Samantha, Warwick Davis’s adored wife, passed away in March, leaving him almost £500,000.
The Harry Potter star, 54, was bequeathed the fortune following his film star partner’s death aged 53 earlier this year.
Mr Davis, who called ‘Sammy’ his ‘most trusted confidant and an ardent supporter’, was the sole trustee in her will.
When Ms Davis passed away, her estate was valued at £536,830, according to records obtained by The Sun.
Ms Davis passed away on March 24 at the age of 53. She had met her husband on the production of his 1988 movie Willow.
During their 33-year marriage, which began in 1991, the couple produced three children, one of whom unfortunately passed away soon after his birth.
Their two other children, Annabelle and Harrison, also paid tribute to their mother at the time of her death, saying, ‘Her love and happiness carried us through our whole lives’. Mum is our best friend and we’re honoured to have received a love like hers.’
As a young kid, Ms. Davis was diagnosed with achondroplasia, a bone development disease that results in dwarfism.
Her spouse suffers from spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia congenita, a related illness. In other words, he never got taller than 3 feet 6 inches.
After Ms Davis’ death, her husband released a heartbreaking tribute to his lifelong partner.
He said he felt like he could achieve anything with his wife by his side and that it felt like he had a ‘superpower’.
‘She was a unique character, always seeing the sunny side of life; she had a wicked sense of humour and always laughed at my bad jokes,’ Davis said in a statement given to the BBC at the time of her death.
Mr Davis said his wife’s mobility had become impaired in recent years but shared how she was determined not to let it bring her down.
She had a brush with death in 2019 when she fell ill with sepsis ahead of a family holiday.
Mr Davis previously told how he and the couple’s children sort of said goodbye’ by her bedside before she pulled through.
At first, she believed her symptoms were brought on by stress from getting ready for the trip.
She was taken to the hospital after her husband contacted an after-hours doctor because she was so exhausted that she could no longer stand without assistance.
Mr Davis said in 2022, ‘The next few hours were the longest of my life as I waited on the ward with our children in the empty space left by Sam’s hospital bed. I hoped it would not symbolise a future for us without her.’
He continued: ‘Our family gathered by her bedside; although optimistic, we were sort of saying goodbye in case Sam didn’t survive.’
The actor and his wife lost baby son Lloyd just nine days after he was born in 1991—the year they got married.
Mr Davis said in 2022 that he would not wish the ‘devastating’ experience on anyone and added: ‘You never get over it.’
He and Ms Davis, who co-founded the charity Little People UK, met when Mr Davis starred as sorcerer Willow Ufgood in the 1988 film named after the character.
Ms Davis and her father, Peter, who is Davis’s business partner, had minor roles as villagers.
She also had an uncredited role as a goblin in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 in 2011, in which Davis portrayed Filius Flitwick, Hogwarts’ charms professor, for the final time.
She appeared in the educational BBC series Through the Dragon’s Eye in 1989.
To improve the representation of individuals with dwarfism on television, Mr. Davis and Mr. Burroughs, both 77, co-founded Willow Management in 1995.
In addition, Mr Burroughs is an actor who has acted in TV and films, such as Hamlet, The Legend of King Arthur, and Return of the Jedi (1983), in which he played an Ewok.
He may have received a sizable inheritance from his wife, but I venture he would sacrifice all to get her return because I’m sure no money in the world could replace his wife.
She was such a pretty lady with an amazing smile, and there was something very genuine and pleasant about this family.
Warwick Davis and his kids must have been devastated by this news, but given the nature of the media, I sincerely hope that these spooky publications won’t use him and his family as subject matter for their pieces.
What a lovely family they are, always smiling, and never any controversy with them.
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