Appeal Rejected in Dispute over Joey Bishop Estate

Daily Pilot:  ‘The California Supreme Court this week rejected a Jewish organization’s appeal against the estate of Joey Bishop, the late entertainer and member of the ‘Rat Pack.’  But the legal battle over his fortune isn’t over yet, an attorney for the Newport Beach Chabad Center said Friday.   The center filed several lawsuits and claims against Bishop’s estate, alleging that the entertainer’s advisors and live-in caretaker blocked his final wishes to have part of his estate go toward setting up a charity for special-needs children in Orange County.  A longtime resident of Newport Beach, Bishop died Oct. 17, 2007, at his Lido Isle home at the age of 89.”