23 March 2019 21:50
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5 of the strangest wills in the world
... Interesting facts from history ...
Some rich and famous people express their last will in a very peculiar way. There are cases when their testaments became a real sensation and shock for the public. Today we will talk about such expressions of celebrities. No matter what their main goal, they have achieved one thing for sure - even after many years, their name is still widely known.
1. Samuel Bratt
Being addicted to smoking, the wealthy Mr. Bratt, dying, decided to take revenge on his wife, who tried to fight his bad habit with the strictest restrictions. Under the terms of the will, she could use the right to an inheritance only if she began to smoke five cigars a day. The state of Mr. Bratt at that time was estimated at 330 thousand pounds.
2. Leona Hemsley
The last will of an eccentric millionaire was such that after her death her grandchildren should receive $ 5 million, but her beloved dog - twice as much. When she is gone, then, at the request of Hemsley, the animal should be buried next to her in a special mausoleum for one and a half million dollars.
3. Henry Ford
After his death, the famous tycoon left half a billion dollars to charity. He wished that the money went to more than 4 thousand educational and charitable institutions. Today it is the biggest donation in history.
4. Gene Rodenberry
The creator of the «Star Trek» franchise gave himself a «fantastic» funeral. While he was still alive, he wished his body to be cremated and the ashes dispelled in space. Rodenberry's will was performed as he wanted, perpetuating it in the unexplored expanses of the universe.
5. Heinrich Heine
All his life, the famous sing Heine regretted that he had tied the knot with a stupid, quarrelsome and unkind woman — shoemaker Eugenia Mirat. After his death, he left her his condition with the condition that the spouse officially married the second time. Thus, he considered singing, at least one person would understand him and would be sad about his death.
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A will is one of the ways to leave a trace in life. As we can see, people use this opportunity in different ways: someone for revenge, and someone for good deeds. What will be the last will of man - the personal choice of each. In any case, this decision will determine what kind of life a person has lived, and that descendants will remember about him.
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