Wills: The Subject Is Rose's

Showman Billy Rose throve on paradox. He was a tiny man who loved tall girls, an East Side slum product turned art patron and esthete, a Broadway hipster who became a shrewd Wall Street investor. Though he died six months ago, leaving an estate that may run as high as $50 million, the para oxes are not ended — Billy Rose has yet to be buried.

Next to George. Getting Billy under ground has been difficult from the ending. It was first hoped that he could be laid to rest amid the $1,000,000 worth of garden sculptures that he presented...