Aretha Franklin joins Prince, Michael Jackson and Robin Williams as stars' families battle it out over wills

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Taking to his Instagram, eldest child Zak wrote: "Happy 72nd Dad! Was remembering how much I used to love that look you'd give."

Robin Williams’ children have paid tribute to their father on what would have been his 72nd birthday.Williams died by suicide at the age of 63 in 2014. He has two children, Zak and Zelda.Taking to social media to pay tribute to the beloved late actor, Zak wrote: “Happy 72nd Dad! Was remembering how much I used to love that look you’d give.“That look with a mischievous, loving grin that your friends and loved ones knew so well.

Robin Williams’ kids are paying tribute to their late father, on what would have been his 72nd birthday.

Robin Williams' kids are paying tribute to their late father, on what would have been his 72nd birthday.Robin's son, Zak, took to Instagram on Friday to share a special message for his late father, alongside a still from the actor's 1987 war dramedy, «Happy 72nd Dad! Was remembering how much I used to love that look you'd give,» Zak wrote. «That look with a mischievous, loving grin that your friends and loved ones knew so well.

Danny Miller was all smiles as he and wife Steph headed out for lunch at The Alchemist restaurant and bar in Manchester to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. The loved-up pair were joined by their two-year-old son Albert, who held his mother's hand as his father pushed his pram for him to sit in if her tired of walking.The youngster also carried a Gruffalo toy as the family-of-three headed to the restaurant.

Robin Williams' children honored the late actor on what would have been his 72nd birthday. On Friday, the "Mrs. Doubtfire" star's son Zak, 40, and daughter Zelda, 33, shared touching tributes to their father on social media.  "Happy 72nd Dad! Was remembering how much I used to love that look you'd give," Zak captioned a photo of Williams from his 1987 war comedy "Good Morning America." He continued, "That look with a mischievous, loving grin that your friends and loved ones knew so well.

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episode.The topic came up during a conversation about the recent ruling about the will found in Aretha Franklin’s couch cushion, as they spoke about being proactive about your own wishes — especially when you’re a public figure.“Yeah, no, I don’t want to be a hologram, that’s been in my will for 15 years,” Goldberg said.“No one has really asked me if I want to be a hologram yet,” co-host Joy Behar joked in response.“Well no, they don’t ask you, that’s the thing, they just do it,” Goldberg said. “They just do it and then you go, ‘Hey, isn’t that Tupac? You know? Wait a minute, didn’t Tupac die? What is he doing up on …’ Yeah see, I don’t want that.”“It’s a little freaky, creepy,” she added.ARETHA FRANKLIN'S WILL FOUND IN COUCH FOUND VALID: Following a Michigan jury ruling that a document handwritten by the Queen of Soul and found in her couch after her death is a valid will, #TheView co-hosts discuss why some are hesitant to create a will.

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Aretha Franklin‘s sofa after her death in 2018 is a valid will.The ruling is a critical turn in a dispute between the late singer’s four sons that has turned three of them against each other.The new documents that were signed by the singer in 2014 were discovered in 2019 by Franklin’s niece, the same person who discovered the singer’s 2010 will in a locked cabinet.The singer did not leave behind a formal, typed will when she passed five years ago at age 76.A post shared by Aretha Franklin (@arethafranklin)It is a win for Franklin’s second oldest and youngest children – Edward and Kecalf– whose lawyers argued that the 2014 documents were valid and superseded a 2010 version of the will that Franklin had left before she died of pancreatic cancer in 2018.As the Associated Press reports, lawyers for Kecalf and Edward Franklin said the fact that the 2014 papers were found in a notebook in couch cushions did not make them less significant.The 2014 will stated that Kecalf Franklin and grandchildren would get his mother’s main home in Bloomfield Hills, which was valued at $1.1 million when she died, but is worth much more today.The older will said Kecalf, 53, and Edward Franklin, 64, “must take business classes and get a certificate or a degree” to benefit from the estate. That provision is not in the 2014 version.“I’m very, very happy.

A jury in Michigan has concluded that a 2014 handwritten document found under a cushion on a sofa can be considered the last will and testament of Aretha Franklin. It means that the late musician’s estate is now likely to be managed and distributed according to the wishes set out in that document.After Franklin died in 2018, two documents were found in her home that could constitute a will, one from 2010 and one from 2014.

Thania Garcia A Michigan jury has ruled that a set of handwritten notes found under Aretha Franklin’s sofa stand as a valid will, according to a report by the Associated Press. Jurors deliberated for almost an hour on Tuesday before determining that the handwritten documents discovered under a sofa cushion by Franklin’s niece were legally binding documents of record they had been signed by the “Respect” singer in 2014. Lawyers for the singer’s sons Kecalf Franklin and Edward Franklin won the case that argued the 2014 documents were valid and superseded a 2010 version of the will that Franklin had left in a safe before she died of pancreatic cancer in 2018. The 2010 pages were discovered in a locked cabinet — and by the same niece who discovered the 2014 version — in Franklin’s Detroit home.

The 2014 will found in the couch of Aretha Franklin‘s home — following her death in 2018 — has been deemed valid by a jury.