Wills Demand, Have One On Me

Your online will   is designed to help your family manage the disposal of your estate when you’ve moved on. Whilst yours may be simple, here are one or two memorable ones.

Houdini’s Will
It is sensible to make a will. All of us realize that, but actually getting around to it seems such a chore.  How much consideration went in these “wills with a difference”?

Even the legendary magician and escape artist, Harry Houdini, couldn’t escape death. Having perished from a burst appendix, one of his greatest shocks came with the reading of his will. His magicians supplys went to his former partner Theodore, who was also his brother. His magical skills fizzled on the next items – his ample collection of writings on magic and the occult. He left these to the American Society for Psychical Research, but with the condition that their research officer J Malcolm Bird, who also was the editor of their journal, stood down. They refused the conditions the collection was given to the Library of Congress.

The white rabbits that he employed in his performance left their hats and were distributed amongst the kids of friends. Continuing the strange theme, his gave his wife ten words, which was a secret code, with the pledge that he would use 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 short but interesting history. She recorded several rock classics and four albums, including “To Love Somebody” and “Me and Bobby McGee”. After years of drugs and drink, she passed away from an overdose, aged 27. Two days before her death in 1970 her will      the sum of 2,500 dollars to sponsor an all night party at her favourite bar so that her mates could “get blasted after I’m gone.” It must have been some wake – that was a sizable amount of cash back in 1970.

We’ve all heard of people that, unexpectedly, give all their money to the cats’ home, much to the anger of their relatives. Many family rows start when a will is read. As long as the person who made the will is of sound mind and not under duress, there is often little that can be done to object to such a decision.

Quirks apart, if you pass on without writing a will, those whom you would want to inherit will not always 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 money, in spite of your intentions and affirmations. This can be problematic when it’s not clearly stated and can cause devastating financial consequences.

The current method to get your will started is to search online and source a cheaper wills      . However simple your aims are, it’s advisable to have the professionals to make it for you and you can be assured that you’re leaving your estate exactly how you would wish them to be.