George Michael’s late sister Melanie Panayiotou left simply £6.2m behind after inheriting a share of the celebrity’s £98m fortune.
Hairdresser Panayiotou, 59, was discovered lifeless on Christmas Day in 2019, very like her brother who handed away on the identical day in 2016 at age 53.
Her physique was found on the singer’s residence in Highgate, north west London.
Final week, three years after her loss of life, London’s Excessive Court docket lastly issued a probate to the household about her monetary affairs.
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Probate papers issued confirmed Panayiotou’s property was valued at £6.2million after her affairs have been settled, in keeping with The Solar.
The majority of the star’s property is alleged to have been left to her and their sister Yioda, now 63.
A autopsy revealed that Panayiotou died from diabetic ketoacidosis, a complication brought on by lack of insulin and sky-high blood sugar.
It has been mentioned her well being was affected by her lack of ability to beat her brother’s loss of life.
She was described by mates as fiercely non-public and protecting of the singer, and would usually accompany him on excursions when he was in Wham!
Two days earlier than her loss of life, she despatched a message to his followers in a joint assertion with Yioda, father Jack and Michael’s supervisor David Austin.
In it, the household requested that individuals proceed to do “good deeds in his reminiscence.”
The Careless Whispers singer died at his residence in Goring-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, from coronary heart and liver illness.
