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Bowie's estimated $100 million estate will go to his wife,
children, a nanny and a personal assistant, in accordance with
his 20-page will, filed on Friday in Surrogate's Court in
Manhattan, the New York Times said.
His penthouse apartment in the trendy Manhattan neighborhood of
Soho, where fans left a wall of flowers upon hearing news of his
death on Jan. 10, was left to his widow, model Iman Abdulmajid
Jones, the newspaper said. He also left her about half of the
remaining estate.
His children, adult son Duncan and teenage daughter Alexandria,
will get about 25 percent each and Alexandria was also left
Bowie's mountain retreat in Ulster County, New York.
A nanny who cared for Duncan, Marion Skene, will receive $1
million, the report added.
Bowie left his own long-time personal assistant, Corinne Schwab,
or Coco, $2 million and stock in a company called Opossum Inc.
It was not immediately clear what business Opossum is involved
in.
The will, which was prepared in 2004, was filed under Bowie's
birth name, David Robert Jones, which was never legally changed
by the singer who created the pop persona "Ziggy Stardust" in
the early 1970s.
The document directed that Bowie be cremated, preferably in Bali
"in accordance with the Buddhist rituals," the newspaper said.
He further stated that regardless of where the cremation took
place, his ashes should be scattered in Bali.
Bowie was cremated in New Jersey on Jan. 12.
Bowie's publicist Steve Martin declined to comment on Saturday.
(Reporting by Barbara Goldberg; Editing by Frank McGurty, Greg
Mahlich)
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