When TV kingpin Aaron Spelling died in 2006, his fortune was estimated from $500 million to $650 million, but daughter Tori's inheritance was cut to a pittance. The actress, who for a decade starred on her father's wildly popular "Beverly Hills 90210," says she learned of her father's death via e-mail. Her mother says Tori had never come to his bedside earlier.

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Some say the tipping point in the feud was an interview that Tori gave US Weekly just days after her father's death. In it, Tori said little about her father; she also mentioned that her mother had spent time with a "male friend." It plays like one of Spelling's many soap operas, only this one is true. Read more on the "Dynasty" creator's dynasty.

Continued: The Guccis