Martha "Sunny" von Bulow, an heiress who had spent her last 28 years in a coma, died Saturday in New York.

According to the AP obituary, von Bulow was a personification of romantic notions about high society -- a stunning heiress who brought her American millions to marriages with men who gave her honored old European names.

She was also referenced in "The Coma" episode of "Seinfeld" when Jerry is trying to decide if he should pursue a woman whose boyfriend is in a coma.