by the beneficiaries of the estate.
American Heart Association sued the County of Greenville and State
of South Carolina for possession of his Last Will and Testament. At
the time of this lawsuit in 1997, the charities, bene ciaries of Jackson's
estate, hoped to auction it for more than $100,000.
because Jackson was expelled from baseball with seven Chicago White
Sox teammates for allegedly accepting gamblers' bribes and throwing
the 1919 World Series. e scheme became known as the "Black Sox"
scandal. Jackson could not be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
because of his expulsion.
were considered controversial. Allegedly, to get Jackson to admit
his role in the scandal, the team lawyer poured large amounts of
whiskey down Jackson's throat. e other seven players implicated
in the scandal con rmed that Jackson was never at any of the
meetings. One player, Williams, said that they only mentioned
Jackson's name to give their plot more credibility. Jackson himself
recanted his confession and swore innocence until the day of his
death. e movies "Field of Dreams" and "Eight Men Out" helped
elevate him to an American Legend.
wife, Katie, upon her death in 1959, le the Jackson probate estate to
two charities, the American Heart Association and the American
Cancer Society, because Joe had died of heart failure and she su ered
from cancer. e value of the Will became a sensation when, in 1991,