# Has the Howard Hughes estate been settled? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 13, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-howard-hughes-estate-been-settled/399940 "2007-04-13T11:59:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-howard-hughes-estate-been-settled/399940/1 "2007-04-13T11:59:04Z")
I was watching the movie “THE AVIATOR”, and I recalled reading about the tremendous confusion about the late Howard Hughes will-supposedly, hundreds of women claimed to have been married to the guy, and several versions of his will were in disput. It’s been now-what 30+ years since his death (under mysterious circumstances); so has his will finally been probated and the estate settled? Did hi leave any money to any heirs? or did it all go to charities? ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-howard-hughes-estate-been-settled/399940/2 "2007-04-13T13:25:13Z")
[Wiki article.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes) > [@](#): > > Hughes’ $2.5 billion estate was eventually split in 1983 among 22 cousins, including William Lummis who serves as a trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. ---
**Author:** ![ASAKMOTSD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/919ad9/32.png) [@ASAKMOTSD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASAKMOTSD)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-howard-hughes-estate-been-settled/399940/3 "2007-04-13T16:04:24Z")
And last week, it was finally proven that he was NOT the father of Anna Nicole’s baby…