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Terry Wogan’s wife Lady Helen leaves eye-watering amount in her will after she died aged 88 – 9 years after her husband
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SIR Terry Wogan’s widow Lady Helen left a £5million fortune in her estate, The Sun can reveal.
The hero broadcaster’s loyal wife of 51 years died last year aged 88, and split her will between the couple’s three living children.
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Documents signed off by the High Court last week reveal Lady Wogan left a total of £4,948,334.
The total was reduced by £31,000 to £4,917,989 after costs and fees were removed.
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Lady Wogan left tax-free gifts to two of her children – £850,000 to Alan Wogan, who was named as an executor on the estate, and £750,000 to Katherine.
A £100,000 trust was also set up for each of her five grandchildren, to be made available to them when they turn 25.
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The remainder of the money and her possessions were split between all three living children, including son Mark.
Sir Terry and Helen tragically lost their first baby, Vanessa, to a heart condition just a few weeks after she was born in 1966.
Lady Wogan signed her final will in February 2023.
It means she left nearly five times more than her husband, who died in 2016 aged 77.
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Sir Terry, said to be worth £20 million at his peak, passed on £1million in his estate.
He frequently mentioned Lady Helen on the radio, jokingly calling her "The Present Mrs Wogan", or, after his 2005 knighthood, “The Present Lady Wogan”.
Son Mark led tributes to his mother after her death.
He wrote: "Our beautiful Mum left us last night after a fantastic life. From a young Irish rose to Lady Wogan, she was the epitome of style and grace.
"A Mother, Grandmother and Wife, with love and kindness at her core.
"A strength and a belief that saw her through many of life’s trials.
Among the celebrities to send their condolences in response were presenters Jeremy Clarkson and Eamonn Holmes, and singer Ronan Keating.
Sun columnist Jeremy said: "Horrible when it happens. Thinking of you."
TV legend Holmes also wrote: "Mark, so sorry to hear. What a woman and what a couple.
"My sincere condolences to you."
And Boyzone frontman Keating added: "Sending love matey. God bless ya all."
Lady Helen, from Rathmines, a suburb in Dublin, was a top model in Ireland in the early 1960s.
She married Sir Terry in a local parish church in 1965, after the pair met while Wogan was an up-and-coming star on Irish radio.
Sir Terry died of cancer in January 2016, three months after his final episode of Weekend Wogan, in which he announced he was suffering from prostate cancer.
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Between 1993 and his semi-retirement in December 2009, his BBC Radio 2 breakfast show drew in an average of eight million listeners.
After his death, the BBC renamed Radio 2's studios to Wogan House as a mark of respect.
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