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Democat

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10. The Estate of Gil Scott-Heron

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #8)

Fri Apr 29, 2016, 12:43 PM

Apr 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gil_Scott-Heron#Scott-Heron.27s_estate

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Prince's siblings already fighting barely a week after his death [View all] KamaAina Apr 2016 OP

Ah, money . . .it doesn't change, it merely reveals . . . Journeyman Apr 2016 #1

Thank you. This^ misterhighwasted Apr 2016 #3

Money - makes good people better and bad people worse. n/t CincyDem Apr 2016 #6

They have some important decisions to make as a group jberryhill Apr 2016 #9

"You lovin' gives me such a thrill, but your lovin' don't pay my bills." Eleanors38 Apr 2016 #24

This is what being worth near a billion $$$ & having NO WILL sounds like. misterhighwasted Apr 2016 #2

And the saddest part of it all... trotsky Apr 2016 #7

We don't yet know whether he had a will jberryhill Apr 2016 #8

The Estate of Gil Scott-Heron Democat Apr 2016 #10

I guess the DNA stuff makes that a lot harder now jberryhill Apr 2016 #12

Judge confirms, No Will, appoints Bank to oversee the estate misterhighwasted Apr 2016 #27

All that means... jberryhill Apr 2016 #30

I see. okay then misterhighwasted Apr 2016 #32

Some of these are "half" siblings. hamsterjill Apr 2016 #4

All of them are except Tyka. KamaAina Apr 2016 #17

I didn't find anything in that article presenting evidence that they bjo59 Apr 2016 #5

Money changes people... ReRe Apr 2016 #11

I would be more surprised if they weren't fighting. louis-t Apr 2016 #13

If Prince didn't leave a will, they might as well not fight. Paladin Apr 2016 #14

This is what "fighting for free stuff" actually looks like. PowerToThePeople Apr 2016 #15

100% inheritance tax? Yeah, that is going to fly snooper2 Apr 2016 #26

Why wouldn't that fly? PowerToThePeople Apr 2016 #31

There's plenty of freaking money! Gosh, people are greedy. TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2016 #16

And what is sad is there is enough for all of them. jwirr Apr 2016 #18

Especially when you consider the full value of his music catalog. cbdo2007 Apr 2016 #22

I also heard there is a lot of unpublished work left. jwirr Apr 2016 #33

It's fairly surprising that someone with that large an estate Blue_In_AK Apr 2016 #19

What took them so long? joeybee12 Apr 2016 #20

Most people don't have wills. SheilaT Apr 2016 #21

We don't have one for money, we just have one for who will take care of our small kids. cbdo2007 Apr 2016 #23

Excellent! SheilaT Apr 2016 #25

That's not all. An alleged son has come forward. Eugene Apr 2016 #28

An unexpected death can bring out the worst in people REP Apr 2016 #29