NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — Stephen Sondheim, the iconic Broadway lyricist and composer, left behind an estate estimated to be worth up to $75 million to his husband, charities and dozens of friends, court papers show.
The 91-year-old died suddenly in his Roxbury, Connecticut home in November, just a day after celebrating Thanksgiving.
Papers filed last month in a Manhattan Surrogate court show his 2017 will which prove his assets totaled roughly $75 million.
Sondheim’s lawyer and friend, F. Richard Pappas, who announced his death last year, was designated as one of two executors of Sondheim’s estate. The legendary songwriter also allocated his wealth, including personal effects, the rights to his music, literary works and everything else to go into the Stephen J. Sondheim Revocable Trust.
Along with husband Jeffrey Romley, beneficiaries of Sondheim’s trust include 20 other people and charities. On the list is the Smithsonian Institute, the Museum of New York City, the Library of Congress, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the Dramatists Guild Fund and the Irish Repertory Theater Company.
A yet to be created Stephen Sondheim Foundation is also included as a beneficiary.
Director James Lapine, who Sondheim collaborated with on “Into the Woods” is another beneficiary to the trust as well as close friend and home designer Charles Peter Wooster.
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It is not yet clear how much exactly the beneficiaries will receive.