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He was born into a life of privilege, but behind the scenes Julian McMahon's family was fractured after his socialite mother left him with the nanny and cut off ties with his sister


Julian McMahon was born into a life of privilege before he went on to become a huge Hollywood star.

The Nip/Tuck actor, who tragically died last week following a battle with cancer, was the son of a former Australian prime minister, Sir William McMahon, and heiress, socialite and fashion icon, Sonia Hopkins. Sonia was every inch the devoted wife in life and she left her children in the care of a nanny in Sydney to move to Canberra to support his political career The matriarch left her children a $30 million estate which included two Bellevue Hill homes, a Palm Beach retreat, Bathurst rural property, and an eastern suburbs unit.

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