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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Nicole Vassell

Aretha Franklin’s sons awarded property after handwritten will found in a couch

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More than five years after her death, the queen of soul Aretha Franklin is still making headlines as a long-fought legal battle over her estate moves closer to settlement.

On Monday (27 November), a Detroit judge awarded properties to the four sons of the late singer, four months after a handwritten will discovered under a sofa seat in her home was deemed legitimate.

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