Elizabeth Edwards leaves husband John out of will
Published - Jan 06 2011 12:54PM EST
By EMERY P. DALESIO - Associated Press
(AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)
FILE - In this March 22, 2007 file photo, Democratic Presidential hopeful John Edwards, left, listens to his wife Elizabeth speak about her recurrence of cancer during a news conference in Chapel Hill, N.C. The will Elizabeth Edwards signed days before her death last month makes no mention of her estranged husband and two-time presidential candidate John Edwards. The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Thursday, Jan. 6, 2010 that Edwards left all her possessions to her three surviving children.The document Elizabeth Edwards signed Dec. 1, six days before her death, also named her eldest child, lawyer Cate Edwards, as the executor of her estate.
In the will, filed in Orange County Superior Court in North Carolina, Edwards left personal effects, furniture, automobiles and other property to be divided among her children _ Cate, 12-year-old Emma Claire and 10-year-old Jack.
Other documents valued Elizabeth Edwards' estate at $496,000 in cash, securities, household furnishings, vehicles and ownership in businesses. She also owned real estate worth an additional $1 million, and she controlled a trust that may hold more assets that do not have to be disclosed in court.
A death certificate said she died from the incurable breast cancer that returned in 2007 as John Edwards campaigned for the presidency. The cancer was first diagnosed in 2004, a day after the Democratic ticket that included John Edwards as the vice presidential candidate lost to George W. Bush.
John and Elizabeth Edwards separated early last year after 32 years of marriage. John Edwards admitted he fathered a child during an affair with a former campaign worker.
The Edwardses had several tumultuous years leading up to her death, struggling through his admission of the affair and eventual acknowledgment that he'd fathered a child with his mistress in the middle of his 2008 presidential campaign. Elizabeth Edwards said she worked for two years trying to reinvent her role as a spouse before making the difficult decision to separate from him.
The Edwardses were law school sweethearts who married just days after they took the bar exam together in the summer of 1977. They had four children together, including a son who died at age 16. Although the couple had separated, John Edwards was at her side around the clock as her health deteriorated. He did not speak at her funeral.
GOOD FOR HER. EVEN IN DEATH SHE GOT REVENGE FOR HIS TWO TIMING WAYS. HE SHOULDN'T HAVE RECEIVED ANYTHING AND IT SHOULD ALL HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO THE CHILDREN ANYWAY. ALL THROUGH OUR LIVES WE ARE TOLD THAT A WOMAN WHO SLEEPS AROUND IS A WHORE AND A MAN WHO SLEEPS AROUND IS JUST SOWING HIS WILD OATS. SOUNDS TO ME LIKE HE WAS THE WHORE. JUST SAYING.
