Whitney Houston leaves all in possession to daughter

 　　BEIJING, March 8 (Xinhuanet) -- The legendary¹ singer Whitney Houston left everything in her possession to her 19-year-old daughter Bobbi Kristina, not a penny to ex-husband Bobby Brown, according to media reports Thursday.

　　According to a 19-page will first obtained by Inside Edition, Houston left all of her furnishings, clothing, personal effects, jewelry² and cars to her "surviving children", but she didn't mention specific assets. Bobbi Kristina is her only child.

　　The money will be placed in a trust that is specially³ set up for the girl who will receive the inheritance over time: get part of the money upon turning 21, a little more at age 25, and the rest at age 30. Houston named her mother, Cissy Houston as the executor of the will.

　　The late pop icon⁴ signed her will on Feb. 3, 1993, and later amended⁵ it in 2000 when she was still married to Bobby Brown. Their marriage came to an end in 2007.

　　On Feb. 11, Whitney Houston was found dead in the bathtub of her Beverly Hills hotel room in Los Angeles, at the age of 48.

　　There is no official cause of death yet, but it is being reported that the police are reaching the end of their investigation⁶ and are close to ruling the death as an accident.

1 legendary   

adj.传奇（中）的，闻名遐迩的；n.传奇（文学）

参考例句：

• Legendary stories are passed down from parents to children.传奇故事是由父母传给孩子们的。
• Odysseus was a legendary Greek hero.奥狄修斯是传说中的希腊英雄。

2 jewelry   

n.（jewllery）（总称）珠宝

参考例句：

• The burglars walked off with all my jewelry.夜盗偷走了我的全部珠宝。
• Jewelry and lace are mostly feminine belongings.珠宝和花边多数是女性用品。

3 specially   

adv.特定地；特殊地；明确地

参考例句：

• They are specially packaged so that they stack easily.它们经过特别包装以便于堆放。
• The machine was designed specially for demolishing old buildings.这种机器是专为拆毁旧楼房而设计的。

4 icon   

n.偶像，崇拜的对象，画像

参考例句：

• They found an icon in the monastery.他们在修道院中发现了一个圣像。
• Click on this icon to align or justify text.点击这个图标使文本排齐。

5 Amended   

adj. 修正的 动词amend的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He asked to see the amended version. 他要求看修订本。
• He amended his speech by making some additions and deletions. 他对讲稿作了些增删修改。

6 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。