Aretha Franklin Didn’t Leave A Will So Her Estate Will Be Split Between Her 4 Sons

Aretha Franklin’s funeral will be held next week, but before that happens, the family must gather around a television set in some opulent, wood paneled, Detroit Deco office somewhere and wait patiently as her lawyer walks in with a video tape and pops it in the VCR to play a very dramatic special message Aretha recorded days prior to her passing. He hits play, everyone is riveted. Who will get the fur collection? But it’s nothing but static.

Aretha never recorded any such message and according to TMZ, she didn’t leave a will. And The Root says that her estate is estimated to be worth a smooth $80 million dollars.

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