Five years after the Queen of Soul died without a known will, her heirs are in court over her estate.
When Aretha Franklin died from pancreatic cancer in August 2018, it was believed that she had left behind no will to an estate worth millions.
A six-person jury will hear from witnesses, including the Franklin children, her niece Sabrina Owens and a handwriting expert. When she passed, at age 76, the absence of a will dictated that her assets - including homes, cars, furs and jewellery - would be equally split among her four sons. That version lists him as a co-executor or personal representative to the estate, along with Ms Owens, the niece. It also calls for Kecalf and Edward Franklin, the singer's second and fourth sons, to "take business classes and get a certificate or a degree" if they wish to benefit from the estate.Kecalf replaces his brother as a co-executor in the four-page document, with no mention of the need for him to take business classes.
Earlier this year, the court in Pontiac, Michigan heard three voice mail messages, recorded in the months before Franklin died, in which she discusses another will she was preparing with an estate lawyer.
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