Artist Frank Frazetta's kids renew estate fight

[December 17, 2010]  FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- The adult children of Frank Frazetta are feuding again over control of the iconic fantasy artist's body of work.

The family announced in April that they had settled a dispute over an estate estimated to be worth tens of millions of dollars. Frazetta died a month later in Florida at the age of 82.

But son Frank Frazetta Jr. filed a lawsuit in Fort Myers, Fla., on Wednesday accusing his brother and two sisters of violating the terms of the agreement by failing to consult him on business decisions and not paying him what he is owed from the trust.

Frazetta Sr. was renowned for his sci-fi and fantasy art, creating covers and illustrations for more than 150 books and comic books as well as album covers, movie posters and original paintings.

[Associated Press]

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