In Missouri, wife Themetta can claim at least half of the cash and a half stake in the intellectual property. Odds are she’ll get a lot more if there was a will, since she was married to him a full 68 years and he was with her until the end.By the way, the absence of an expensive divorce settlement ensured that his net worth could grow over the decades — score millions for a strong lifelong bond!In any event, the family fortune was sweat capital and nothing fancy, but as driven as he was, anything easier probably would have made him restless.We see that a lot with self-made millionaires. They keep running the “family business” until they die and then the questions revolve around how to turn the enterprise into cash.
Source: Who’ll Reap The Millions From Chuck Berry’s Final Album? | The Trust Advisor
