Wills and Obituaries
 
Real Wills (click on the name to read the will)
 
Bonaparte, Napoleon - Emperor of France
For more information: 
Napoleonic Literature 
The Napoleon Series
Recommended reading: 
Assassination at St. Helena Revisted by Ben Weider and Sten Forshufvud 
Napoleon Bonaparte: A Life by Alan Schom
 
Burger, Warren - Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
For more information: 
Ex-Justice Leaves a Slapdash Will 
Retired Chief Justice Warren Burger Eulogized
 
Clay, Henry - American statesman
For more information: 
Henry Clay 
Henry Clay: An Online Tribute
 
Coolidge, Calvin - President of the United States
A man known for his few words, Coolidge's entire will was only 23 words long:  "Not unmindful of my son, I give all of my estate, both real and personal, to my wife, Grace Coolidge, in fee simple."  He died in 1933 from a heart attack as he finished a jigsaw puzzle of George Washington.  his estate was valued at $70,000.
For more information: 
Calvin Coolidge
 
Diana - Princess of Wales
For more information: 
Text of the doctor's statement announcing Diana's death 
Princess Diana dead after Paris car crash
Recommended reading: 
Death of a Princess: The Investigation by Thomas Sancton, Scott MacLeod 
Diana in Private: The Princess Nobody Knows by Lady Coln Campbell
 
Disney, Walter "Walt" - Animator, producer, showman
For more information: 
Walt Disney:  His Life and his Works
Recommended reading: 
Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia by Dave Smith 
Disney's World: A Biography by Leonard Mosley
 
Franklin, Benjamin - U.S. statesman, author, printer, inventor
For more information: 
Ben Franklin:  A Documentary History 
Ben Franklin:  Glimpses of the Man
Recommended reading: 
Benjamin Franklin by Carl Van Doren 
Benjamin Franklin and His Enemies by Robert Middlekauff
 
Garcia, Jerome "Jerry" - Musician, member of the Grateful Dead
For more information: 
Jerry Garcia Estate Case Settled from MTV News
Recommended reading: 
Dark Star: An Oral Biography of Jerry Garcia by Robert Greenfield
 
Helmsley, Harry - U.S. real estate magnate, husband of Leona "only the poor pay taxes" Helmsley
For more information: 
Billionaire real estate magnate Harry Helmsley dies - Associated Press 
Debt served, [Leona] Helmsley gets off probation - Associated press
 
Jackson, Joe "Shoeless Joe" - Baseball player, banned for conspiring to fix the World Series
For more information: 
Shoeless Joe Jackson's Virtual Hall of Fame
Recommended reading: 
Shoeless Joe Jackson and Ragtime Baseball by Harvey Frommer
 
Johnson, Samuel - English lexicographer, essayist, poet, and critic
For more information: 
Samuel Johnson
Recommended reading: 
The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell
 
Lennon, John "imagine no possessions" Winston Ono  - British musician, ex-Beatle
For more information: 
Imagine 
John Lennon Page at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Recommended reading: 
Lennon: The Definitive Biography by Ray Coleman
Recommended listening: 
1962-1966 (Red Album) by the Beatles 
1967-1970 (Blue Album) the Beatles 
Lennon Legend: The Very Best by  John Lennon
Recommended viewing: 
Hard Day's Night by the Beatles
 
Monroe, Marilyn - American actress and presidential mistress
For more information: 
Marilyn Monroe 
The Official Site of Marilyn Monroe
Recommended reading: 
Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words by Marilyn Monroe and George Barris 
Marilyn : The Last Take by Peter Harry Brown and Patte B. Barham
Recommended viewing: 
Some Like it Hot starring Marilyn Monroe 
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes starring Marilyn Monroe 
Seven Year Itch starring Marilyn Monroe
 
Nixon, Richard M. - 37th President of the United States
For more information: 
The Richard Nixon Library 
The Nixon Project
Recommended reading: 
The Final Days by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein 
Nixon: A Life by Jonathan Aitken
Recommended viewing: 
All the President's Men starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford
 
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy - Widow of President John F. Kennedy
For more information: 
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis 
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Estate Auction Index
 
Presley, Elvis A. - U.S. musician, the "King" of rock and roll
For more information: 
Elvis Presley Estate Inventory Book 
The Original Unofficial Elvis Home Page
Recommended reading: 
Elvis by Dave Marsh 
The Day Elvis Met Nixon by Egil Krogh
Recommended listening: 
50 Worldwide Gold Award Hits by Elvis Presley
Recommended viewing: 
Jailhouse Rock by Elvis Presley
 
Ruth, George Herman "Babe" - Legendary baseball player
For more information: 
Official Site of Babe Ruth 
The Babe Ruth Birthplace and Official Orioles Museum
Recommended reading: 
Babe: The Legend Comes to Life  by Robert W. Creamer
 
Shakespeare, William - Famed Elizabethan playwright
For more information: 
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet 
The Works of the Bard
Recommended reading: 
Tales from Shakespeare by Charles and Mary Lamb 
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare by Isaac Asimov 
An Introduction to Shakespeare: The Dramatist in His Context by Peter Hyland 
Alias Shakespeare: Solving the Greatest Literary Mystery of All Time by Joseph Sobran
Recommended viewing: 
Romeo and Juliet starring Olivia Hussey not Leonardo Dicaprio
 
Sinatra, Frank - American singer
For more information; 
Source: Sinatra will leaves music rights to children, real estate to wife
Recommended reading: 
The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin' by Bill Zehme 
Rat Pack Confidential by Shawn Levy
Recommended listening: 
The Best Of the Capitol Years by Frank Sinatra
Recommended viewing: 
From Here to Eternity also starring Burt Lancaster, Montgomery Clift, and Deborah Kerr 
Oceans 11 starring the Rat Pack
 
A Good Reference on Famous Wills
Wills of the Rich & Famous: Fascinating Look at the Rich, Often Surprising Legacies of Yesterday's Celebrities by Herbert E. Nass
 
 
Other "Wills"  
 
 
 
Will and Obituary LInks  
 
Last Will and Testament Links 
Obituary Links 
 
 
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