I'd bet he was paid $2m-5m per year by CNN.

His shows will live on in syndication for the next 10-20 years. His books will always sell a bit. That's a hefty chunk of change. LOL @ anyone dumb enough to believe he only had $1m to his name.

Now your average D list actress...yes, broke as hell.

obviously he had more assets - the future royalties for his books and shows alone will be $$$.

There was a second trust.

Anonymous wrote:OP here - new details leaked:

We obtained a copy of Bourdain's will, and it appears he created a trust outside the will which contained an undisclosed amount of assets. It's very common for rich folk to create trusts outside of their will ... partly for tax purposes and partly for privacy.

http://www.tmz.com/2018/07/06/anthony-bourdain-will-trust-money-suicide/

There is no doubt in my mind Bourdain has at least $10-20 million in that outside trust.

Anonymous wrote:I don't believe the numbers quoted for Megan Merkel's net worth either. I guess it doesn't matter now!

Meghan Markle was broke as a joke before she married Harry.

Good for Bourdain, to keep the ghouls guessing.

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Anonymous wrote:Im sure he has a trust outside of his assets. Thats what rich people do.

Almost all UMC people do, too. Going through probate is a drag.

I already put the Link above - he does have a trust.

I’m not super surprised. He was on the road filming his show most of the year, so I presume all his expenses were taken care of. He probably didn’t spend much of his own money.

Anonymous wrote:Im sure he has a trust outside of his assets. Thats what rich people do.

Almost all UMC people do, too. Going through probate is a drag.

I would bet a lot of $ that he had assets in a trust. This would just be those assets that go through probate. Most people with a minimum amount of planning have trusts to avoid probate.

I’d rather travel the world, having a blast, and enjoy life like AB did Nostradamus of sitting home with a bunch of money in the bank. That guy pretty much did whatever he wanted to for a long, long, time. That’s success to me. Leaving a bunch of money when I die, not so much.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't believe the numbers quoted for Megan Merkel's net worth either. I guess it doesn't matter now!

Megan was not a celebrity. She was an actress few people had heard of.

+1 She wasn’t making millions per episode on Suits. And they only did 12 episodes a year.