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He needed a script: Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman left a legal mess behind

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In leaving his estate outright to his partner, the Oscar-winning actor left her with a multimillion-dollar tax bill

Actor Philip Seymour Hoffman may have left his partner and mother of his three children with a multimillion-dollar tax bill.

Such are the findings of estate planning experts who've had a chance to peruse the late actor's will, which was signed on Oct. 7, 2004 in New York — more than nine years be

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