Peter Sellers, the comic actor known for his roles in Doctor Strangelove and The Pink Panther, may have tried to change his will just hours before he died, according to legal document found recently. The letter suggests that Sellers tried to stop his fortune passing to his fourth wife, Lynne Frederick, just before his fatal heart attack in 1980.
However, as the papers were never made official, Ms Frederick inherited the majority of the actor’s wealth, while his children received token amounts. “This document is exceptional on two fronts,” said Auctioneer Henry Aldridge and Son of Devises, which sold the document at the weekend.
“One, that it was the very last item ever to be signed by Peter, and two, because his daughter Victoria was left just £800 in his will.” If the letter had been known about, the auction house went on to say, Victoria Sellers would have inherited £200,000 on her 21st birthday.