Harper Lees Will, Unsealed, Adds Only More Mystery to Her Life.
'When the novelist Harper Lee died in her sleep two years ago, at 89, she left a trail of lingering questions about her life and work.
Why had she decided, in her final years, to publish a second novel, 55 years after her breakout success, “To Kill a Mockingbird”? Were there other unknown works? Who would inherit her literary papers, sought by many universities, as well as her estate, estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars?
On Tuesday, an Alabama court unsealed Ms. Lee’s will, but the mystery surrounding one of American literature’s most cherished authors only deepened.
The will, signed on February 11, 2016, eight days before her death, directed that the bulk of her assets, including her literary properties, be transferred into a trust she formed in 2011.
Trust documents are private, so all questions about what will become of her literary papers and who beyond her closest relatives might benefit from her assets, will remain unanswered for now.'>>>
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/27/books/harper-lee-will.html?
