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It's interesting, perhaps, to make a comparison with the Tolkien estate, where Tolkien's literary executor, his son Christopher, has spent the last 40+ years continuing to work on his father's manuscripts, and without whom we wouldn't have had any of Tolkien's work other than "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings". Christopher Tolkien is now 92 years old - I wonder if anyone will continue his work when he dies? The obvious choice to do so would be his eldest son, Simon Tolkien, who is himself a respected novelist and barrister.
The Tolkien estate is an excellent example of the benefits that can accrue to the reader by posthumous copyright. We wouldn't have had most of Tolkien's now extant work had it not been for Christopher.
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