Some say stewardesses always have drama with the men in their lives. Such was an example with former face of SIA's advertising campaign back in 1976, Ms Lim Bee Bee.

According to The Straits Times report, Ms Lim died in January last year due to kidney failure, just two weeks before turning 52, leaving behind a bustling beauty salon business and various properties totalling about $1 million. She divided these between her nephew whom she regarded as a son, and her boyfriend whom she had lived with for four years.

This sparked an ugly debate in court, as Ms Lim's nephew, Mr Kelvin Lim Chen Yeow, 34, was discontent with his inheritance, and sued her lover, Goh Chin Peng, 51 to get his share as well - a lump sum of A$273,069 (S$345, 731) that Ms Lim held in a joint account with Mr Goh, The Straits Times reported.

This was despite Mr Lim receiving the bulk of his aunt's assets, including her salon, Matchpoint Hairdesign & Beauty Salon, the shophouse it operated out of and the flat above it, said The Straits Times. It also reported that these properties were valued between $800,000 and $1 million early this year.

According to The Straits Times, Mr Lim's move backfired, as Justice Chan Seng Onn rebuffed him for being "simply too greedy", as his aunt had already given him "a very substantial amount". Justice Chan therefore ruled that Mr Goh could keep his allotted share, reasoning that "it was not as if Bee Bee had deserted them (the plaintiff and his family) and gave them absolutely nothing."

The Straits Times also reported that in court, Mr Lim tried to downplay Ms Lim and Mr Goh's relationship, referring to them as just friends. However, Justice Chan was not convinced. He was moved by a spontaneous testimony by Mr Goh that declared Mr Goh's love for her, and his sorrow after her death.

According to The Straits Times, this was not the first time that Ms Lim sparked some drama with her will.

The Straits Times reported that all of Ms Lim's assets were formerly willed to her philandering ex-husband, Michael Cheong, but she revoked the will in 1999, affronted by his continued affair with a junior hairstylist. In November 1999, Ms Lim made a second will, naming nephew Mr Lim as her sole beneficiary. Again in 2004, Ms Lim changed her will, and this time made her boyfriend Mr Goh a joint signatory of her Australian-dollar time deposit account.