HT1918 How to remove a deceased persons Apple ID from iTunes.

My step daughter has inherited her late fathers macbook pro and we don't know any of his passwords.
We have removed him as a user on the mac, but iTunes will not allow us to carry out any app updates because his Apple ID still has updates outstanding, how do we remove his apple ID?
Also her iTunes account can be accessed but doesn't show any of her content, it's as if her account is brand new. Have not ried to synch her iPhone to the macbook for fear of wiping her phones iTunes library.
Happy to jump thru official hoops to sort this out.

I've fixed the issue.

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