BY DIMAS SANFIORENZO • MAY 23 2019
When Aretha Franklin died back in August, it was reported that there was no will left behind by the Queen of Soul. Apparently, there was a will…just no one found it yet.
A handwritten will was found in Aretha’s home earlier this month. And, on Monday, May 20th, the writings were officially filed in court.
According to the court filings Associated Press looked at, Sabrina Owens, Aretha’s niece who also serves as the estate’s personal representative, found the key to a locked cabinet inside of her Michigan home. The cabinet contained two handwritten wills from 2010. One will says a will from decades earlier isn’t good anymore.
The other is 11 pages and has a signature from a notary.
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