Similar to the debacle we saw play out with respect to Prince’s estate, Howard Hughes’ death without a Last Will also engendered wild claims to his fortune and extensive litigation, the last of which is finally nearing resolution 34 years later.  So what happened to all of Hughes’ money?  Aside from the lawyers, various cousins and other relatives (now numbering about 475) inherited his vast estate.  It was well-known that he didn’t want his estate falling into the hands of any distant relatives but without a Will, the distant cousins were his heirs under Texas law.  

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