Wills The Last Laugh

Your will   is written to help your loved ones manage the disposal of your estate when you’ve gone. Whilst yours may be simple, here are a few with some quirks to them.

Make A Will Don’t Leave It to Chance
It makes sense to make a will. The majority of us understand this, but actually getting around to it seems such a inconvenience.  How much consideration went in these “wills with a difference”?

Even the famous magician and escapologist, Harry Houdini, couldn’t trick death. Having died from a ruptured appendix, one of his biggest shocks came with the will reading. His magic supplys went to his former partner Theodore, who was in addition his brother. His magical skills fizzled on the next section – his bountiful collection of tomes on magic and the occult. He left these to the American Society for Psychical Research, but with the requirement that their research officer J Malcolm Bird, who also was the editor of their journal, resigned. They turned down the terms the collection passed to the Library of Congress.

The white rabbits that he employed in his tricks vacated their hats and were given to the kids of friends. Continuing the unusual theme, his gave his spouse ten words, which formed a secret code, with the avowal that he would employ these words to contact her from the afterlife. Every year for ten years, following his death, she dutifully held séances, but Harry never made contact.

Rock and blues singer Janis Lyn Joplin had a brief but notable career. She recorded several rock anthems and four albums, including “To Love Somebody” and “Me and Bobby McGee”. After years of substance abuse, she died from an overdose, aged twenty seven. Two days before her demise in 1970 her wills online      the sum of 2,500 dollars to sponsor an all night wake at her favourite bar so that her friends could “get blasted after I’m gone.” It must have been some party – that was a sizable amount of money back in 1970.

We’ve all read about people that, randomly, give all their money to the cats’ home, much to the disbelief of their relatives. Many family feuds begin when a will is read. As long as there is no reason to doubt the sanity and freewill of the person when the will is written, there is often little that can be done to contest such a decision.

Quirks aside, if you die without writing a will, the people who you would want to inherit will not necessarily be the ones that do so. You could have a partner of several years, but if you’re not married or in a legal partnership, he or she won’t get your estate, in spite of your intentions and affirmations. This can be upsetting when it’s not clearly understood and can result in awkward fiscal results.

The modern way to get your will started is to search online and locate a cheaper wills      . However basic your intentions are, it’s best to get the professionals to make it for you and you can be confident that you’re leaving your affairs exactly how you would want.