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Paul Walker’s mother has petitioned to become the legal guardian of the late actor’s teenage daughter in accordance with his final wishes. Cheryl Ann Walker filed the guardianship petition Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court. It states that Meadow Rain Walker, 15, has been living with her since the death of her son in a fiery crash on Nov. 30 north of Los Angeles. The will of the Fast & Furious actor called for his mother to become his daughter’s guardian and for his father to manage his estate, which has been valued between $16 million and $25 million. Meadow Walker is the sole beneficiary of her father’s estate. Cheryl Walker’s guardianship filing states that her granddaughter’s mother also is living with her but is not an appropriate caretaker because of problems with alcohol. The actor died when the Porsche sports car he was riding in crashed and burst into flames. Investigators estimated that the car was traveling more than 100 mph before it crashed and killed the actor and driver Roger Rodas, a business partner and friend of Paul Walker.

Roy Orbison’s three sons are all musicians but never really got to play music with their dad - until now. Wesley, Roy Jr. and Alex Orbison have helped create a new song by their late father that will appear on the 25th anniversary reissue and expansion of Orbison’s final album, Mystery Girl. They found an old vocal track for a song called “The Way is Love” originally recorded on a boombox and were able to reclaim it using technology that had to be created to accomplish the work. They then added new instrumentation with the help of another son of a music legend, co-producer John Carter Cash. “It really brought us closer together in a lot of ways,” said Alex Orbison, 38, who contributed drums and backing vocals to the track. “We were able to finish it up and get it out by Father’s Day, too, which was obviously special to us.”

Front Section, Pages 2 on 03/21/2014

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