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Download this free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Janis Joplin (1943-1970).

• Janis Joplin was an American blues rock singer and an enduring icon of the '60's youth movement.
• Her incendiary stage performances, problems with drug and alcohol abuse, and her tumultuous love life formed the basis for the movie The Rose.
• Joplin's musical legacy changed the history of rock & roll.
• Janis Joplin died of a drug overdose in 1970, at the age of 27.

Download a free copy of the Last Will of fantasy horror author H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937).

• Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an American fantasy, horror and science fiction novelist best known for the Cthulhu Mythos.
• He was born into a wealthy family but their financial prospects changed drastically after his grandfather passed away and his mother was institutionalized.
• Lovecraft's works advanced the theories of cosmicism and the decline of civilization
• Sadly, he never achieved any measure of literary success during his lifetime. His work only became popular during the latter half of the 20th century and he is now considered one of the most important writers of supernatural horror.

Biographical information courtesy Wikipedia.org.

Elizabeth Edwards (1949-2010), best-selling author and US health care activist, was also the wife of North Carolina Senator John Edwards. This is a copy of her Last Will and Testament.

• Elizabeth obtained a law degree from UNC and practiced law until 1996.
• Edwards was well known for her support of universal health care and gay marriage, and her opposition to the war in Iraq, which were points of disagreement between her and her husband. She was a staunch advocate for women's health, especially cancer patients.
• Senator Edwards' revelations about his extramarital affair caused many Americans to rally around in support of his wife. She separated from him in 2010, and died of cancer later that year.

Download this free copy of the Codicil to baseball great George Steinbrenner's Last Will and Testament.

• A Codicil allows you to make changes to your Will without making a completely new Will. Mr. Steinbrenner amended his Last Will by adding this Codicil to it.
• You can find a copy of Mr. Steinbrenner's Last Will and Testament here.

Download a free copy of the Last Will and Testament of baseball legend George Steinbrenner (1930-2010).

• George M. Steinbrenner III, aka 'The Boss', was the principal owner and managing partner of the New York Yankees for 37 years. During that time, the Yankees won 7 World Series and 11 pennants.
• Steinbrenner was free-spending as far as contracts went, and was notorious for hiring and firing managers and coaches.
• You can also download a copy of a Codicil to Mr. Steinbrenner's Will.

Download this free copy of the Last Will and Testament of Leona Helmsley (1920-2007).

• Leona, often called the 'Queen of Mean', knew the meaning of upward mobility. She was the daughter of Polish Jewish immigrants who married well - several times. She also worked her way up to the level of vice-president in a New York real estate brokerage firm.
• In 1968 she met multi-millionaire entrepreneur Harry Helmsley and in 1970 she joined one of his brokerages. In 1972 Harry divorced his wife and married Leona, and she set about running his expanding hotel empire.
• Leona faced legal problems throughout her professional life, ultimately being convicted of income tax evasion in 1989 for which she served 18 months in prison. She was quoted as having said, "We don't pay taxes. Only the little people pay taxes."
• In her Will, she left a $12 million trust fund to her Maltese dog. This was later reduced by the Courts to $2 million.