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Lou Reed leaves £17.5 million inheritance to his family
Sum shared between his mother, wife and sister
Alex Turner: The Arctic Monkeys main man cited Reed's influence of 'Suck It And See', telling NME: "I wanted a good song foundation on this one, so that meant listening to Nick Cave, John Cale, Lou Reed, [David] Bowie, Leonard Cohen. And then as it went in and we put it through the mill of the band, other influences came into it, but I started with that to try and craft songs better."
The size of Lou Reed's huge inheritance has been revealed, a fortune that he has left to his closest family.
The late Reed amassed a $30 million fortune (£17.5 million), which he has left to his family along with $20.4 million (£12 million) in posthumous royalties. This huge amount will be split between his mother Toby, his younger sister Margaret and his wife, artist Laurie Anderson.
$500,000 (£293,000) is to help care for elderly mother Toby and $5 million (£2.9 million), is for sister Margaret. $15million (£8.8million) has been left to Laurie Anderson, along with his personal property and their two New York homes, which are worth £5 million.
Listen to 'A Walk on the Wild Side' by Lou Reed below
Reed passed away in October 2013 after a failed liver transplant, Laurie Anderson who was by his side wrote a letter in a Rolling Stone article describing the experience.
"I have never seen an expression as full of wonder as Lou’s as he died," she wrote. "His hands were doing the water-flowing 21-form of tai chi. His eyes were wide open. I was holding in my arms the person I loved the most in the world, and talking to him as he died. His heart stopped. He wasn’t afraid. I had gotten to walk with him to the end of the world. Life – so beautiful, painful and dazzling – does not get better than that. And death? I believe that the purpose of death is the release of love."
Below: 11 of the countless artists influenced by the great Lou Reed
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