{"id":6351,"date":"2026-06-22T13:07:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/how-oliver-trees-family-is-honoring-final-wish-written-in-will-before-death\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:07:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T13:07:51","slug":"how-oliver-trees-family-is-honoring-final-wish-written-in-will-before-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/how-oliver-trees-family-is-honoring-final-wish-written-in-will-before-death\/","title":{"rendered":"How Oliver Tree&#8217;s family is honoring &#8216;final wish&#8217; written in will before death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F131828153.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Oliver Tree\u2019s family is honoring his \u201cfinal wish\u201d to start a foundation dedicated to helping up-and-coming artists.<\/p>\n<p>The family announced the plans for the foundation, called Dr. Oliver Tree\u2019s Extremely Epic Grant For Baby Geniuses, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ3UjlqAe0e\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;ig_rid=A71s77r8s3t7hmruldQ9vS4&amp;img_index=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an Instagram post<\/a> on Sunday, one week after the singer <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/14\/celebrity-news\/singer-oliver-tree-dead-at-32-following-tragic-helicopter-crash\/\">was killed in a helicopter crash<\/a> in Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOliver is now back in California where he can finally rest,\u201d the post read. \u201cHis legacy will live on through his foundation\/endowment named \u201cDr. Oliver Tree\u2019s Extremely Epic Grant For Baby Geniuses coming soon.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Oliver Tree\u2019s family revealed they are honoring his \u201cfinal wish\u201d to start a foundation dedicated to helping up-and-coming artists. <span class=\"credit\">Oliver Tree \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The family confirmed the foundation is called Dr. Oliver Tree\u2019s Extremely Epic Grant For Baby Geniuses and is \u201ccoming soon\u201d (Tree is pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">Oliver Tree \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The family said Tree wrote the plans for the organization in his will before <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/17\/celebrity-news\/oliver-trees-producer-reveals-he-was-meant-to-be-on-doomed-helicopter-flight\/\">his death on June 14<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will make sure his wish comes to fruition so that more joy, love and art can be spread into the world, that was his final wish,\u201d the family added.<\/p>\n<p>They also thanked \u201ceveryone who has reached out, shown love, support and has done incredible tributes for Oliver,\u201d noting the \u201cconstant love, support and positivity\u201d has helped Tree\u2019s loved ones cope with <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/15\/celebrity-news\/video-shows-helicopter-crash-that-killed-oliver-tree-plunging-to-ground\/\">the tragedy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLove you all so much, Oliver would be so proud of every one of his supporters, friends and family,\u201d the post also read. \u201cPeace be with Oliver.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tree\u2019s family said he wrote the plans for the foundation in his will before his death (Tree is seen in the throwback photo above). <span class=\"credit\">Oliver Tree \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cWe will make sure his wish comes to fruition so that more joy, love and art can be spread into the world, that was his final wish,\u201d the family wrote (Tree is pictured above). <span class=\"credit\">Oliver Tree \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Two months before his death, Tree\u00a0spoke about his will when <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/15\/celebrity-news\/oliver-tree-insisted-family-wouldnt-get-a-penny-when-he-dies-before-helicopter-crash\/\">he vowed not to leave any money to his family<\/a>\u00a0after his passing<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t believe that any of the wealth, or the things that get made from it, is mine,\u201d he said on the\u00a0April 24 episode of the \u201cZach Sang Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo when I die, my will is set up that when I pass, my family, no one\u2019s going to get a penny,\u201d he added before insisting that if he had \u201ca wife or kids or anything, [they\u2019re] not getting a f\u2013king penny.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tree\u2019s family (pictured above) also confirmed the late singer\u2019s body is back in California. <span class=\"credit\">Christine Begin Nickell\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tree (seen above with his family members) died in a helicopter crash in Brazil on June 14 <span class=\"credit\">Christine Begin Nickell\/Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Instead, Tree said he wanted his money to go toward \u201cthe physical making of art\u201d rather than education after setting up a foundation to collect the interest from his music.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re not allowed to buy equipment with the money. You\u2019re not allowed to go get education and schooling with the money,\u201d he said. \u201cYou have to physically hire people to physically produce stuff \u2014\u00a0and you\u2019re allowed to rent equipment to make things.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have basically a committee that I\u2019ve set up when I pass \u2014 and I plan to do it while I\u2019m alive \u2014 where basically everyone will vote on who the money goes to each year.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Two months before his death, Tree (pictured above) revealed he wouldn\u2019t give any money to his family after his passing. <span class=\"credit\">Christine Begin Nickell \/ Facebook<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Tree (pictured above) also confirmed he wanted his money to go towards his foundation at the time. <span class=\"credit\">Oliver Tree \/ Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>His surviving loved ones include <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/19\/celebrity-news\/oliver-trees-mom-breaks-silence-after-singer-vowed-not-to-share-wealth-with-family\/\">his mom, Christine Begin Nickell<\/a>, who said the late singer \u201cmade this world a better place\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/christine.beginnickell\/posts\/pfbid02Zthoag6LQvhww6wEreCyx1TGmRBbCc6NWJH1GeGHBEyFTxmMfCepY1MwMmeDfEcJl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her heartbreaking tribute <\/a>to her son.<\/p>\n<p>Tree was one of six casualties when two helicopters crashed in Recreio dos Bandeirantes, in the southwest zone of Rio de Janeiro, last Sunday. He was 32.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/22\/celebrity-news\/how-oliver-trees-family-is-honoring-final-wish-written-in-will-before-death\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oliver Tree\u2019s family is honoring his \u201cfinal wish\u201d to start a foundation dedicated to helping<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6352,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/131828153.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}