimates Richard&#8217;s net worth at $200 million:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In 2014, when attempting to be included in an Austrian magazine&#8217;s list of the country&#8217;s richest citizens, Richard&#8217;s own financial reports showed that he was worth the equivalent of $160 million USD at that time. He also claimed that his net worth increased by roughly $10 million every year. Unfortunately Richard&#8217;s &#8216;billionaire&#8217; status was largely the work of a good publicist.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_33-0\">The construction industry mogul leaves behind four children: Jacqueline, Nadine, Alexander, and Andreas, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/billionaire-richard-lugner-dead-91-months-after-marrying-sixth-wife-8693930\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">People<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>WATCH THE KARDASHIANS ON HULU NOW<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>NO WAY:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/news\/the-kardashians-surgery-transformation-khloes-rhinoplasty-to-kourts-boob-job\">Kardashians\u2019 surgery transformations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Austrian millionaire Richard Lugner has passed away at the age of 91. A business tycoon and entrepreneur, Richard died at his home in Austria on Monday, August 12, per multiple reports. Richard Lugner passes away just two months after getting married for the sixth time. He married 42-year-old Simone Reil\u00e4nde on June 1 at Vienna [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249734210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1358],"tags":[1780,1755,1360],"class_list":["post-1589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-editor-s-picks","tag-kim-kardashian","tag-the-kardashians"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/realityshrine\/2024\/08\/13\/millionaire-richard-lugner-who-paid-kim-kardashian-500000-to-be-his-plus-one-dies-at-91\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Millionaire Richard Lugner who &#8216;paid Kim Kardashian $500,000 to be his plus one&#8217; dies at 91","url":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2024\/08\/13\/millionaire-richard-lugner-who-paid-kim-kardashian-500000-to-be-his-plus-one-dies-at-91\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2024\/08\/13\/millionaire-richard-lugner-who-paid-kim-kardashian-500000-to-be-his-plus-one-dies-at-91\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Helen Williams"}],"creator":["Helen Williams"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Reality Shrine","logo":"https:\/\/realitytvshrine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png"},"keywords":["editor's picks","kim kardashian","the kardashians"],"dateCreated":"2024-08-13T12:00:00Z","datePublished":"2024-08-13T12:00:00Z","dateModified":"2025-02-07T16:59:35Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Millionaire Richard Lugner who &#8216;paid Kim Kardashian $500,000 to be his plus one&#8217; dies at 91\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thetab.com\\\/realityshrine\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/13\\\/millionaire-richard-lugner-who-paid-kim-kardashian-500000-to-be-his-plus-one-dies-at-91\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/thetab.com\\\/realityshrine\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/13\\\/millionaire-richard-lugner-who-paid-kim-kardashian-500000-to-be-his-plus-one-dies-at-91\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"News\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Helen Williams\"}],\"creator\":[\"Helen Williams\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Reality Shrine\",\"logo\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realitytvshrine.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/02\\\/cropped-mX3_1x3z.png\"},\"keywords\":[\"editor's picks\",\"kim kardashian\",\"the kardashians\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2024-08-13T12:00:00Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-13T12:00:00Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-07T16:59:35Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/realitytvshrine.com\/p.js"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/249734210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7546,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1589\/revisions\/7546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}