Dennis Hopper filed for divorce while dying of cancer and fought his wife over money until his death

Dennis Hopper, director and co-star of "Easy Rider," had prostate cancer. In January 2010 he filed to divorce Victoria Duffy, his wife of 14 years and mother of his 6-year-old daughter, Galen. His three older children, Marin, Henry and Ruthanna, came from earlier marriages. In court papers he said Duffy took property worth more than $1.5 million and hid Galen from him for long periods. She said he was verbally abusive and not capable of making decisions. Her lawyers said he was well enough to be deposed, citing credit card records of weekly visits to medical-marijuana dispensaries and a private-plane trip to New Mexico. Court documents filed in March said Duffy would receive $250,000 of his $1 million life insurance, with the rest going to his estate, and that Galen and his three adult children would receive a large share. Hopper died at home in Venice on May 29, 2010, at 74, before the divorce was final. About six months later, Duffy agreed to $10,000 a month in child and family support from the estate. His art collection was to be auctioned, with 40 percent of the proceeds going into a trust for Galen. He is buried in Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico^†.