Black Panther star's family loses $1.5M because he didn't have a will

Chadwick Boseman’s widow, Taylor Simone Ledward, will be covering his parents’ burial plots — not his estate.

A source told Rolling Stone that Ledward would be paying for the plots after the judge in charge of the late Marvel actor’s $3.5 million estate rejected the $23,951 bill.

Leroy and Carolyn Boseman’s crypts will be located next to the “Black Panther” star’s own, and Ledward is looking for reimbursement after she paid for her in-laws’ plots “adjacent” to Chadwick’s in September 2020.

Chadwick was put to rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Anderson, SC, after his death from colon cancer in August 2020.

His widow is now an administrator of the action star’s estate and she believes that the plot costs qualified as covered expenses. After she submitted the bill for court approval, the judge denied the request; however, they did reimburse $47,662 for other funeral costs.

The amount also included the $8,000 Ledward paid to Boseman’s manager, Chris Huvane (as he forked over the cash to rent the funeral reception locale).

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