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Another Member Of Music Royalty Dies With No Will
Published Thursday, September 13, 2018 at: 7:00 AM EDT
Legendary singer, Aretha Franklin succumbed to pancreatic cancer at the age of 76 on August 16, 2018, and she was accorded funeral rites reserved for music royalty. At once humble and a diva, the Queen of Soul, who famously demanded respect, sadly died without a will. Her estate is subject to probate, a long-drawn out public legal proceeding to hear claims by her four children and other relatives — an undignified end for music royalty.While Ms. Franklin was a genius by most measures and her music legacy lives on, she appears to have had a blind spot when it came to money...
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