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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

Was I ever really my sister-in-law’s executor if I never signed anything and only received an unsigned copy of the will?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 7, 2026

Although he said he was the executor, Violet felt like Mr. Poe was the executioner.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

“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

“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

Classic examples include lawyers acting for clients, administrators of a legal trust acting for beneficiaries, executors for heirs, corporate directors for shareholders, and members of a partnership for one another.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

Because relatives were sometimes impossible to locate, the committee began to administer the estates of the deceased who had no legal heirs or executors available.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy