Who killed Sam Westing and how did he die?
He becomes Turtle Wexler's mentor, pays for her expensive education, and plays chess with her every Saturday, even though she tells people she is at the library.He dies on the Fourth of July twenty years after the game is over.Sandy McSouthers is the director of The Westing Game.
Why did Sam Westing create the game?The real Sam Westing was a successful businessman.He funded the education of his servants' daughter, J.J. Ford, and he designs all the pairs in the Westing game so that each person will end up with someone who can best help them.
All of the characters in Ellen Raskin's The Westing Game are winners, despite Turtle Wexler winning the game and later inheriting $200 million.
On the day that the final part of Sam Westing's will was revealed, he died as Sandy McSouthers.