FUN FACTS ABOUT

ESTATE PLANNING LIVING WILLS, WHICH ALLOW PEOPLE TO

CONTROL THEIR END-OF-LIFE TREATMENT,

ARE A RECENT ESTATE PLANNING MECHANISM.

CALIFORNIA BECAME THE

FIRST STATE TO ALLOW LIVING WILLS IN

SEPTEMBER 1976.

xTHE “WILL OF UAH” IS THE OLDEST

KNOWN WILL IN EXISTENCE,

AND IT WAS FOUND IN A TOMB IN EGYPT.

IT DATES BACK TO 2548 BC, AND LEAVES ALL PROPERTY TO HIS WIFE,TETA.

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HISTORIANS FOUND A POWER OF ATTORNEY FROM 561 BC MESOPOTAMIA

P ow e r o f At t o n e r y

THE SHORTEST KNOWN WILLS

ARE ONLY THREE WORDS LONG,

READING,

“ALL TO SON” “ALL TO WIFE.”AND

12

THE LONGEST WILL EVER PROBATED

WAS 1,066 PAGES AND 95,940 WORDS.

AN ENGLISH WOMAN,

FREDERICA EVELYN STILWELL COOK,

HOLDS THIS RECORD.

FAMOUS AMERICANS WHO

HAVE DIED WITHOUT A WILL INCLUDE:

SONNY BONO, KURT COBAIN,

JOHN DENVER, CHRIS FARLEY,

HOWARD HUGHES, AND

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.

A RECENT STUDY INDICATES THAT

APPROXIMATELY 11 % OF BRITONS HAVE

THEIR INTERNET PASSWORDS IN THEIR

LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.

IN 1829, JAMES SMITHSON CREATED THE

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION THROUGH A

BEQUEST IN HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.

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Chris Farley Sonny Bono