From The Guardian:
Lou Reed leaves $30m fortune
Singer's estate boosted by $20m gathered by his manager since his death last year at 71
Lou Reed has proved to be more profitable in death than in life, with his estate swelled by $20.4m (£11.9m) since his death, in addition to the money distributed in his will.Here's a bit of genius off his arena-rock Rock 'n' Roll Animal live album:
According to documents lodged with Manhattan Surrogate Court by Reed's manager Robert Gotterer, the singer's estate totals $30m (£17.5m), with two-thirds of that having been gathered by Gotterer since Reed's death at the age of 71 last year.
The New York Post reports that the additional money "is likely from Reed’s copyright and publishing interests, which, in his will, he instructed Gotterer to treat as his own".
The main beneficiary of Reed's will is his wife, Laurie Anderson, to whom he left his $7m (£4m) Manhattan apartment, as well as a $1.5m (£880,000) property in the exclusive Hamptons area of Long Island. She will also receive $15m of the money Gotterer collected....MORE
