Happy Mondays star Paul Ryder left £6,000 in will after he died suddenly aged 58 hours before show
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HAPPY Mondays bassist Paul Ryder left £6,000 in his British estate after he died without writing a will. The pioneering musician, the brother of frontman Shaun Ryder, bequeathed the sum to his daughter Amelia after his death at 58 in July 2022. Documents obtained by The Sun show the dad-of-four did not write a British will and had £13,262 in assets when he died.
![[Happy Mondays bassist Paul Ryder died only hours before going on stage]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NINTCHDBPICT000747328533.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
After debts and legal sums, the fund was reduced to £5,978. Much of Ryder's royalties and other income is believed to be registered abroad after he moved to Los Angeles in the late 2000s, leaving few assets in Britain. It means most of his estate is likely held in the US.
![[Shaun and Paul were the original founders of The Happy Mondays]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NINTCHDBPICT000747328605.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The High Court granted probate to his daughter Amelia last week. The musician was found dead by his mum Linda just hours before the band were due to play at Kubix Festival in Sunderland as part of their latest reunion. His family revealed he'd reported suffering from headaches after arriving in the UK from the US West Coast.
![[Paul spoke openly about his brotherly rivalry with Shaun]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/NINTCHDBPICT000747348150.jpg?strip=all&w=640)
Singer Shaun and his younger brother formed the Madchester-era band, famed for 90s anthems Step On and Loose Fit, in Salford in 1980. They recruited pals Gaz Whelan, Paul Davis and Mark Day - before later adding dancer Mark "Bez" Barry to the troupe. They released their first album in 1987 and followed it up with Bummed in 1988, which propelled them to stardom.
