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The battles fought between surviving friends—in this case Wilde’s literary executor, Robert Ross, and Wilde’s onetime boyfriend, Alfred “Bosie” Douglas—are more partisan, the enmities more acrimonious.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Choose an executor: This is the person who will make sure your wishes are carried out.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

I’m the executor of the estate and am in the process of obtaining a tax ID to open an estate bank account.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

I hold durable power of attorney for her and am the named executor of her will.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

Despite this, when Poe unexpectedly passed away in 1849, Rufus GriswoId was named literary executor of his estate, to the surprise of many.

From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman

Banks and law firms often have fiduciaries who act as executors.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Given the complexity and time involved, executors can bill the estate for their time and effort, as long as they follow the state laws, court rules and instructions in the will.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 2, 2026

Michaelson, one of the lawyers for the executors, declined to comment beyond the statement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

“AI factories are relatively new and evolving and require significant learning along the way. The beneficiaries will be the top executors, from infrastructure players to bare metal powered shell and neo-cloud operators,” he writes.

From Barron's ● Jun. 30, 2026

Because relatives were sometimes impossible to locate, the committee began to administer the estates of the deceased who had no legal heirs or executors available.

From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy