what if you are married your spouse dies before the divorce but have been living apart for 4 years can the wife take anything of the spouse that died

This is more of a question of probate or estate administration. Your answer starts with determining if the spouse had a will or not. If they had a will, that document may make distributions that would still be valid despite the separation and may leave the surviving spouse with something or cut them out. If they did not have a will, it is possible that the surviving spouse could receive a portion of the estate under several theories of recovery. Because Georgia does not recognize the idea of legal separation, the surviving spouses rights likely remain intact.