Aretha Franklin had close to $ 1 million in uncashed checks at his death

Aretha Franklin would have had close to $ 1 million in checks not cashed at the time of his death, a new inventory of his assets found, according to recently filed court documents.

Checks included $ 702,711.90 in Sound Exchange and the Screen Writers Guild and $ 285,944.27 in checks from its publishing house, Springtime Publishing, EMI, BMI, Carlin Music and Feel Good Films.

The grand total was $ 988,656.17, according to Billboard.

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Originally, no will was found after Franklin's death a year ago and his estate was to be divided equally between his four sons, but three months ago, three handwritten wills , including one found on her couch, were discovered at her home, Billboard and Jezebel. reported.

If the wills are validated, it would change the distribution of the assets.

According to Billboard, this is not the first time the Queen of the Soul has not cashed paycheques. Some 2012 checks had to be reissued in 2016, according to the magazine.

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His son Kecalf Cunningham has already contacted one of the banks that issued some of the checks, according to the magazine.