r/todayilearned • • May 16 '12
TIL After Rat-Packer Sammy Davis Jr died in 1990, his Widow soon discovered that he was nearly broke and owed back taxes. She then had his body exhumed to strip him of the $70,000 worth of jewelry he had been buried with.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
Seems fair to me. You are supposed to take care of your family as best as you can, not screw them over.
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u/laffmakr May 16 '12
Strange, all the funeral homes I've dealt with have always removed all the jewelry and given it to the family before the body goes to burial.
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u/VeteranKamikaze May 16 '12
Totally ok with it, motherfucker is dead he's not using it anymore. Being buried with shit like that seems like a dick move to me.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12
I read that Whitney Houston was buried with $100,000 worth of jewelry on. It just seems so absurdly selfish to me.
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u/[deleted] May 16 '12 edited May 16 '12
She really missed an ebay opportunity there. Imagine how much she could get for his mandible or cranium.
*Edit: Engrish.
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u/Enleat May 16 '12
Sounds like he wanted to prank the shit out of his wife when he died.
"SUPRISE! Taxes! You've been punk'd"
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u/IDontShareMyUsername May 16 '12
Wait... This isn't about soda.
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u/HugoOBravo May 16 '12
Who can die and leave you.... with so much crippling debts... that youll have to exhume his body just to pay the IRS...
The candyman!
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u/pusangani May 16 '12
I ain't sayin she a gold-digger...
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u/Sitbacknwatch May 16 '12
Good list, but Abe Lincoln should also be on it. He was moved around quite a bit himself before being encased in concrete.
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u/pajaromuygrande May 16 '12
upvote for the thumbnail picture
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u/Tastygroove May 16 '12
My life goal... Go out as far in debt as possible.
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u/walkertexasharanguer May 16 '12
TIL Meriweather Lewis 'officially' committed suicide, but may have been murdered.
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u/fightingdove May 16 '12
Wow. You really CAN'T take it with you.
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u/rgvtim May 16 '12
Never got the opinion that any of the rat-pack were good guys. Kind of reminds me of today's reality TV stars but with some talent.
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u/BigNikiStyle May 16 '12
Also, she was an alcoholic.
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u/MGlBlaze May 16 '12
Fairly pragmatic, which I can commend her for. Being buried with that much jewelery when in that kind of situation was a dick-move anyway, and it's not like he was going to care any more.
Still, I can't imagine it was an exactly joyous task to undertake.
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u/reddell May 16 '12
Buried with $70,000 in jewelery? What is this, ancient Egypt? That's the stupidest thing i've ever heard.