Last July, I stumbled upon an ancient Will while visiting the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. As an estate planning lawyer, I was delighted. The Will, written in hieratic script on papyrus, was made by Naunakhte, an Egyptian woman who lived more than 3,000 years ago during the reign of King Ramesses V. Her will is not […]
Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…” – Leona Helmsley
NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. Leona Helmsley is often referred to as the “Queen of Mean”, but her dog might disagree. During her life, she dressed her Maltese Terrier, Trouble, in pricey outfits, […]
Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…: Reuben John Smith
NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. Reuben John Smith wanted to make sure he had a comfortable place to sit for eternity. So when he died in 1899, he directed that his body be […]
Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…” Leslie Ann Mandel
NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. Leslie Ann Mandel loved her animals: 32 cockatiels who live in an aviary located on her property in East Hampton, a cat named Dragon and a dog named […]
Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…”- Harry Houdini
NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. Have you ever gotten a psychic reading? According to a 2005 Gallup Poll,26 percent of the people polled believed in clairvoyance, and 31 percent believed in telepathy or […]
Wacky Will Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm… “Rona Scroratow
NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. The great thing about having a Will is that it gives you the power to decide how your property will be distributed when you die. For example, if you […]
Wacky Will Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…: Billy Standley
NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. Billy Standley, loved his Harley Davidson motorcycle, which he credited for helping him keep his sense of adventure after he settled down to raise four children. He loved […]
Wacky Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…” Solomon Sanborn
NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. Solomon Sanborn of Medford, Massachusetts was a patriot, and was especially proud of the part Massachusetts took in the Revolutionary struggle. So when the hatmaker died in 1871, […]
Wacky Will Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go “Hmmm…” – Ray Fulk
NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. Most leave their estate to family members, close friends or charity, not to people they’ve never met. But Ray Fulk had other ideas. Fulk was a recluse who […]
Wacky Will Wednesday: Wills That Make You Go Hmmm… – James Doohan
NB: This post is part of a series highlighting wills that contain some interesting, and sometimes bizarre, bequests and stipulations. You can see all these posts here. If you are a Star Trek fan like me, you’re familiar with James Doohan. He was the actor who played Montgomery Scott, the chief engineer of the original […]