Kaplan died in a New York City hospital on Dec. 31, just hours before the ball dropped in Times Square.

While he bought the mansion in a private deal for an undisclosed sum, it was previously listed at $7.1 million.

We’re told he was especially close with Bethenny Frankel, Tinsley Mortimer, Lydia Hearst and Kelly Obsourne.

We hear the theme is a tribute to her grandparents, who owned the famed El Morocco in New York City in the 1960s.

“A yacht isn’t a flex anymore,” said a boating bon vivant, scanning the St. Barts “superyacht parking lot.” “It’s how many support craft you have.”