Tori Spelling's father, Aaron, died from a stroke in 2006. Spelling was heartbroken by the loss, and her grief was compounded by her mother's allegations that it was her fault Aaron had died. Spelling had been estranged from the family for some time. "That's what killed my husband, actually," Candy told radio station 94.7 WMAS (via Today). "He just didn't want to live after that."
Fans were stunned to learn that Spelling received less than a million dollars from her wealthy father — just a fraction of his fortune. As Spelling told ABC, though, she and her father had discussed his will before he died. "I think part of me, in the back of my head, maybe hoped it would be different?" she admitted. "But I hated myself for hoping it would be different, because I didn't want to take advantage, I didn't want to be that girl who needed, or wanted, my dad's money."
At the end of the day, though, Spelling was more devastated by the loss of her father than not inheriting his vast fortune. "I was such a Daddy's girl and just adored this man beyond words," she wrote in an Instagram tribute to her father, adding that he was "the kindest most gentle soul in the world."
