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#Late ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ host James Lipton leaves wife $2.125M estate

#Late ‘Inside the Actors Studio’ host James Lipton leaves wife $2.125M estate

July 21, 2020 | 6:47pm

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Late thespian and “Inside the Actors Studio” host James Lipton, left behind a $2.125 million estate to his wife, court records show.

The 93-year-old TV writer — who died peacefully March 2 in his home after having battled bladder cancer, TMZ reported — left his estate to his third wife Kedakai Lipton, according to a will filed in Manhattan Surrogate’s court in June.

Lipton — who appeared on shows including “Arrested Development,” “Glee” and “Bewitched” — had $125,000 in “personal property” and another $2 million in “improved real property in New York State,” according to court papers included with the will.

The thespian also bequeathed to Kedakai — whom he named as his estate executor — “all of my intellectual property rights” including royalties and residuals from his acting gigs, according to the will signed in 2015.

He also left Kedakai “all my professional materials relating to my work as an actor, host, author or educator” including manuscripts, books and video recordings, the court documents say.

Lipton interviewed some 300 actors — including Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, Al Pacino, Dave Chapelle and Sir Ian McKellen — in his 24 years hosting Emmy-winning “Inside the Actors Studio,” before retiring in 2018.

Lipton — who lived in an Upper East Side apartment, according to the court papers — also wrote for TV shows, including “Capitol,” “Return to Peyton Place” and “Another World.”

Following her husband’s death, Kedakai told TMZ, “There are so many James Lipton stories but I’m sure he would like to be remembered as someone who loved what he did and had tremendous respect for all the people he worked with.”

Kedakai declined to comment through a lawyer for her and the estate.

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