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Skip to contentMoon Unit Zappa was an anxious, lydig, hypervigilant child, the kind who would look for the fire exits when she walked in a room, because she had long ago learnt that the adults around her couldn’t keep her safe. After all, a parent who names their
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Gail Zappa
Trustee of the Zappa Family Trust (–)
Adelaide Gail Zappa (néeSloatman; January 1, – October 7, ) was the wife of musician and composer Frank Zappa and the trustee of the Zappa Family Trust. They met in Los Angeles in and married while she was pregnant with their first child, Moon, followed by Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva. Gail was also the aunt of model and actress Lala Sloatman.[1][2]
In , Gail Zappa founded the Zappa Family Trust, a holder of the title and copyright to Frank Zappa's musical and artistic products, as well as his commercial image. In , the Trust was given to her son Ahmet shortly before she died of lung cancer.
Early life
[edit]Adelaide Gail Sloatman was born in Philadelphia to John Klein Sloatman Jr. (), a second generation German-American who was a nuclear physicist with the United States Navy, and Laura Freitas (born ), who was born in Honolulu of Portuguese ancestry.[3] She had 7 siblings, including 1 half-si
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Zappa family drama: A look at where Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva are today
Frank Zappa’s rich musical and cultural legacy, and which children have a right to profit off it, have recently become the subject of a public and contentious family battle.
The children of Frank and Gail Zappa – Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet and Diva – were left unequal shares of the Zappa Family Trust, which owns the rights to a massive trove of music and other creative output by the songwriter, filmmaker and producer — more than 60 albums were released during Zappa’s lifetime and 40 posthumously.
Thanks to a decision by their mother, who died in , Ahmet, 42, and his younger sister, Diva, 36, share control of the trust — to the dismay and anger of their two older siblings, Dweezil, 46, and Moon, 48, who received smaller portions.
But each inherited equal levels of their father’s independent spirit, a sensibility that is seeing renewed attention d