New Delhi: Luciano Pavarotti's will allowed all the women in his life to share his estimated £250-million fortune, but the late Italian opera star seemed to have been a little biased towards his second wife in distributing the wealth. The Italian tenor reportedly carved out 15 million euros ($21 million) of his estate in the form of a trust for his second wife.
The Italian media made this surprise revelation on Tuesday, after Pavarotti's final will was opened on Monday by the three lawyers of the singer's second wife Nicoletta Mantovani. This will was drafted on July 29, five weeks before Pavarotti's death.
Yet another will, which was made on June 13, too, remains valid. It distributes the rest of the tenor's estate among his three daughters from his first marriage, Mantovani and the four-year-old daughter he had with her.
The second wife, Nicoletta Mantovani, is to receive a quarter of his estimated his fortune, and his four daughters — including three from his first marriage — will share half of his estate, The Daily Telegraph said, quoting the opera singer's notary Luciano Buonanno.
The remaining quarter of Pavarotti's estate would be "considered to be 'available' for the executor of the will to do whatever he saw fit with," Buonanno said, suggesting that the tenor's first wife Adua Veroni could get that.
The singer's will has been the subject of speculation since Pavarotti's death last week. Recent reports in the Italian media had suggested that the tenor might have altered his will in his final days in order to favour all his daughters over Mantovani.
However, Buonanno dismissed the rumours. "This will was not changed. I do not know if there were changes in regard to previous wills, the content of which I am unaware of." He said the will would not be executed in a hurry.
"The period of mourning is still going on, and there is too much media interest. However, the recipients of the estate are people who have the means to proceed with their lives regardless."
Buonanno said he had the will in his office safe where it would remain unless an heir demands its publication. He said the public should stop speculating about its contents. "There has been too much shouting around this story, and around the figure of the great artist. Even before he died, I received an inquiry from a businessman who wanted to buy Pavarotti's villa in Pesaro at any cost," he said.
(With agency inputs)
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