Editing Maria Callas (section)

=== Estate ===
[[File:Maria Callas by Karuvits.jpg|upright|thumb|Portrait of Callas (2004), by Oleg Karuvits]]
According to several Callas biographers, Vasso Devetzi, a Greek pianist near the same age as Callas, insinuated herself into Callas's trust during her last years and acted virtually as her agent.<ref>{{cite book|last=Galatopoulos|first=Stelios|year=1998|title=Maria Callas, Sacred Monster|location=New York|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-0-684-85985-9|url=https://archive.org/details/mariacallassacre00gala}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_news.php?id=209|title=Franco Zeffirelli Says Maria Callas Was Poisoned @www.classicalsource.com|website=www.classicalsource.com|access-date=July 5, 2018|archive-date=July 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706022259/http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_news.php?id=209|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OIQOMZPshGkC&pg=PA310 | title=Maria Callas: An Intimate Biography| isbn=978-0-312-31002-8| last1=Edwards| first1=Anne| date=February 27, 2003| publisher=St. Martin's Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/mystery-of-the-callas-millions-resurfaces-as-jewels-are-put-up-for-auction-7907004.html|title=Mystery of the Callas millions resurfaces as jewels are put up for|date=October 26, 2004|website=The Independent}}</ref> This claim is corroborated by Iakintha (Jackie) Callas in her 1990 book ''Sisters,'' wherein she asserts that Devetzi conned Maria out of control of half of her estate while promising to establish the Maria Callas Foundation to provide scholarships for young singers; after hundreds of thousands of dollars had allegedly vanished, Devetzi finally did establish the foundation.<ref>{{cite book | last=Callas | first=Jackie | title=Sisters: A Revealing Portrait of the World's Most Famous Diva | publisher=St. Martin's Press | location=Gordonsville, Virginia |year=1990 | isbn=978-0-312-03934-9 }}</ref>