When thinking about your will and what you want to include in it, ever wonder what some of the most unique items other people have included? Here are 7 of the most unique will bequests.
3. Leona Helmsley, a New York
real estate tycoon, left $12
million to her pet Maltese,
Trouble.
4. The first trade paperback of Marvel
Comics Squadron Supreme was
produced with an ink blend that
included editor Mark Gruenwald’s ashes.
5. Regarded as the founder of
modern utilitarianism, Jeremy
Bentham had his entire body
preserved. The “auto-icon”
now resides on display at the
University College London.
6. Elvis Presley’s estate
continues to earn an
estimated $55 million each
year from the King of Rock
and Roll’s posthumous
appearances for top
brands.
7. A Portuguese aristocrat selected
70 names at random from a
phone book to be his designated
beneficiaries. Thirteen years
later, his attorney notified them
of their newfound inheritance.
8. The founder of Pringles, Frederic
Baur, had his ashes interred in
an empty Pringles container.
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