The late mother of Elton John stiffed the “Rocket Man” singer — leaving him only two ceramic urns — while bequeathing his ex-assistant more than $738,000, according to a new report.
Three weeks before her death at age 92 in December, Sheila Farebrother changed her will to leave half her fortune to Bob Halley, the man at the center of her years-long rift with her son, the Sun reported.
Last year, John and his mother ended their nine-year falling out that was sparked when John told Farebrother to cut Halley and John’s ex-manager John Reid out of her life.
“I told him, ‘I’m not about to do that and drop them. Bob is like a son to me. He has always been marvelous to me and he lives nearby and keeps an eye on me,’” Farebrother said at the time, the Telegraph reported.
Their reconciliation came after John’s brush with death after contracting a bacterial infection in South America.
Farebrother left the rest of her fortune to split between John’s half-brother Frederick Farebrother and her pal Deborah Woodward.
John, meanwhile, only received the urns and some family photos.
Farebrother’s will was signed Nov. 10, 24 days before her Dec. 4 death and as one final snub to her son.
“I give to my son Elton John free of all taxes my two Batignani blue/gold urns and my photographs of mother in uniform and grandfather in uniform,” her will said.
“Sir Elton is worth [$414 million], but it’s not the money that matters,” a source told the Sun. “It very much looks like Sheila was determined to make one final point to her son in her will.”
John’s beef with his mom peaked two years ago, when Farebrother hired an Elton John impersonator for her 90th birthday.
“I don’t hate her but I don’t want her in my life,” John once said about her.
Halley worked for John for three decades as a driver and personal assistant. Reid once served as John’s manager and the two briefly dated.
Last month, the “Bennie & The Jets” crooner announced his retirement from touring to spend more time with his two sons.
“Why now? Well, before the children, I thought … this is what I’m going be doing till the day I die,” he said. “But I don’t want to be traveling away from my children. They need me. I need them much more than another tour or doing another show.”