Sherman Hemsley died at his home in El Paso, Texas on July 24 and has yet to be laid to rest. The holdup, according to Reuters, is coming from the beneficiaries of his will, as well as questions about his exact cause of death.
A worker at the Eastside location of the San Jose Funeral Home in El Paso, Texas confirmed to FOX411’s Pop Tarts column that Hemsley was still at the home, and that they were waiting for a court order telling them what to do with his body.
It was revealed in August that Hemsley’s body had not been buried amid a legal dispute between his former manager, self-proclaimed business partner and live-in best friend Flora Enchinton – who was named as the sole beneficiary in his will – and a Philadelphia man, Richard Thornton, who claims to be the actor’s brother. Thornton filed a civil lawsuit disputing the validity of the will, signed by Hemsley one month prior to his death.
Hemsley had said in media interviews that he was an only child. His estate is reportedly valued at $50,000.
On September 24, Probate Court judge Patricia Chew delayed the trial over the actor’s estate and remains and ordered the man who claims to be Hemsley’s brother to undergo a DNA test.
Sources: Contactmusic.com, El Paso Times, Reuters, Fox411, VH1, Twitter
Bereavement will allllllllways bring out a person’s true them. When he stated he was an only child, why did the so called other sibling step up then?????