Posted on 08/13/2014 1:36:36 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The initial shock of Robin Williams’ tragic death, from an apparent suicide, is giving way to reflections of his legacy and memory. Another question many people are asking is what happens next for his family. He was survived by his third wife, Susan Schneider, to whom he was married for three years, and three adult children from his prior two marriages, whose ages range from 25 to 31. There is a realistic fear that Williams’ death may have left them in financial distress.
In an interview with Parade Magazine last year, Williams lamented how he had to change his lifestyle because of how much he lost in his two divorces (reportedly, $30 million). He said he returned to TV because of “bills to pay.” Williams also admitted to listing his Napa Valley estate for sale because he could no longer afford it.
Public records about Williams’ real estate show that they have significant value. His Napa Valley mansion, which rests on 653 acres and is named Villa Sorriso (translated to 'Villa of Smiles'), has been on the market since April for $29.9 million. Williams also left behind a 6,500-square-foot waterfront home in Tiburon, California, valued at roughly $6 million. The two properties are subject to mortgages, according to public records, that totaled $7.25 million as of 2011. This means that Williams left behind real estate with equity of around $25 million, depending on what Villa Sorriso can command in a sale.
How much more than that did Williams leave behind for his heirs? While he was reportedly worth around $130 million two years ago, that figure seems well off since Williams later said that he was close to bankruptcy. Recent estimates have pegged his net worth at $50 million, which may also be high based on his reported financial struggles.
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He was a hardcore leftist. Hopefully the state will wipe out his family with the death tax. This guy was worth $130 million a few years ago when he was out on the road bashing conservatives now oh gee whiz, let me kill myself because I’m broke because liberal judges took away my money in divorce settlements and California has taxed me into bankruptcy.
In most states, the current spouse gets the estate and everything in the bank.
Properties sold and money divied up between his 3 kids and current wife.
Blood drained from his body and given to his ex-wives.
We have three adult children from our only marriage whose ages range from 25 to 29. Nobody is worrying about them because Dad and Mom trained them to live in the real world and get real jobs.
I don’t know about the wife, but his 3 adult children should be able to fend for themselves by now, don’t you think?
Money money money
Gimme gimme gimme
At least the family looks normal unlike the Jacksons.
To keep haranguing/harassing/stalking/following/dogging them until they kill themselves.
In an unrelated note, I remember when he left his first wife for the children’s nanny. Reading his obit, she, the nanny, was listed as a film producer. Only in Hollywood.
Excellent point!
“shock”?
No media will mention his alcohol ‘problem’
Why? every other ad they run is for beer or alcohol!
Can’t mention that alcohol is a major problem in this country.
Can’t mention that it alters the brain and causes mental health issues.
Can’t report on the other health problems from alcohol abuse.
Nope. it was a surprise and a shock.
And I know you also taught them to live within their means. Apparently it is only a Conservative thing to do.
Yes. It sounds so sad that maybe this ten or twelve people are going to be destitute if they only have $50 million or so to divvy up. Seems that getting jobs will be one way to deal with the setback. (/s)
I’m trying to sympathize with their distress, really I am.
Does the life insurance pay off if he commits suicide?
I heard in the news that they may cancel the production
Holy cow that’s another thing. Plus he lived in Nancy Pelosi territory, so I can imagine how her and her vultures are going to pick his corpse clean with 8 billion taxes. “Undocumented immigrant future Nancy Pelosi voter tax”
I read after 3 years or so. If it is a newly insured, then is NO. If he had been paying into after 3 years perhaps.
Notice that the more conservative the state, the higher the level of general sanity and the shorter the waiting period.
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