DS, fifteen pages, 8.5 x 13, September 24, 1974. Grant's last will and testament, in part: "I, Cary Grant, residing in the County of Los Angeles, State of California, and being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and not acting under duress, menace, fraud or undue influence of any person whomsoever, do make, publish and declare this to be my Last Will and Testament." In article IV, Grant gives and bequeaths monies ranging from $10,000 to $25,000, or relinquishes debt, to a list of sixteen individuals, couples, and/or institutions. In Article V, Grant gives and bequeaths "all of my automobiles, wearing apparel, ornaments and jewelry…to Stanley E. Fox [who]…shall distribute certain of my personal effects…in his sole judgment" to a list of friends and his only child, Jennifer Grant. Additional articles relate to Grant's trust estate and its various distributions to his daughter and cousins Margaret and Eric Leach. Signed and dated at the conclusion in blue ballpoint by Grant, who likewise adds initials to every preceding page, and to any and all emendations found therein. In fine condition. Grant was preparing for a performance of Conversation with Cary Grant at the Adler Theatre in Davenport, Iowa, on the afternoon of November 29, 1986, when he succumbed to a massive stroke, dying later that night at the age of 82. The bulk of Grant's estate, estimated at 60 to 80 million dollars, was bequeathed to his wife Barbara Harris and his daughter Jennifer Grant. Grant's final will, signed November 26, 1984, also stipulated several cash awards, including a $100,000 bequest to his longtime bookkeeper, Joseph Marin; $50,000 to the Motion Picture Relief Fund; $25,000 to Variety Arts International, and $20,000 to the John Tracy Clinic for hearing-impaired children.
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