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Download a free copy of the Last Will & Testament of Pope Paul VI (1897-1978).

• Born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini, Pope Paul VI reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church and Sovereign of Vatican City from 1963 to 1978.
• He succeeded Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, and Pope Paul decided to continue it. He took on the name Paul, to indicate a renewed worldwide mission to spread the message of Christ.
• Pope Paul fostered improved ecumenical relations with Orthodox, Anglicans and Protestants. His positions on birth control and other issues were controversial in the Western world, but applauded in Eastern and Southern Europe and Latin America.
• His pontificate took place during sometimes revolutionary changes in the world, student revolts, the Vietnam War and other upheavals. Paul VI tried to understand it all but at the same time defend the Deposit of Faith as it was entrusted to him.
• Pope Paul VI died on 6 August 1978, the Feast of the Transfiguration. The diocesan process for beatification Paul VI began on 11 May 1993.

Source: Wikipedia.org

This is a copy of the last will and testament of Diana, Princess of Wales (1961-1997).

• Princess Diana, born Diana Frances Spencer, was the first wife of Charles, then Prince of Wales, now King Charles III. They were wed in a fairytale wedding in July of 1981.
• On her father's side, Diana was a descendant of King Charles II.
• The Princess of Wales was well-known for her support of charities devoted to a number of illnesses and causes, including AIDS, leprosy, homelessness, drug addiction, and care of the elderly.
• In the early 1990s, Charles and Diana's marriage fell apart. Their divorce was finalized in August 1996.
• Diana remained the focus of near-constant media scrutiny in the United Kingdom and around the world before, during and after her marriage, even in the years following her sudden death in a car crash, which was followed by a spontaneous and prolonged show of public mourning.
• The long-awaited Coroner's Inquest concluded in 7 April 2008 that Diana had been unlawfully killed by the negligent driving of the following vehicles and the driver of the Mercedes in which she was travelling.
• Contemporary responses to Diana's life and legacy were mixed but a popular fascination with the Princess endures.

Biographical material taken from Wikipedia.com.

Download a free copy of the last will and testament of Richard Milhous Nixon (1913-1994).

• Richard Nixon was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to 1974 and was also the 36th Vice President of the United States (1953 to 1961), and the first born in the 20th century.
• Nixon was the only President to resign the office and also the only person to be elected twice in both the offices of the Presidency and Vice presidency.
• In 1952 he became one of the youngest Vice Presidents in history, serving under Dwight D. Eisenhower. He lost his bid to become President in 1960, narrowly losing to John F. Kennedy, and after losing a race for Governor in California in 1962, he withdrew from politics. In 1968, however, he ran again for president of the United States and was elected.
• The most immediate task facing President Nixon was a resolution of the Vietnam War. He initially escalated the conflict, overseeing incursions into neighboring countries, though American military personnel were gradually withdrawn and he successfully negotiated a ceasefire with North Vietnam in 1973, effectively ending American involvement in the war. His foreign policy initiatives were largely successful: his groundbreaking visit to the People's Republic of China in 1972 opened diplomatic relations between the two nations, and he initiated the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with the Soviet Union. At home, he implemented new economic policies which called for wage and price control and the abolition of the gold standard. He was reelected by a landslide in 1972.
• In his second term, the nation was afflicted with economic difficulties. In the face of likely impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal, Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. He was later pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford, for any federal crimes he may have committed while in office.
• In his retirement, Nixon became a prolific author and undertook many foreign trips. His work as an elder statesman helped to rehabilitate his public image. He died following a debilitating stroke at the age of 81.

Source: Wikipedia.com.

Download this free copy of the last will and testament of Rob Roy (1671-1734).

• Rob Roy is the name by which history remembers legendary Scottish Highland clan chief Robert MacGregor. He was also known as Red Robert, because of his red beard.
• Outlawed for debts incurred in cattle dealing, he fled to the hills and lived by robbing his creditor the Duke of Montrose.
• Popular legend idealized Rob Roy's crimes as robbing the rich to pay the poor, immortalizing him as a Scottish Robin Hood.

This is a copy of the Last Will of Robbie Burns (1759-1796).

• Scotland's favourite son, Robert Burns (also known as Robbie Burns, Rabbie Burns, the Ploughman Poet, the Bard of Ayrshire and in Scotland as simply The Bard) was a poet and a lyricist.
• He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide for his homely, humorous and satirical style.
• Burns was a pioneer of the Romantic movement. He is famous for his astute political and civil commentary.
• Robbie Burns Day is celebrated amongst Scots around the world to commemorate his life and work.

Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Samuel Johnson (1709-1784).

• Samuel Johnson was a British man of letters and one of the outstanding literary figures of the 18th century.
• Johnson produced the first great English dictionary, the Dictionary of the English Language, in 1755.
• The biography of Johnson written by James Boswell is still one of the most critically acclaimed biographies of all time.

Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Edward M. (Ted) Kennedy (1932-2009).

• Edward Kennedy (better known as 'Teddy' or 'Ted') was a US Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. He was re-elected to Senate nine times and served for 47 years until his death from a brain tumor.
• He was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in U.S. history.
• For many years the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he was the last surviving son of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, both victims of assassination, and Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., killed in action in World War II; and the father of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy.
• Ted Kennedy played a vital role in passing many laws that addressed economic and social issues such as immigration, cancer research, health insurance, AIDS care, civil rights, and education.
• Over the course of his career and continuing into the Obama administration, Kennedy continued his efforts to enact universal health care, which he called the 'cause of my life.'

Download this free copy of the Last Will of Shoeless Joe Jackson (1888-1951).

• Joseph Jefferson "Shoeless Joe" Jackson was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century.
• He is notoriously remembered for his part in the "Black Sox" Scandal, when members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series. As a result of that participation, he was banned from playing professional baseball after the 1920 season.
• Joe got his nickname 'Shoeless' when he was playing for Greenville. He bought a new pair of spikes which gave him blisters that hurt his feet so much, he took them off and played in his sock feet. It was the only game he ever played without his shoes, but he would forever be known as "Shoeless Joe," a nickname he did not like.
• Jackson, who played left field for most of his career, currently has the third highest career batting average. Babe Ruth claimed that he modeled his hitting technique after Jackson's.
• Jackson still holds the White Sox franchise records for triples in a season and career batting average.
• He was immortalized in the Kevin Costner film "Field of Dreams".

Download this free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895).

• T. H. Huxley was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialized in comparative anatomy.
• He was also an educator and an advocate of agnosticism. In fact, he coined the term.
• Huxley's very public support of Charles Darwin's evolutionary naturalism earned him the nickname "Darwin's bulldog".

Enjoy this free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Tallulah Bankhead (1902-1968).

• Tallulah Bankhead was a sultry deep-voiced American actress and free spirit, who publicly admitted using cocaine and marijuana and reportedly had affairs with both men and women.
• Bankhead's outrageous personality and uninhibited behavior made her a favorite of the after hours set.
• She never enjoyed making films, although she made 20 of them - the last being voice work in 'The Daydreamer' in 1966.