BEE GEES WIDOW TO INHERIT £35 MILLION
(Daily Mail, October 3, 2004)Posted by Alice Erkers, James & Kelly Reed)
Former waitress Yvonne Gibb is expected to become one Britain's richest women after a court hearing next week on her late husband Bee Gee Maurice Gibb's will. Twenty months after the star's death at 53, his will has been revealed in a Miami probate court, with his estate estimated at more than £35 million.
The Bees Gees singer piled up £27 million in copyrights and royalties from his musical compositions , the bulk of which is expected to go to Yvonne, 54, although his son Adam and daughter Samantha will also benefit. It has not yet been revealed how the remaining £8 million was earned. The £35 million does not include properties. Yvonne has also inherited a £4 million home on an exclusive Florida island, British mansion that was put on the market last year for £6 million, and homes in Spain and the Bahamas.
The couple met in 1974 when Yvonne was working as a waitress at a club in Manchester, and she helped the Bee Gee escape the clutches of alcoholism. Maurice was taken to a Miami hospital in January 2003 with stomach pains. Four days later he died from an internal blockage complicated by a heart attack.
Maurice Gibb Leaves Bulk Of Estate To Wife
(Yahoo Music, August 20, 2003)The estate of the late Bee Gee Maurice Gibb is currently being administered in Miami, Florida, with $2 million and six homes going to his wife of 29 years, Yvonne. Gibb--who died on January 12 after emergency surgery for a blocked intestine--also bequeathed to his wife the ownership of all his copyrights and musical compositions.
His will, which was drawn up in 1991, also establishes trust funds for his 27-year-old son Adam and his 22-year-old daughter Samantha, who both live in Miami Beach, Florida.
The Gibb family homes include two each in Miami Beach and England, and one each in Spain and the Bahamas. The Miami Herald reports that Yvonne Gibb has placed most of them up for sale.
Gibb's brothers and musical partners, Barry and Robin, have threatened to sue Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach, claiming that--according to Barry Gibb--the doctors there "completely screwed things up." They have not begun any legal proceedings yet, however.
