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Gene's oldest son....This took another turn. Gene didn't leave his kids squat. And left everything to his dead wife. But she died first. So the $80 million dollar estate is going to be in limbo till the courts get around to making a decision.
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Battle over Gene Hackman's $80M fortune likely as his will is revealed
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's wills have been revealed a month after their deaths.www.dailymail.co.uk
The Oscar-winning actor, 95, left his $80 million Hollywood fortune to his wife Betsy, 65, who was a successor trustee to his trust. It's unclear if his three children, son Christopher Allen, 65, and daughters Leslie Anne, 58, and Elizabeth Jean, 62, from his previous marriage to Faye Maltese, were left anything in his will.
The possible omission of his children, who he was once estranged from, has raised the possibility of a legal battle over his fortune.
A legal expert told DailyMail.com 'If he died first and she [Betsy] had survived, it would’ve been World War III.
