This man dared audiences to “boldly go where no one has gone before.”
As it happens, he also dared his estate plan to do the same thing…and it did.
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Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, included a provision to his will that nobody has included before: requesting his ashes to be scattered into space.
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In October 1992, his ashes were scattered — making this the first-ever space burial.
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He’s not the only “Trekkie” to be buried out there in space, either.
James Doohan, the man who played Scotty, was finally “beamed up” in May 2012.
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In addition to putting it in your documents –more important is doing a preplanned funeral were you have have selected just what you want. After all, someone might look at your will until a a couple weeks after your death.
William Wombacher, your Central Illinois Certified Elder Law Attorney (CELA) and Social Security Disability Specialist. I’ll help you!
Call me at 309-674-8125, visit at www.wombacherlaw.com
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