Aretha Franklin 'didn't leave a will' meaning estimated $80m estate will be 'split equally between sons'

© press association The Queen of Soul died last week following a battle with pancreatic cancer. Aretha Franklin didn't have a will drawn up, according to US reports.
The Queen of Soul died at her home in Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday at the age of 76, after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
Despite suffering from ill health for several years, court documents show she had no will at the time of her death, reports TMZ.
The singer's four sons - Clarence, Edward, Teddy White Jr. and Kecalf - will share equally in her estimated $80million estate, in accordance with Michigan state law.

© Credits: WireImage Figures in the music world have paid tribute A funeral for the late star has been scheduled for August 31 in Detroit, following a two-day public viewing of her casket, and her body will be entombed at a family gravesite.

The Grammy-winning vocalist, who was born in Memphis, Tennessee, grew up in Detroit after moving there as a youngster with her family from Buffalo, New York.
She got her start as a singer touring in her father's gospel show when she was a teenager.
© Credits: Getty The Respect singer's body will be laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit on August 31 following a funeral that morning at the Greater Grace Temple nearby, but attendance at the service will be limited to family and friends, an announcement said.
Her coffin is to be "entombed" along with the remains of her father, the Reverend C.L. Franklin, and her brother, Cecil Franklin, and sisters Carolyn and Erma Franklin.
© Credits: REX/Shutterstock Before the funeral there will be a public viewing of Franklin's body at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, according to the schedule.
Gwendolyn Quinn, a spokeswoman for the family, said she believed that the viewing would be open-casket but that those arrangements had not yet been finalised.