executor
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The London retailer wants the billionaire’s estate to pay for settlements and seeks to remove his widow as executor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
“The new Whitney Houston Barbie honors a woman whose voice, grace, beauty, and spirit inspired generations around the world,” Pat Houston, the executor of Houston’s estate, said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2026
The executor of Anderson’s estate, a longtime family confidant named Les Daniels, disagreed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 8, 2026
Has your sister-in-law, for better or for worse, saved you an awful lot of time and work that goes into being an executor?
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026
And then, to the surprise of a lot of people, he became Poe’s literary executor, which meant he had access to all of Poe’s papers.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
“Harrods and the estate executors seem to be acting like this is a game of who can outmaneuver who, all behind closed doors,” Spong said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“The executors are committed to ensuring that whatever process follows is conducted properly and responsibly.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
“AI factories are relatively new and evolving and require significant learning along the way. The beneficiaries will be the top executors, from infrastructure players to bare metal powered shell and neo-cloud operators,” he writes.
From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026
“Typically, executors have the authority to sell property without needing unanimous consent from all heirs.”
From MarketWatch ● May 21, 2026
They were given the new job, as custodians of our peace of mind, the focus of our understandable and rightful dread of being inferior; official censors, judges, and executors.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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