Natasha Richardson’s will revealed

Natasha Richardson remembers close friends and family in her will

Natasha Richardson-Celebrity News-Marie Claire
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Natalia Lubomirski
By Natalia Lubomirski
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Natasha Richardson remembers close friends and family in her will

Beloved British actress Natasha Richardson, who tragically died in a skiing accident in Canada in March, has left the bulk of her estate to her actor husband Liam Neeson.

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However, in her last will and testament she also remembered several close friends, setting aside chunks of cash for each, it has been reported.

The 45-year-old put aside almost $300,000 to help friends and her sister through any tough times.

Richardson left $200,000 for her designer half-sister Katharine Grimond Hess, $50,000 to favoured employee Josephine Burke, and $10,000 to little-known Queens based costume designer, Kevin Mark Harris, who has worked on Sex and the City.

The London-born actress also bequeathed $20,000 of her fortune to her Aunt Lynn Redgrave.

Natasha, who is the daughter of Vanessa Redgrave and Tony Richardson, wrote her last will and testament in 2005. The executors of the estate were listed as husband Neeson and close actor friend Aidan Quinn.

Natasha and Liam, who shared homes on the Upper West Side and in the Hudson Valley, where the actress was buried, wed in 1994. They met while appearing in the film Nell. 

The couple had two sons together, Michael, 12, and Daniel, 12.

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Natalia Lubomirski
Natalia Lubomirski
Natalia is a health journalist with 14 years experience in the publishing industry. She has worked for a number of well known magazines and websites including Marie Claire, Woman&Home, Top Sante, Boots and The Telegraph.  She likes to think she practices what she preaches when it comes to health and fitness. Her athletic prowess began early. A keen fencer for 13 years, she wielded an epée for Olympic Team GB during her teenage years. She likes to think she made sword-fighting cool before Game of Thrones came along! While working on her sporting performance with the team, she also participated in a lot of nutrition and psychology training, When it comes to time off, you’ll most likely find her up a mountain somewhere. It seems holidays have become a time for climbing several thousand feet, rather than chilling out. She’s now hiked eight of the major mountain ranges across four continents – including the Appalachians, the Smokies, the Sierra Nevadas (she spent her honeymoon hiking to the top of Half Dome), as well as hitting the summits of Snowdon, Pen-Y-Fan (Brecon Beacons), Table Mountain in South Africa, the Blue Mountains in Australia and the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. She’s also passionate about all things health, particularly vaccinations, and will happily jump on her soap box at any given opportunity to talk about their benefits to anyone who will listen!
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