George Martin helped The Beatles achieve global success, producing their early
1960s pop recordings and later on their classic albums Revolver and Sgt
Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.
His will has specified that an amount small enough to avoid UK
inheritance tax be shared between seven people, including his daughter
Alexis - from his first marriage to Jean "Sheena" Chisholm, and three of
his grandchildren. His oldest son Greg is not mentioned.
The rest of his estate has been left to his second wife Judy and t he
document states that if she had died before Sir George, her bequest
would have gone to their children Lucie and Giles "in equal shares
absolutely".
Giles Martin is the musical director of the long-running,
Beatles-based Cirque Du Soleil show LOVE in Las Vegas, which grosses
millions of dollars a year.
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The will is one of 41 million stored and digitised by Iron Mountain on behalf of HM Courts & Tribunals Service.
At the time of Sir George's death, Paul described him
as a "true gentleman and like a second father to me", while Ringo
praised the producer's "love and kindness" to the Fab Four through the
years.
"If anyone earned the title of the Fifth Beatle it was George," Paul said.
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