<p>In this December 2011 photo, Connie Howe pours coffee for Ronald Read, left, and Dave Smith during the Charlie Slate Memorial Christmas breakfast at the American Legion in Brattleboro, Vt. Read, a former gas station employee and janitor who died in June 2014 at age 92, had a long-time habit of foraging for firewood but also had a hidden talent for picking stocks. After his death he bequeathed $6 million to his local library and hospital.</p>
February 5, 2015
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BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) - A man who sometimes held his coat together with safety pins and had a long-time habit of foraging for firewood also had a knack for picking stocks - a talent that became public after his death when he bequeathed $6 million to his local library and hospital.