Originally Kathleen Dugan, the 2006 biography “House of Hilton” describes her as a “master of getting what she wanted.” Big Kathy married her first husband Laurence K. Avanzino after getting pregnant with Kathy Hilton. Dugan worked at a gas station while Big Kathy had a job at a cosmetics counter and the two could barely make ends meet.
Jerry Oppenheimer, author of “House of Hilton,” revealed via Page Six that Kathy had her sights on Kenneth Edwin Richards, the son of a minister who was already married. Richards was more successful than Dugan and Big Kathy started an illicit affair with him. Big Kathy allegedly drugged Dugan’s then-wife at a bar and slammed a car door on her ankle hard enough to leave her in a cast for weeks. When Richards showed hesitation about leaving his wife for her, Big Kathy managed to get pregnant with Kim and they both divorced their respective spouses. During their marriage, Big Kathy was accused of feeding her mother-in-law dog food and trying to push Richards down the stairs. Richards’ daughter also claimed Big Kathy gave her a cheeseburger with a screw inside.
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Big Kathy’s third husband was a mobster and her fourth and last husband was an older widower, whom she convinced to sell his house and give her the money to renovate her house. She was still married to him when she died on March 2, 2022.
