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The fact that General Motors' and Tiger Woods' paths are diverging brings down the curtain on some quirky ads that aimed to draw younger buyers to Buick.
GM and Woods announced the end of their 10-year deal, effective Dec. 31, a year early Monday. The beleaguered auto maker cited budget problems, while Woods expressed a desire for more personal time for his family. He and his wife, Elin, are expecting their second child this winter. Their first, daughter Sam, was born on June 18, 2007.
Buick isn't your father's Oldsmobile, a storied line of vehicles GM discontinued in 2004 in part because they didn't keep up with the times. But it isn't your son's Corvette, either, and GM focused most of its endorsement pact with Woods on the hope that his youthful image and athletic prowess could help Buick shed its own stodgy image.
The Buick commercials didn't push the envelope as far as one of Woods's Nike ads, in which he walks on water to hit a so-called "Jesus shot" from a lily pad and nestle the ball within a few feet of the cup.
But one Buick ad in particular remains memorable because it thrust the world's No. 1 golfer into roles in two sports. He morphed from the practice tee into a blitzing linebacker to tackle a guy trying to abscond with his golf bag, emblazoned with the Buick logo.
Tiger's tackling was so efficient that he bruised the face of his prey, actor Al Nowicki, although not his ego.
Asked about the collision later, Nowicki said the tackle "was Tiger's idea, and I was fine with it. I haven't played football since high school, but it was a good hit."
"It was a lot of fun," Nowicki said during a Sports Illustrated interview published in January 2007.
It didn't seem like fun at the time, if you judge by clips of the commercial shoot. Woods and crew members also express surprise and then concern about Nowicki, who got some TLC after the collision. Of course, the final commercial showed no evidence of the collision, and showed, rather, Nowicki stubbornly clinging to his prize as Tiger tries to wrest it from him.
As for GM, the automaker and Woods had opened discussions about ending their contract early even before the Big Three automakers recently sought multibillion-dollar bailouts recently.
And as for Tiger, the automaker might want to remain on good terms with him, even though he soon won't have to carry the bag for Buick anymore and will be free to grab life in a Dodge or see whether Ford has a better idea.
After all, golf industry observers estimate that Woods's monetary worth could reach $1 billion in 2010, and maybe he could float GM a loan.
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Fantastic hotel!
My husband and I just returned from a week in Europe and spent a majority of our time at this hotel. The rooms are small, but that is typical is Europe. Everything was extremely clean. The bathroom was spotless. The down comforters felt like home. The only downfall is that there is not an alarm clock in the room, but they are very prompt with their wake up calls.
Breakfast was great in the morning and the front desk/reception/concierge was terrific. They all bent over backwards for us.
The Tube stop is relatively close - about a block away. And it's a major station with several trains. Restaurants in the area are plentiful.
We plan to stay here on our next trip to London. Great place to stay!
Excellent Hotel
An excellent hotel--superb service, first-rate breakfast, and very pleasant rooms. Highly recommended.
Stay was excellent! Got a great deal on expedia, definitely worth the price. The room and bathroom was very clean, and the breakfast was wonderful, but a bit pricey. Location is great. A couple minutes walk to Earl's Court tube station, which is a good station to catch trains from many different lines. Would definitely stay there again.
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Arrived with some friends of mine, My room was OK but the bright lights faced my window and it was brighter than day light at night, I got sick for 3-days there, not much concern! They screwed my friends stay pretty much, messed up his room and didnt help much if any, we will be back in the UK -but certainly not there, the rooms were like dorm rooms!!
What a big mistake
just arrived- no welcome drink- no room set up- i have paid for a triple and a double - got a single and a twin- changed rooms - sleep four hours - they called me and wanted me to change back to a double they wanted 350.00 american to give me a roll away - im now sleeping on the floor and I will never come here again- what ***** to change my room 3 times in 8 hours- my wife is sick with 102 temp - screw this place- what ********- i wont even go back to the uk again ray barry
Bravo Bravo!!
Stayed here just last week! The room is small but very very clean especially the bathroom! Concierge was great! (thank you James!) Breakfast was immaculate and very hearty! Get a good start in the morning by eating here! It has individual tempurture control, plenty of channels to watch, mini bar, small safe, convenient computer access, and two blocks from Earl's Court. Down the street from the hotel (stand in front of the hotel, it's the street going foward and on the left) there is Boots the Chemist, KFC, Earl's Court, ATMs, photo developing, McDonalds, Nando's, etc. It is a little out of the way for touring but for the price, it's great! I will be back next year here only! NO REGRETS AT THIS HOTEL!
Affordable AND nice
A hotel that was affordable AND nice. Got a good rate on expedia. Would definitely stay again. Located close to Earls Court Station where 2 subway lines go. Bus stop also nearby. In a quiet street. Small room (which is normal for London). Clean not stuffy. Loved the huge towels!
Free internet in the lobby is great. Wonderful breakfast buffet but not included in all rates. Porter service slow.
Inexpensive -- but Cheap Too
Neighborhood is out of the way and shabby, but quite safe. Rooms are rather shabby as well; very spare; reminiscent of a dormatory, down to the tacky Scandanavian Modern furniture. Little closet or drawer space. Cleanliness varies. Staff efficient and well-trained, but not warm or welcoming. Breakfast was excellent -- good thing with London food prices so high. A fair to good value overall, but neither comfortable nor convenient. If you can pay a bit more (or significantly more), try elsewhere -- but London isn't a bargain anywhere.
Quiet Haven
We spent 8 nights at the K & K Hotel George in Feb.- March 2003. Every staff person we encountered was extremely helpful and professional. One evening one of the computers with free internet access refused to function, and the reception staff woman remarked to us, "This is so embarrassing!" The lobby lounge was always busy, with international visitors enjoying beer, wine, tea and coffee. Our twin room, though small, was spotless, and with its balcony, overlooked a quiet residential street. Big fluffy towels, on a warming rack, greeted us every day, and the bathroom was squeaky clean. Included in the room charge was a plentiful breakfast buffet, where the attention to detail was characteristically wonderful. We hope to return again!
Out of the way, but pretty nice!
K+K George was nice and stylish. It is all the way out at Earls Court, but the tube is just down the way. Featherbed and pillows were a nice touch, room is small by anything other than London standards, but the windows were big, overlooking a private garden. I even saw a fox in there one morning!
Free breakfast is pretty good but seems to cater to American tastes. I could have done with some black pudding, for example, and there was none.
There were several American teens staying at the hotel who had very poor table manners, all seemed to grip their forks like hammers and loved to speak with full mouths. They also made sport of running about the property shouting at all hours. This however, can not be blamed on the hotel.
All told, I think the George represents pretty good value. I just wish it was one or two tube stops closer to the action.
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The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation...a chunk out of an HIVer the day before. HIV does not survive outside the human body. So enjoy Baby Cujo and teach him not to bite before he grows up to be the size of Chewbacca and chews your bacca off!You can read more about HIV transmission in... Read more »
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Starting Items
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Start with a machete and upgrade this into a Trailblazer as soon as possible. As long as you get a good leash to start the game you can actually stay out in the jungle ganking and clearing camps until you have enough gold so that you can also buy Boots and Trailblazer on your first trip back to base.
Core Items
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Set 2
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Your build will obviously depend on your team and on the enemies you're facing. If you are fed (2 or 3 early kills) and feel like you are going to need damage, magic penetration is amazing on Sejuani and that will allow you to deal a lot of damage.
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Final Build
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Once your Core is complete you should work towards all these items. However, Sejuani's builds shouldn't be stale and you have to adapt your items to the game! You are going to need Ancient Golem every game, and probably Randuin's too, but the other items can be changed according to your needs. Sunfire provides you a lot of tanky stats and some dps, which works wonders with the magic penetration from Liandry's torment. Here's a list of items that go well with Sejuani:
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- Frozen Heart
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Abyssal scepter: Amazing damage option if you are ahead and also want to increase your team's damage output.
Thornmail: Get this if enemies have strong carries who rely mostly on autoattacks instead of abilities. It sinergizes very well with all the magic pen you get from other items, as it will increase the damage return.
Banshee's Veil: Get it if you are against a mostly AP team and they can stop you before you engage or poke you a lot.
Locket of the Iron Solari: If you are facing a mostly AP comp and your supports doesn't get this, you can get it to support your team, especially if you are behind. The CDR and active are quite helpful.
Frozen Heart: This is an amazing item to reduce enemy attack speed while making you tanky. It also gives you some mana to aid to your sustain, and 20% CDR for you ult and Q.
Liandry's torment: If you get this item you'll have even more AoE damage in teamfights.
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Sure the holidays are a fun time for families to sit around talking about what happened on the latest episode of The Walking Dead or how granddaughter Mary is doing in dance class. But they are also a great time to have the important -- yet often difficult -- conversations about estate planning. What happens when Mom dies? Does anyone know where Dad kept his will? Did they ever transfer the investment accounts into their revocable living trust like they were supposed to?
Many families don't ask these tough questions ... especially when dynamics are strained, like in many second-marriage families or when siblings don't get along well. It certainly isn't easy to blurt out after passing the gravy, "Hey Dad, does your will put me or your wife in charge of your estate?"
But these conversations are important. When the proper estate planning isn't done, it's the family members left behind who pay the price, often with bitter, ugly, and costly probate court battles. They happen to families all across the country on a daily basis, from those of modest wealth to the very rich.
How do you start the dialogue to make sure your loved ones have done their estate planning the right way, without coming off as invasive or even greedy? At Trial & Heirs, we believe that using celebrity stories are the best way to get the conversation started. We see celebrities make the same mistakes that everyone else makes -- only the dollar figures are different.
To help with this year's family holiday conversations, we share our Trial & Heirs Top 10 Celebrity Estate Stories of 2014 and how they highlight important lessons for your family.
10. Patrick Swayze -- Tabloids recently reported that some of Swayze's family members believe his will was forged while the late Dirty Dancing star was hospitalized two months before he died. His will left everything to Swayze's widow and nothing to his mother or siblings. At this point, the will remains valid, despite the allegations of forgery and incompetency, because no lawsuit was ever filed to challenge it. Because it has been more than five years since Swayze died, on September 14, 2009, a court case is very unlikely.
Lesson: Estates and trusts are administered under timelines imposed by the laws of the state of residence of the person who died. Anyone who feels that there is something wrong with a will, trust, or other estate-planning document should act quickly and talk to an experienced probate litigation attorney, before time runs out.
9. Mick Jagger's Girlfriend -- When L'Wren Scott committed suicide this past March, Jagger was so grief-stricken that the Rolling Stones postponed their tour through Asia and Australia. Because of this delay, entities affiliated with the bank made a $12.6 million insurance claim. The claim was denied, and this in turn led to multiple legal proceedings against various London insurance companies. The dispute was quickly settled after the insurance companies tried to obtain personal information from Scott's family members, including L'Wren's medical and treatment records, texts, and even Twitter and Facebook posts. Sir Mick took a beating in the media from Scott's family members who blamed him for the lawsuit.
Lesson: Insurance disputes after a loved one dies are not uncommon, especially when there is a controversy about who should be the beneficiary. Good estate and financial planning can help avoid these kinds of lawsuits, which can quickly grow expensive, bitter, and even public as the Rolling Stones learned.
8. Tom Clancy -- Eight million dollars is at stake in a new battle brewing between family members of the late author, because his estate planning was unclear. The dispute centers around who should be responsible for the estate taxes resulting from Clancy's $82 million estate. Should the widow's share of Clancy's trust pay half of the $16 million IRS bill, or should his children from a prior marriage pay it all?
Lesson: It is important for trusts to be drafted clearly and without ambiguities, so disputes over what was really intended can be avoided. This is especially critical in mixed-marriage families, which often pit the spouse against children from a prior marriage.
7. Lou Reed -- The crooner, who died on October 27, 2013, relied only on a will to distribute his $30 million estate. This allowed the New York media to publish details about Reed's assets, income, and who received what. Most people with even a small fraction of that wealth prefer to avoid probate court, which is public, time-consuming, expensive, and much more prone to fighting.
Lesson: A revocable living trust, when used properly, can avoid probate court entirely, keeping the family's affairs private and away from the probate process.
6. Paul Walker -- Walker died from a car crash one year ago, at age 40. His father filed to open his estate in probate court, revealing that the late actor had a will, trust, and about $25 million in assets. Walker signed his will in 2001, which was the same year that his first Fast & Furious movie was released and he became famous.
Lesson: While Walker is to be commended for doing his estate planning at a young age -- highlighting how no one should wait until they are old to do estate planning -- he should not have gone twelve years without updating his documents. Wills and trusts usually need to be revised after life events, such as the birth of children, changes in the amount of money someone has, marriages, divorces, and more. Walker's final wishes at age 40 may have been different than what they were when he signed his will at age 28.
5. Mickey Rooney -- The late child actor cast a national spotlight on the growing epidemic of elder abuse before he passed away at age 93 earlier this year. Because of exploitation by his wife's family members, Rooney died almost penniless. Still, this didn't stop his family from fighting in court. With no money to battle over, they instead fought about where he should be buried.
Lesson: It's not only wealthy estates that lead to family fights after someone dies. Many families spend most or all of an estate's value paying lawyers to battle in probate court. The best way to prevent this from happening is with good estate planning.
4. Philip Seymour Hoffman -- The former Oscar winner disregarded the advice of his legal and financial advisers, deciding not to create a trust because he did not want to have "trust fund kids". He instead left everything to the mother of his children, trusting that she would take care of the money for the kids. Unfortunately his planning left a huge estate tax bill, based on his reported estate value of $34 million. This could have been minimized or even avoided altogether with proper estate planning, including a revocable living trust.
Lesson: Trusts don't have to create "trust fund kids." Instead, creative estate planning lawyers drafts trusts to meet almost any goal, including avoiding the incentive for trust beneficiaries to become lazy, such as by requiring them to reach a certain age, avoid drugs and alcohol, or even earning a specified income level before they inherit. Hoffman could have better protected his family and his financial legacy, without allowing his children to become spoiled.
3. Robin Williams -- Public records reveal that the late, great comic actor left behind multiple trusts to benefit his heirs, along with an additional trust dating from the time of his most recent divorce. These trusts, along with the fact that no probate estate was filed, suggest that Robin Williams did the proper estate planning to protect his loved ones. While there were concerns after he died that Williams had been in financial distress, real estate owned by his trusts appears to have more than $20 million in equity, along with whatever royalties, investments, etc., remain. Because Williams used trusts the right way, details about his finances may forever remain private.
Lesson: After Robin Williams' death, it was revealed that he had Parkinson's and Lewy Body Dementia. Yet he created his trusts years ago, before he became sick. Everyone should follow his lesson and do the proper estate planning before a life-threatening illness or condition arises. When wills, trusts, or other estate planning documents are signed after someone becomes gravely sick -- especially when some type of dementia is involved -- families often fight over whether the documents are valid. Williams' family apparently won't have to worry about that concern, because of his foresight.
2. Joan Rivers -- There are not many people who live to age 81, but still are said to have died too soon. Joan Rivers was certainly one of them. She was far more active and vibrant than her age suggested she would be. Melissa Rivers hired a law firm to investigate what happened in the operating room that caused her early death. Sadly, that's often the only way to get answers when a loved one's death results from what appears to be negligence or medical malpractice. At least Melissa had one less problem to deal with: because of Joan Rivers' smart estate planning, including proper end-of-life documents, Melissa was able to terminate life support and allow her mother to die with dignity, consistent with Joan's written wishes.
Lesson: Wills and trusts are not the only important estate planning documents. Powers of attorney, living wills, and other end-of-life documents are also critical, for everyone. If Joan Rivers did not have the right documents in place before tragedy struck, Melissa Rivers would have been forced to go to court to make her mother's final decisions.
1. Casey Kasem -- The American Top 40 DJ died this past June, yet his body still has not been buried almost six months later due to a family fight. The family sparred over his care and the right to visit him, before he died, and are now fighting over what should happen to his body ... and whether it should be buried in Norway. Soon, they will be fighting over who should receive his two million dollar life insurance policy. Kasem's children from a prior marriage accuse his widow of causing his death, so they will ask a court to disinherit Jean Kasem under California's slayer statute -- which prohibits a person from killing someone and then inheriting.
Lesson: This family estate fight has already set a new standard for bitterness, but so far no family member has gone to court seeking money ... yet. It highlights how nasty estate battles can be when emotions take over. Because emotions often drive these disputes, no family is immune, no matter how much (or how little) money is involved.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are co-authors of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and attorneys with the Michigan law firm, Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. Click here to subscribe to their e-newsletter, The Trial & Heirs Update and learn more about their book. You can reach them at firstname.lastname@example.com.
It's rough being Mick Jagger sometimes. Even as the front man for the famed Rolling Stones, he Can't Always Get What he Wants. But when he tries, at least sometimes, he just might find ... that he gets what he needs. These days, what Sir Mick (as he is known officially in England) truly needs is some peace and quiet ... and a little privacy. Is it too much to ask to Get Off of his Cloud?
Sir Mick took a beating in the media last week when a lawsuit that he had hoped to keep quiet became very public. That is what often happens with lawsuits involving those in the public eye, especially in this digital age. In many courts across the country -- federal courts especially, but more and more probate and other states courts too -- anyone who knows how to track down the electronic court records and is willing to pay a small cost can read all the juicy details about court battles from the comforts of their own home.It appears that a group of London-based insurance companies not only knew this reality, but took advantage of it. To Jagger's great dismay, they brought a British lawsuit stateside. And when the media caught wind of it, wild horses couldn't have dragged Sir Mick away.
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Specifically, Rolling Stones-related companies filed a lawsuit in England against a series of insurance underwriters (affiliated with Lloyd's of London) for more than 12.6 million dollars (U.S.), seeking to collect on an insurance policy. The policy protected against cancellation of the Rolling Stones' planned 2014 Asia and Australia Tour, for unexpected reasons, such as the death of a loved one or a serious illness.
Mick Jagger's girlfriend, L'Wren Scott, was listed in the policy as one of the covered loved ones. When she committed suicide on March 17, 2014 -- about two weeks before the tour was to begin -- Jagger was understandably overcome with grief. The Stones tour was postponed.
Sir Mick was so upset, in fact, that he was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and was told to take thirty days off from performing. This put the entire tour in jeopardy.
Doesn't this seem like the precise reason why a band would purchase tour cancellation insurance? The premium alone for the policy was more than one million dollars. Granted, It's Only Rock 'N Roll (But I Like It); still, this is big business we're talking about. The $12.6 million amount was the cost of rescheduling the tour. So why didn't the insurance companies pay up?
The problem was that they did not believe that Mick Jagger's diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder was legitimate. They opposed the insurance claim by arguing that Jagger was not seen in person by the doctor who issued the diagnosis, and the doc wasn't a psychologist or a psychiatrist. The insurers also pointed out that the policy had many exclusions -- such as when the death was not "sudden and unforeseen" and that it stemmed from a medical condition (specifically, L'Wren Scott's depression that apparently led to her suicide).
The Insurance Companies Hit Where It Hurts
Merely opposing the lawsuit in London wasn't enough, though. The insurance companies started two new legal proceedings -- in New York and Utah -- seeking the right to obtain information relevant to the lawsuit from people located in the United States. This is normal operating procedure when an overseas lawsuit involves witnesses, documents, or other important evidence that is located in this country. So, at first blush, the insurance companies were only following protocol.
The two new legal proceedings asked for the right to subpoena the executor of L'Wren Scott's estate, along with her personal assistant and even her brother. The Utah proceeding targeted at Scott's brother was especially broad -- asking for the right to obtain every email, text message, Facebook and Twitter message exchanged between the siblings in the six months before she died. The insurance companies also asked for Scott's medical and treatment records.
The Scott family was outraged that L'Wren's privacy would be violated in this fashion. A family member told England's The Daily Mail that they couldn't believe that Mick Jagger would pursue the lawsuit. The family member said he had enough money and his claim of being unstable after L'Wren's suicide was "ridiculous." The family reportedly pointed out how Jagger was already the beneficiary of L'Wren Scott's estate. This raised the question: Did Mick Jagger go too far seeking the insurance money?
A spokesman for Mick Jagger quickly refuted the reports, saying that the insurance lawsuit had already been resolved out of court -- after the time the Utah and New York legal proceedings were started (in mid-October) but before the media found the new court filings last week. The statement said that Jagger and his bandmates were very upset that the private details of their lives and those of their loved ones were placed into the public eye by the insurance filings here in the United States.
Was it a bit underhanded? Maybe. The insurance companies certainly could have asked to have the filings sealed before they were leaked to the media. But there was more than twelve million dollars at issue, and the gameplan of trying to Shine A Light on L'Wren Scott's mental illness certainly proved effective. The settlement occurred in the three weeks between the new court filings and the public release of the information, last week. Certainly Jagger didn't cherish being portrayed as a (Beast of) Burden to L'Wren Scott's family in the media.
Stones Lawsuit Has A Secret Player -- One That's Familiar to Michael Jackson Fans
But the real irony here is that Mick Jagger may not have been the one behind this whole mess. When the lawsuit was filed in Utah, it made the entire London lawsuit and the insurance policy itself a matter of public record. That record reveals that the true beneficiary of the insurance policy wasn't just the Rolling Stones. Rather, the named payee (i.e. the one who would receive the insurance payout) was concert promoter AEG Live. Remember that company? Michael Jackson fans sure do. The Jackson estate and AEG were in a similar insurance fight when Jackson's death caused his tour to be cancelled.
This means that, as the ultimate payee of the insurance policy, AEG Live would have at least participated in the lawsuit decisions, such as filing it in the first place and ultimately settling it, unless AEG Live had reached its own settlement with the insurance companies ahead of time, as it did in the Michael Jackson case.
Even if AEG Live wasn't controlling the decision making for the Stones' lawsuit, the matter still may not have been in Sir Mick's hands. The parties who started the case where two limited liability companies -- one owned by the various Rolling Stones band members and eight other musicians, and another that provided support personnel, equipment, and service to the band during the tour. This means that Mick Jagger may have had little -- or maybe even anything -- to do with the decision to sue over the insurance proceeds. He certainly wasn't the one who made the details public.
Yet Mick Jagger got the blame. Was he rightly portrayed as a callous Street Fighting Man? Or is pointing out that Sir Mick wasn't (at least entirely) to blame akin to expressing Sympathy for the Devil? Rolling Stones fans can debate this all they want; these details will like stay private because the lawsuit settlement was confidential.
Where's the lesson in all of this ... other than the obvious one of being careful not to go too far using song titles in an article? Privacy matters! There is little doubt that a desire to protect privacy directly impacted the decision to settle this lawsuit.
It's not just famous people who have to worry about this concern when court battles break out after the death of a loved one. Insurance coverage fights are not uncommon -- although they are usually between potential beneficiaries, not usually whether the policy should be paid at all. For example, Whitney Houston had been involved in a court fight like this, against her step-mother, which resolved in Whitney's favor not long before she died.
Similarly, many families get embroiled in ugly estate fights after a loved one dies, often caused by poor or incomplete estate planning. For anyone who has been through one of these battles, the concept of keeping the family's messy fight private and out of the public court room is not a theoretical concept. Privacy matters, even to non-celebrities.
And the best way to preserve privacy after someone dies is with good estate planning, including a revocable living trust. In the insurance context, this means the trust should be the named beneficiary of the life insurance (at least in most instances). Making this important change is a key part of the estate planning process, yet many people forget about it. When it's not done, it often leads to a public, inconvenient, expensive, and sometimes nasty trip to probate court.
So even though you won't likely have to worry about a 12.6 million dollar insurance claim, your loved ones may very well find themselves in a fight as ugly and public as this Mick Jagger's ... if you don't work with your legal and financial professionals to complete your estate planning the right way. Why take the chance of relying on incomplete, faulty, or even nonexistent estate planning? Your heirs would dislike the fight as much as Sir Mick did.
Taking the chance that poor estate planning won't cause a public family fight is like Tumbling Dice.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are co-authors of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and attorneys with the Michigan law firm, Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. Click here to subscribe to their e-newsletter, The Trial & Heirs Update and learn more about their book. You can reach them at firstname.lastname@example.com.
It has been more than twenty years since Kurt Cobain, the lead singer of Nirvana, died from a shotgun blast to his head, at age 27. His talent, passion, and creativity launched a new movement for not only rock music, but American culture itself.
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Cobain was a game-changer who burned too bright -- brighter than he could handle. His suicide note summarized it well: "I don't have the passion anymore, and so remember, it's better to burn out than to fade away."
Cobain's death may have epitomized the burning out of a flame that grew too hot, but it sparked something else -- court fights and ugly battles over his legacy that continued for almost 20 years.
His widow, Courtney Love, has been at the center of it all. In 1997, she and Cobain's former Nirvana band-mates, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, formed a limited liability company to manage all Nirvana-related projects. Just a few years later, on the eve of the release of a massive 45-track box set of Nirvana rare recordings, Love filed a lawsuit to dissolve the LLC.
Love claimed that her 1997 agreement with the pair should have been voided because she signed the deal under bad advice, and Cobain was really the band -- Grohl and Novoselic were only sidemen, Love said. They, unsurprisingly, counter-sued Love, seeking to remove her from the LLC because she was "incapacitated". They asked for a psychiatric examination of her.
The fighting went back and forth until 2002, when they settled the lawsuit and agreed to green-light the release of the box set. Eventually, when Nirvana was inducted into the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame in the Spring of 2014, Love, Grohl and Novoselic appeared together and said they mended their relationship.
The lawyer, Rhonda Holmes, accused the would-be defendants of "such greed and moral turpitude" that the case would "make Bernard Madoff look warm and fuzzy." Yet the lawsuit never came to fruition, much to Love's disappointment.
So what did Love do instead? She took to Twitter to accuse Holmes of being bought out by those responsible for the claimed estate fraud. Love even blamed Holmes for causing a rift in her relationship with her daughter, Frances Cobain, Kurt's daughter.
In fact, in 2009, Frances Cobain went to court for a restraining order against her mother. Love lost custody of her daughter as well control of a trust fund that had been set up through Kurt Cobain's estate for Frances' benefit.
Holmes never did file a lawsuit on Love's behalf, but instead sued Courtney Love, claiming she committed libel by her accusatory tweet. Love eventually won the lawsuit, after a trial in early 2014. The jury found that the accusations were untrue, but that Love didn't knowingly make a false statement.
What was the fall-out from all this fighting? Love says she lost about $27 million, mostly because of the lawsuits, and she ended up selling a share of the publishing rights to Nirvana music in 2006, for $50 million. Love is still estranged from her daughter, Frances, who reportedly inherited 37% of her father's estate when she turned 18, in 2010.
Love also gave up control of Cobain's image and licensing rights, in exchange for a loan in 2009 from the trust that was created for Frances. Despite this, Love said in an interview that she still has veto power over how Nirvana songs are used. Love also said that Frances has no vote in the Nirvana music catalog until she turns 40.
The Kurt Cobain Estate has an estimated value of $450 million -- although Courtney Love has previously claimed most of the estate assets were gone. Clearly, Cobain's image, publicity rights, and songs have led to a continual income stream for Courtney Love and Frances Cobain both.
With that much value, one would have thought that Cobain set up a detailed estate plan, with a will, various trusts, and other legal protections so his family wouldn't fight, right? Nope. Kurt Cobain made the mistake that up to two-thirds of adults in our country have made -- he never made out even a simple will. His assets passed "intestate," meaning without a will, to Courtney Love and Frances Cobain.
By dying intestate, not only did Cobain have no say in who received his assets, or how or when they received them, he was not able to name an executor or trustee to manage his assets. This included his image rights, publishing and performance royalties, and his valuable licensing rights. As a result, Love was left in charge, despite her well-publicized struggles with drugs, psychiatric problems, and instability.
In fact, an attorney said that Cobain came to her before he died to create a will that would have excluded Love, because Cobain was planning to divorce her. Is that true? We will never know, but we do know that Cobain's messy estate never should have been exposed to this much trouble.
Cobain owed it to his loved ones -- especially his young daughter -- to do the proper estate planning, including a will and at least one revocable living trust. It's a lesson everyone can learn from. Even those with modest estates should have a will to protect their families and their legacies.
Those who chose not to control their legacies from the grave are taking a huge risk of a family estate fight. While few can match the intensity or importance of the legacy of Kurt Cobain, everyone's legacy is important to the loved ones they leave behind.
Celebrity Legacies is a documentary series airing on the Reelz cable channel, featuring Danielle and Andy Mayoras and other experts, to explore the lives, legacies, and estates of a different celebrity each week. Click here for upcoming show times.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are co-authors of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and attorneys with the Michigan law firm, Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. Click here to subscribe to their e-newsletter, The Trial & Heirs Update and learn more about their book. You can reach them at email@example.com.
Elvis Presley earned more than one billion dollars during his career … so why was his estate worth only about ten million dollars when he died? How did things get even worse for his heirs afterwards?
And what would Elvis Presley say about appearing as a hologram?
This is installment #6 of our Estate Planning Lessons From The Stars series, which is based on the Celebrity Legacies TV show for which we provide commentary as the estate legal experts. See other articles in the series here.There can be no doubt that Elvis Presley truly earned his nickname as the King of Rock 'n' Roll. His lifetime earnings topped one billion dollars over his 25-year career — especially impressive considering this came in the 50′s, 60′s, and 70′s.
Some of Elvis' financial success is attributed to his manager and promoter, Colonel Tom Parker. He helped Elvis secure unprecedented movie deals — paying him top dollar (about $100,000 per movie in the 50′s and 60′s) and up to 50% of all movie profits too. Later, Parker secured a $125,000 per week deal for Elvis with a Las Vegas hotel. That's about $800,000 a week in today's dollars.
And Elvis certainly enjoyed spending his earnings and was generous to a fault! He frequently bought Cadillacs to give away to employees and members of his entourage, called the Memphis Mafia. The cost of maintaining his famed Graceland estate was massive — and Elvis mortgaged it late in his life to help continue his lavish payroll. His well-paid employees included a host of bodyguards, drivers, managers, and of course, his favorite hairdresser.
By the time of his tragic heart attack on August 16, 1977, Elvis Presley's bank account had only about five million dollars and his total estate was worth a reported 10.2 million dollars. Given that he was the highest-paid entertainer in the world in his prime, and the highest single tax-payer in the United States, this sum seems almost paltry.
While Colonel Tom Parker undoubtedly has to get credit for much of Elvis' commercial success, his work for Elvis was far from selfless. Instead of a standard manager's commission of 10 to 20 percent, Parker had a 50/50 deal with Elvis. But he also managed to double dip into Elvis' earnings. Parker used companies he set up — including Elvis Presley Enterprises — to cut Elvis' share down to 22 percent of every dollar earned for much of the income, including merchandising.
After that fateful August night in 1977, Parker no longer had the King to manage or make money for him. But that didn't stop him! Instead, he approached the executor of theElvis Presley Estate — Elvis' father, Vernon Presley — and warned him that he would be the target of scam artists and pirates. Given Vernon's heart condition, Parker convinced him to sign a new agreement to let Parker manage the Estate and receive 50 percent of all income received, in order to "protect" Vernon.
This amounted to quite a windfall for Parker. The income expected to come in through Elvis Presley's estate, in terms of royalties from his music and movies, merchandising, commercial uses of his image and likeness, etc., would have been astronomical, even if nothing was done to promote it. He was, after all, the King of Rock 'n' Roll.
Eventually, due to a probate court proceeding, an independent attorney was appointed to investigate Parker's agreement with the estate. The attorney's 300-page report concluded that Parker's commissions were unreasonable and exorbitant compared to industry averages. The attorney challenged the validity of the holding company for Elvis' merchandising rights, which caused the estate to receive only 22% of related profits. Accordingly, all agreements with Parker were terminated.
It was also revealed that "Colonel" Tom Parker was an illegal immigrant who was born under an entirely different name in Holland. Parker never obtained a green card and, accordingly, never let Elvis tour overseas — because Parker could not have gone with him. Parker was also known to have a serious gambling habit, losing more than one million dollars on some nights. So it is perhaps unsurprising that Elvis' estate dwindled down to about one million dollars by 1979.
But with Parker's influence finally gone from the Elvis Presley Estate, and with the family's decision to turn Graceland into a tourist attraction, the financial fortunes of the estate rose dramatically. In 2005, Lisa Marie Presley (who was Elvis' primary heir under his will) was able to sell 85% interest in Elvis Presley Enterprises for $114 million. Since then, the estate — which still owns Graceland — continues to bring in $55 to $60 million annually some years.
Who knows how much higher that sum will grow if the reported stories about an Elvis Presley hologram beginning to tour prove true?
In the end, Elvis Presley was too successful and too beloved for his estate not to turn a profit — at least, once the influence of the Colonel was removed. It makes you wonder how much better off Elvis' estate would have been if his last will and testament had been better.
Elvis named his father Vernon as the executor and didn't name an alternate or back-up choice. Vernon had poor health and an advanced age — not to mention his lack of sophistication to manage assets as valuable as Elvis' royalties, income, and properties. Elvis' will left Vernon in a vulnerable position to Parker or others who could have preyed on his naiveté to take over the Elvis Presley cash cow.
Most wealthy people at the time — especially one of Elvis' magnitude — would have created a trust with a range of credentialed and trustworthy people to manage the assets. Instead, by leaving it all in Vernon's hands, he became an easy mark for Parker — which ultimately almost bankrupt the estate. If not for the probate court's investigation and intervention, Lisa Marie might have been left with nothing but debt.
While very few people have assets that approach even a fraction of the value of the Elvis Presley Estate, this still provides an important lesson. Too many people make the mistake of automatically choosing an executor or trustee based on who is the oldest child, or perhaps, who lives closest.
The key competent in choosing a trustee or executor is "trust." While Elvis clearly trusted his father, he should have been more careful to think through who would be in the best position to protect his estate and legacy. It's especially unwise to name only one executor, with no alternate choices, especially when the nominated person is older.
Everyone would be wise to learn from the King's mistakes. It's very important for your loved ones left behind to name the most capable and trustworthy executor and trustee to manage your financial legacy.
Celebrity Legacies is a documentary series airing on the Reelz cable channel featuring Danielle and Andy Mayoras and other experts, to explore the lives, legacies, and estates of a different celebrity each week.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are co-authors of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and attorneys with the Michigan law firm, Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. Click here to subscribe to their e-newsletter, The Trial & Heirs Update and learn more about their book. You can reach them at firstname.lastname@example.com.
When John Lennon of the Beatles was tragically murdered in 1980, his controversial widow, Yoko Ono, took charge of his legacy and his fortune ... but where did that leave his two sons? As arguably the most successful songwriter of all time, what did Lennon leave behind?
And what did the King of Pop have to do with John Lennon's legacy?
This is installment #5 of our Estate Planning Lessons From The Stars series, which is based on the Celebrity Legacies TV show for which we provide commentary as the estate legal experts. See other articles in the series here.
He famously sang "All You Need Is Love." When it came to leaving money for his first-born son, John Lennon must have had that song in mind, because he apparently didn't believe that Julian needed money. In fact, according to Lennon's first wife, Julian's mother Cynthia, the man known as the "cool" Beatle was a cruel negotiator during their divorce. Cynthia says he refused to give more than 75,000 pounds for her and Julian, supposedly telling her she wasn't worth any more.
As part of the 1967 divorce, Lennon created a trust for Julian to receive 100,000 pounds when he turned 21, but he had to split that equally with any other children born to Lennon. From then on, Lennon saw his son Julian no more than once per year, and sometimes went years without seeing him at all.
The story was much different before the divorce. Julian and Cynthia lived with Lennon for Julian's first five years of life. Reportedly, Lennon set up a trust at that time, with about 250,000 pounds for Julian to receive when he turned 25. But when Yoko Ono came on the scene -- helping to end Lennon's first marriage -- Lennon's relationship as a father to Julian, for all practical purposes, ended as well.
Cynthia wrote in a book that Julian and his father started to become closer at the very end of Lennon's life. But, in a 1980 interview -- not long before he was shot and killed -- Lennon said that Julian was born from an unplanned pregnancy. He even said Julian "came out of a whiskey bottle," unlike Lennon's son born later from his marriage to Yoko Ono.
So it should not have come as a surprise that when John Lennon's will was revealed, it left everything to a trust controlled by Yoko Ono and an accountant, the beneficiaries for which are believed to be Ono and their son, Sean. Julian was reportedly left out in the cold. Also, because Ono was named as the sole executor of John Lennon's estate, it gave her complete control over John Lennon's image, legacy, and much of his song rights.
Of course, Lennon had also given Ono similar control while he was still alive, by giving her power of attorney. Ono used that power to invest Lennon's money in real estate, art, Egyptian artifacts, and even livestock (including 122 cows and 10 bulls).
Despite Ono's unique investing style (or, perhaps, because of it), Lennon died with an estate worth a reported 220 million pounds. Ono has continued to manage the estate, along with Lennon's image and royalties, to bring in around $12 million per year in earnings. It could have been higher, except that much of the Beatles catalog of music was sold in 1985, for $47.5 million. Who was the buyer? Michael Jackson, of course!
Julian did not take being snubbed from the John Lennon estate lightly. He sued, engaging in a long battle against Ono for a share of the fortune. Julian felt that Ono had improperly influenced Lennon. Eventually, they settled the dispute, but not until 1996 -- 16 years after Lennon was killed. While the amount of the settlement is confidential, media reports place the figure at around 20 million pounds.
For his part, Julian said he couldn't disclose how much he received, but says what he received wasn't what he considered to be fair. He felt it was much preferable to the alternative -- facing a lengthy court battle against Ono when she had the wealth of the estate behind her.
The John Lennon estate teaches a critical lesson about estates. Often, no one wins when a family faces a long and expensive probate fight, which are far more common than most people realize (especially in second-marriage families). Julian was probably wise to settle when he did, allowing him to get on with his life and save a small fortune in legal fees.
It's usually not easy to challenge someone's will or trust -- at least without strong evidence of mental incompetency or undue influence. These can be hard to prove, especially when the will was prepared for a person who was young. Lennon was just 39 years old when he signed his will, about 13 months before he died.
Sometimes, other family members (or even non-family members) can force your hand and leave you no choice but to battle it out in probate court. If so, be prepared for emotional turmoil, many stressful months or even years, and a big financial hit. If you have a chance to reach a reasonable settlement, it is usually much better than the alternative.
Celebrity Legacies is a documentary series airing on the Reelz cable channel, featuring Danielle and Andy Mayoras and other experts, to explore the lives, legacies, and estates of a different celebrity each week.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are co-authors of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and attorneys with the Michigan law firm, Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. Click here to subscribe to their e-newsletter, The Trial & Heirs Update and learn more about their book. You can reach them at email@example.com.
Whitney Houston's fortune bounced from sky-high to significant debt. What did this mean for her estate? And was it money — or something else — behind Whitney's ugly legal battle with her "step-mother"?
How exactly does Bobby Brown fit into all of this?
This is installment #4 of our Estate Planning Lessons From The Stars series, which is based on the Celebrity Legacies TV show for which we provide commentary as the estate legal experts. See other articles in the series here.
Before Whitney Houston unexpectedly drowned in a Beverly Hills hotel bathtub at age 48, on February 11, 2012, rumors circulated that she was in such financial trouble that she was nearly broke. She reportedly died $20 million in debt.
How could that be possible for the singer who signed a $100 million record contract in 2001? And 2001 doesn't even rank as her most successful year! In 1993, Whitney earned $33 million from The Bodyguard soundtrack and gave birth to her only child, Bobbi Kristina.
By the time of her divorce from Bobby Brown in 2007, the divorce paperwork revealed she had only ten million dollars worth of assets and more than four million dollars in debt. Whitney Houston didn't sell enough records after 2001 to repay the advance on her $100 million recording contract, meaning that she owed back a substantial amount of money from that deal.
That's also around the time that Whitney Houston began a bizarre legal fight against her step-mother, Barbara Houston. Barbara, the widow of Whitney's father, sued Whitney in 2008 claiming that Whitney had wrongly kept one million dollars in life insurance that Barbara felt was intended to benefit her, even though Whitney was the named beneficiary.
Barbara contended in the lawsuit that the life insurance money was meant to repay Whitney for a mortgage she held over her father's house, and Whitney was supposed to release the mortgage (around $700,000) and turn the rest of the money over to Barbara. Barbara pointed to letters from accountants and attorneys who were involved in the mortgage transaction that confirmed this was her late husband's intent.
So did Whitney give in and release the mortgage and some of the money? No — just the opposite. She counter-sued, asking to foreclose the mortgage, take Barbara's house, and keep all of the insurance money plus interest. Whitney also used the public lawsuit to point out how Barbara was 40 years younger than Whitney's father, met him as a maid cleaning his house, and how the couple got married before the ink on the divorce judgment between Whitney's parents was even dry.
Whitney Houston ultimately won that lawsuit — after it went up to the federal court of appeals — but before Whitney's lawyers could finish the eviction, Whitney died. If her father had made his intent clear in his estate planning documents, this ugly and expensive battle could have been avoided. He should have named either his estate or a trust as the beneficiary of the life insurance policy, and then spelled out in his will or trust who was to keep the money and why.
Given that lesson of how poor estate planning can cause complications, surely Whitney would have taken care of her own estate planning the proper way, right? Not exactly. Her will was signed in 1993 — one month before her daughter was born — and she never updated it, throughout her marriage, divorce, or the birth of Bobbi Kristina.
And strangely, Whitney Houston didn't ever set up a trust — which is standard protocol for most people with even a fraction of Whitney's wealth. Instead, her will stated that all of her assets would go to any children she had (which of course, turned out to be just Bobbi Kristina), payable in percentages as she reached certain ages: 10% at age 21, one-sixth at age 25, and the rest at age 30.
Luckily for Bobbi Kristina, the spike in sales after Whitney's death led to enough money to pay off Whitney's $20 million in debts, and created another $20 million in net worth for the estate.
But this financial turn-around wasn't all roses and sunshine. Whitney's family was concerned that Bobbi Kristina wasn't mature enough to handle millions at age 21. They felt Whitney really intended for her to get the money later in life. Whitney's mother, Cissy, as well as others in the family, worried that Bobbi Kristina would fall prey to unsavory people trying to get to Whitney's money.
In fact, because of the family's concerns, it led to trouble at Whitney's funeral, surrounding Bobby Brown. And later on, it caused the family to question the motives of Nick Gordon — who married Bobbi Kristina just as she turned 21 (despite the fact that many considered him to be like a brother to Bobbi Kristina).
Because of their concerns, Cissy Houston, along with Whitney's sister-in-law, Pat Houston, started legal proceedings to reform Whitney's will so that Bobbi Kristina wouldn't inherit so much money at such a young age. But their efforts did not make it very far. Cissy and Pat had to drop the case because, regardless of Whitney's actual intentions before she died, the language in the will controlled what happened.
So Bobbi Kristina gets her money as scheduled, and Cissy, Pat and the rest of the Houston family members can do nothing about it … although Pat did file for a restraining order against Nick Gordon at one point after a fight at a family gathering.
If Whitney's intention really was for Bobbi Kristina to receive the money when she became more mature, then Whitney fell victim to the same estate planning mistake as her father. It's critical for every adult with assets of any significance (not just millionaires) to use properly-drafted — and updated — wills and trusts to make sure that their wishes are followed.
Doing the right estate planning is truly an act of love for the next generation … whether you're a celebrity or not.
Celebrity Legacies is a documentary series airing on the Reelz cable channel, featuring Danielle and Andy Mayoras and other experts, to explore the lives, legacies, and estates of a different celebrity each week.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are co-authors of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and attorneys with the Michigan law firm, Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. Click here to subscribe to their e-newsletter, The Trial & Heirs Update and learn more about their book. You can reach them at email@example.com.
The initial shock of Robin Williams' tragic death, apparently from hanging himself, is giving way to reflections of his memory and legacy. Another question many people are asking is what happens next for his family and his estate. He was survived by his third wife, Susan Schneider, to whom he was married for three years, and three adult children from his prior two marriages, whose ages range from 22 to 31. There is a realistic fear that Williams' death left may have left them in financial distress.
In an interview with Parade Magazine in 2013, Williams lamented how he was required to change his lifestyle because of how much he lost in his two divorces (reportedly, $30 million). He said he returned to TV because of "bills to pay." Williams also admitted to listing his Napa Valley estate for sale because he could no longer afford it.
Robin Williams' publicist recently said that he was not in financial trouble and his comments were not to be taken seriously. Regardless of whether his publicist is trying to protect his image, or if Williams was being truthful in the interview, Robin Williams family members will be far from destitute.Public records about Williams' real estate show that they have significant value. His Napa Valley mansion, which rests on 653 acres and is named Villa Sorriso (translated to the Villa of Smiles), has been listed for sale since April for almost $30 million. Williams also left behind a 6,500-square-foot waterfront home in Tiburon, California, valued at roughly $6 million. The two properties are subject to mortgages, according to public records, that totaled $7.25 million as of 2011. This means that Williams left behind real estate with equity of around $25 million, depending on what Villa Sorriso can command in a sale.
How much more than that did Williams leave behind for his heirs? While he was reportedly worth around $130 million two years ago, that figure seems very high since Williams later said that he was close to bankruptcy. Recent estimates have pegged his net worth at $50 million, which may also be off based on his reported financial struggles, if those reports are true.
Any estimate of his net worth before he passed away would only be part of the financial picture. Lifetime estimates would not factor in the death benefit from life insurance, which would still likely pay out even with the suicide, for policies at least two years old. This could be substantial — especially considering that high wage earners are often required to take out insurance policies to protect their families as part of divorce settlements.
The good news for his family is that Robin Williams appears to have done solid estate planning, including at least two different trusts. Both of his valuable pieces of real estate are held in the name of the "Domus Dulcis Domus Holding Trust." This is a latin phrase meaning "home sweet home." He set up this Trust to own his real estate, tabbing New York accountant Joel Faden and Hollywood producer and entertainment promoter Stephen Tenenbaum and as the co-trustees.
Additionally, TMZ reported that someone had leaked a copy of a different trust, which Robin Williams created in 2009. This was in the midst of Williams' divorce Marsha Garces Williams, his second wife. The trust reportedly names Williams' three children as beneficiaries, splitting their trust funds into three equal distributions for each of them, set to pay out when they reach ages 21, 25, and 30. Because this trust reportedly transfers the money to them whether Williams was already passed or still alive, this was likely established as part of his divorce rather than purely for estate planning. It is not known how much money was in this trust.
Regardless of the motivation behind this trust, it (and his real estate holding trust) show that Williams took advantage of sophisticated estate planning to protect his loved ones. Many celebrities, like Philip Seymour Hoffman, feared using any type of trust. Williams had at least two trusts, and it appears that the Domus Dulcis Domus Holding Trust was created, at least in part, to minimize estate taxes. Real estate holding trusts, when made irrevocably and drafted and used the right way, can often carve valuable real estate outside of someone's taxable estate. With the $25 million or so in equity, this could add up to a substantial savings for Williams' heirs.
Even if this trust was not set up with estate taxes in mind, if nothing else it worked to safeguard privacy for Williams and his family members. When used properly and not leaked to the media or revealed due to litigation, trusts allow everyone to avoid probate court and keep their affairs private. Even non-celebrities usually prefer privacy, instead of having their affairs made public for nosy neighbors to see.
While the real estate, the children's trust funds, and any life insurance will not technically be part of Robin Williams' estate, his ongoing royalties, earnings from new deals over his image and likeness, and future releases of his comedy material would be managed by the administrators of his estate, unless he had previously assigned those rights to another trust or a corporate entity. These should add up to significant value.
According to numbers compiled by ABC News, his movies grossed over $6 billion throughout his career, more than half of which came with Williams as the leading man. While he earned a modest $75,000 payday for voicing the Genie in Aladdin (despite the film's $500 million earnings), he was paid $165,000 per episode for his one season of The Crazy Ones.
There can be no dispute that Robin Williams was a comic genius, as his four Golden Globes, two Emmys, and his Oscar attest. The early indications are that he displayed some genius with his estate planning as well. While nothing can make the tragic loss of Robin Williams better for his family, at least he appears to have taken the proper steps with his legal planning to avoid the pain from becoming worse.
It's a lesson that others can learn from. While few people need the sophisticated type of estate planning that Williams used, a revocable living trust can help almost anyone who wants to help their loved ones avoid the publicity, costs, aggravation, and pain of probate court.
Because of his foresight, Robin Williams' family should be able to focus on grieving and not have to worry about unnecessary complications with his estate. His estate will be far from broke.
Danielle and Andy Mayoras are co-authors of Trial & Heirs: Famous Fortune Fights! and attorneys with the Michigan law firm, Barron, Rosenberg, Mayoras & Mayoras, P.C. Click here to subscribe to their e-newsletter, The Trial & Heirs Update and learn more about their book. You can reach them at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Life Science Crossword: Body Systems
What's an alveoli? See if you can stump your child with this body systems crossword puzzle. As she matches up the vocabulary with the correct definitions, she'll boost her life science knowledge and have fun doing it!
Interested in more of the Life Science series? See the crosswords here.
Topics: Third Grade, Life Science, Puzzles & Sudoku
Updated on Jan 28, 2011
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