The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo author Stieg Larsson amassed a significant fortune when his bestselling novel was turned into a world-famous film. Unfortunately the author never lived to see his work turn into one of the hottest tickets in Hollywood because he died of a heart attack at age 50 before his first novel was published.
Oral promises and estate planning
An estate plan should be completed as early as possible for New Jersey residents and periodically updated throughout a person's life to make sure that the estate plan addresses the particular needs of a client.
King of Pop's estate pulls in $310 million over two years
Michael Jackson's estate is still raking in considerable funds two years after the iconic singer's death. Michael Jackson was the top-selling singer of 2009 mostly due to the surge in sales that came after his death. The surge in sales would not have been enough to settle the vast debts that Jackson incurred, but shrewd estate administration has helped trim $200 million of debt from the formerly financially strained estate.
