Ric Ocasekdid not include his estranged wifePaulina Porizkovain his will.
“I have made no provision for my wife Paulina Porizkova (‘Paulina’) as we are in the process of divorcing,” Ocasek, 75, wrote in the will.
“Even if I should die before our divorce is final … Paulina is not entitled to any elective share … because she has abandoned me,” he added.
A rep for Porizkova did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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Ocasek and Porizkova first met whilefilming the music video for The Cars’ song “Drive”in 1984.
In May 2018, the couple — who share two adult sons together, Jonathan, 21, and Oliver, 26 —announced their split after 28 years of marriage. However, they were not legally divorced prior to his death.
Though the pair had been separated for nearly three years when Ocasekdiedon Sept. 15in his New York City home, the model recently revealed on Instagramthat they were still living togetherand raved about her late husband.
“His smile and his gaze warmed you and made you feel like the most special person in the world. I had that gaze and smile on me for most of my life,” shewrote last monthbeside a black-and-white photo. “For a long long time, no one could make me feels as loved as Ric. He was my sun.”
Porizkova went on to clarify that she didn’t mean Ocasek was her sunshine — “Ric could be pretty gloomy” she admitted, adding that he used to “revel” in his nickname “the Master of Doom” — but rather that he was always the focal point of her life.
Porizkova was the one to find Ocasek in his home after he had died in his sleep following a surgery two weeks earlier, which she toldRolling Stonewas “not at all” the cause behind his death.
“I don’t know how much I want to say about the surgery, but it was successful. He was recuperating really well,” she explained to the outlet. “So his passing was a f—ing shock.”
“I walked up to him and he still looked asleep. Except he was really, really still and his eyes were a little bit open. I thought he was waking up, actually,” she recalled. “But I touched his cheek and it was like touching marble. That was pretty f— awful.”
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Ocasek’s pulmonary emphysema, which causes a decrease in respiratory function and breathlessness, was listed as a contributing factor.
source: people.com
