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Tom Benson's last will makes clear who was in, out of his inner circle late in his life

In July 2015, a little more than a month after a New Orleans judge found he was mentally fit enough to handle his own affairs, Saints and Pelicans owner Tom Benson pressed a pen against each page of a last will and testament that repeatedly said neither his daughter nor his grandchildren would get another penny from him.

Then, with Archbishop Gregory Aymond and an attorney as witnesses, he signed the document that spelled out how he wanted his affairs handled after his death.

Benson said he was leaving all of his property to a trust, the members of which weren't named in the document that was filed in court Friday evening, one day after Benson died at 90.