When Aretha Franklin died August 16th from pancreatic cancer, she left behind an 80 million dollar estate to....well, she didn't have a will....her lawyer, Don Wilson, says he was after her for years to put something together, but she didn't...
"I was after her for a number of years to do a trust," Los Angeles attorney Don Wilson, who represented Franklin for 28 years told Detroit Free Press. "It would have expedited things and kept them out of probate, and kept things private." According to Michigan law, Franklin's kids will inherit everything.
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