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  1. 2024Elon Musk gave his foundation $7.9 billion in Tesla stock in two years, and its filings show it paid out less than requiredCornell Law School, LII and 2 more
  2. 2022Jerry Lee Lewis put his ranch in his manager's name to hide it from the IRS; after he died, a judge ordered his son out and the manager's heirs listed it for $1.6 millionsavingcountrymusic.com and 4 more
  3. 2021Bunny Wailer's wife was missing when he died, his 13 children were told to take DNA tests, and his son sued to remove his brother as executorInternet Archive and 4 more
  4. 2020MF DOOM's widow sued a former label manager for 31 notebooks of lyrics and got them back in 2025musictech.com and 3 more
  5. 2020Little Richard's brother emailed the buyer about elder abuse and racism, the buyer withdrew its offer for the estate's rights, and the court took away his sharetncourts.gov and 2 more
  6. 2016George Michael left his £97 million estate to his sisters and nothing to his partner, who would not leave the Regent's Park housesmoothradio.com and 4 more
  7. 2016Prince died without a will, more than 45 people claimed to be his relatives, and his estate took 6 years and a tax court case to dividenbcwashington.com and 16 more
  8. 2009Michael Jackson's estate put its value at $5.1 million, the Tax Court set $111.5 million, and a judge later ordered $625,000 in bonuses returnedabcnews.com and 8 more
  9. 2009Michael Jackson's companies face abuse suits from Wade Robson and James Safechuck, revived on appeal in 2023 and set for trial in 2028The Guardian and 6 more
  10. 2008Isaac Hayes lost his song royalties to a bank in bankruptcy; his heirs took one song back and sued Donald Trump over ittnwb.uscourts.gov and 4 more
  11. 2000René Favaloro, who developed coronary bypass surgery, shot himself after his foundation went unpaid by Argentina's health insurersAl Jazeera and 3 more
  12. 1995Bob Ross left his name to his son, and his business partners won it in courtCourtListener and 3 more
  13. 1991Gene Roddenberry's first wife sued his estate for Star Trek profits and lost 2-1 on appeal in 1996; his widow's 2009 trust left their son $60 million and the dogs a $4 million home trustDeseret News and 2 more
  14. 1990Sammy Davis Jr. died owing the IRS about $7 million, and his widow lost the rights to his name and musicDeseret News and 6 more
  15. 1989The Dalai Lama named a six-year-old as Panchen Lama in 1995; the boy disappeared within days and China installed another boy chosen from a golden urntashilhunpo.org and 4 more
  16. 1987Peter Tosh died without a will; his ten children fought in a Manhattan court over his royaltiesblackamericaweb.com and 3 more
  17. 1986L. Ron Hubbard was cremated and his ashes scattered at sea within a day of his death in January 1986, after his son had sued to have him declared deadcs.cmu.edu and 4 more
  18. 1981Bob Marley died without a will, and his widow forged his signature to move his companies into her nameFindLaw Caselaw and 3 more
  19. 1970Mishima's widow boycotted Paul Schrader's 1985 film, and his children won a copyright suit over his lettersavclub.com and 2 more
  20. 1969Ho Chi Minh's will asked for cremation and his ashes split three ways; the Politburo embalmed him, cut the request from the published will and moved his death date by a dayInternet Archive and 3 more
  21. 1967Jayne Mansfield's estate was appraised at $600,000 in 1967; by 1977 her children found about $500,000 in debts and the estate insolventThe New York Times and 2 more
  22. 1955Einstein gave his Nobel money to his first wife and asked to be cremated in secret, and the pathologist kept his brain for decadesnationalgeographic.com and 3 more
  23. 1955Albert Einstein's publicity rights ended in 2005, a judge ruled, defeating Hebrew University's suit over a GM ad with his face on a muscled bodycacd.uscourts.gov and 5 more
  24. 1947Aleister Crowley died with £430 and left his writings to his order, and a federal court decided in 1985 which of the rival orders owned themaleistercrowleytimeline.com and 3 more
  25. 1944Revolutionaries demolished Reza Shah's mausoleum in 1980 and could not find his body, and a mummified body turned up on the site in 2018Encyclopaedia Britannica and 3 more
  26. 1941Rabindranath Tagore's 1913 Nobel gold medal and 49 other items were stolen from the Visva-Bharati museum in March 2004 and have not been recoveredtribuneindia.com and 3 more
  27. 1930Arthur Conan Doyle's heirs charged licence fees for Sherlock Holmes until a court ruled the character was free to uselaw.justia.com and 2 more
  28. 1925Siam's 1924 succession law barred princesses, so King Vajiravudh's only child, born as he lay dying, could not inherit his throneInternet Archive and 5 more
  29. 1916King Thibaw handed Burma's crown jewels to a British colonel in 1885, and the Nga Mauk ruby was never seen againInternet Archive and 8 more
  30. 1910Mark Twain fired his secretary Isabel Lyon in 1909 and wrote 429 pages accusing her and her husband, a text kept private until 2015lynncullen.com and 1 more
  31. 1909Geronimo's descendants sued Skull and Bones in 2009 for the skull a member's 1918 letter says was taken from his grave, and a federal judge dismissed the casehistorynewsnetwork.org and 5 more
  32. 1890The Dominican landlords evicted José Rizal's family from Calamba in 1890, and the United States bought the friar estates in 1903Project Gutenberg and 2 more
  33. 1832Jeremy Bentham willed his body to be dissected and displayed, and students stole his head in 1975ucl.ac.uk and 3 more
  34. 1830Simón Bolívar's will left only the Aroa copper mines, his sisters sold them in 1832, and Hugo Chávez had his bones dug up in 2010es.wikisource.org and 4 more
  35. 1826Thomas Jefferson's will freed his two youngest sons by Sally Hemings, and his debts sent 130 enslaved people to auctionnature.com and 4 more
  36. 1821Napoleon's will left 10,000 francs to the man who tried to shoot the Duke of Wellingtonnapoleon.org and 3 more
  37. 1809Thomas Paine's bones were dug up by an admirer, shipped to England and lostAmerican Heritage and 3 more
  38. 1798Napoleon took Malta from the Knights in three days in 1798, his flagship blew up with the island's treasure by legend, and Malta gave the Order part of its old fort back in 2001Project Gutenberg and 4 more
  39. 1790Benjamin Franklin left Boston and Philadelphia £1,000 each for 200 years, and his heirs, a school and the state fought over itCaselaw Access Project, Harvard Law School and 2 more
  40. 1747Nader Shah's Indian jewels cost his blind grandson his life under torture, and a deposed shah took them into the Russian legationiranicaonline.org and 2 more
  41. 1727Isaac Newton died without a will, and his heirs held his alchemy and theology papers for 209 years before selling them for £9,000newtonproject.ox.ac.uk and 2 more
  42. 1124Hasan-i Sabbah had both his sons executed and left Alamut to a lieutenant from another castleiis.ac.uk and 2 more
  43. 972Sviatoslav split Rus' among three sons, and within eight years one had died in battle with his brother and another was killed on the third brother's ordersencyclopediaofukraine.com and 3 more
  44. 524Theodoric had Boethius clubbed to death and seized his estates, and the king's daughter gave them back to his sonsUniversity of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 3 more
  45. 54Claudius's will was never read in public, and Nero poisoned Claudius's son Britannicus four months after taking the throneUniversity of Chicago, LacusCurtius and 2 more
  46. 30The Gospel of John says soldiers diced for the executed Jesus's seamless robe, and three churches claim to have itbiblegateway.com and 2 more
  47. 490 BCEPythagoras's daughter Damo would not sell his writings for any price, and Plato is said to have paid 100 minae for Pythagorean booksWikisource (primary text) and 2 more
  48. 522 BCECambyses killed his brother Bardiya in secret; a man ruled Persia under the dead brother's name until Darius killed him and took the throneperseus.tufts.edu and 7 more