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Fears Gene Hackman’s money will launch ‘World War III’ battle over £80m fortune

The wills of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been revealed one month after their tragic deaths.

According to the Daily Mail, it is unknown whether his three estranged children — son Christopher Allen, 65, and daughters Leslie Anne, 58, and Elizabeth Jean, 62, with ex-wife Faye Maltese, were left anything. “If he died first and she [Betsy] had survived, it would’ve been World War III,” a legal expert told the Daily Mail. The legal expert stated that Gene’s son Chris’ decision to hire a prominent California trust and estate attorney proves he is “definitely trying to protect his interests”.

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