Prince's sister files to be estate executor, says he didn't leave a will
LOS ANGELES -- Prince's younger sister Tyka Nelson filed to become executor of his estate Tuesday, saying in court documents obtained by Mashable that the musical icon did not leave a will -- setting up what could become a complicated tangle to distribute his considerable assets.
Filed Tuesday in District Court in Carver County, Minnesota, the documents ask that Bremer Trust, a St. Cloud-based wealth management company that had been handling Prince's riches for years, be named temporary administrator.
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Tyka Nelson, who is two years younger than the late musician, would then become executor. Her filings list herself, three half brothers and three half sisters (one of whom is deceased) as potential heirs.
Prince only had one child, with then-wife Mayte Garcia, in 1996. The boy, named Boy Gregory, was born with Pfieffer Syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects the growth of the skull. He died one week later.
Tyka (pictured below) and Prince's six half-siblings -- John Nelson, Norrine Nelson, Sharon Nelson, Alfred Jackson, Omar Baker and Lorna Nelson (deceased), all children of his father -- and their children are the artist's only remaining blood relatives.
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Josh Dickey is Mashable's Entertainment Editor, leading Mashable's TV, music, gaming and sports reporters as well as writing movie features and reviews.Josh has been the Film Editor at Variety, Entertainment Editor at The Associated Press and Managing Editor at TheWrap.com.A finalist for the Los Angeles Press Club's Best Entertainment Feature in 2015 for "Everyone is Altered: The Secret Hollywood Procedure that Fooled Us for Years," Josh received his BA in Journalism from The University of Minnesota.In between screenings, he can be found skating longboards, shredding guitar and wandering the streets of his beloved downtown Los Angeles.
