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When celebrated author John Steinbeck died in the late 1960s, he left a considerable literary legacy that included the classic American novels The Grapes of Wrath , East of Eden , and the novella Of Mice and Men . He also left behind loose ends regarding the rights to his works that would…
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The Wrong Estate Executor Can Make Family Drama Worse, As Jerry Garcia’s Heirs Discovered
When Grateful Dead legend Jerry Garcia died of a heart attack in 1995 at age 53, he left his assets to his third wife, three daughters by two ex-wives, a fourth daughter by a former girlfriend, and a step-daughter, among other beneficiaries.
Predictably, there was trouble ahead and trouble behind.
Garcia didn’t help matters when he chose his third wife, Deborah Koons, whom he married in 1994, to administer his estate—arguably the worst person he could have picked.
By naming her one of the co-executors, Garcia
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