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U.K. Soldier Killed in Afghanistan Leaves Friends $160G for Las Vegas Party

Posted on by Kaslin

Royal Marine David Hart, who had taken out a $403,800 life insurance policy

before he was deployed to Afghanistan, stipulated in a letter that in the event of

his death, his friends and their partners should travel to Las Vegas for a massive

party in his memory. (Kippa Matthews/Barcroft Media)

YORK, England  A British soldier killed by a Taliban bomb in Afghanistan left $161,500 in his will -- so his friends could go on vacation to Las Vegas, The Sun reported Monday.

Royal Marine David Hart, who had taken out a $403,800 life insurance policy before he was deployed to Afghanistan, stipulated in a letter that in the event of his death, his friends and their partners should travel to Sin City for a massive party in his memory.



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To: Kaslin

Makes you proud to be British



To: Mitch86

If you are British



by 3 posted onby Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)

To: Kaslin

I am, but I was re-appropriating a famous Winston Churchill quote anyway :)



To: Mitch86

Make the people in Vegas aware of this and they may comp all or most of the trip and party. That would leave more for his family. Maybe Richard Branson will provide the airfare. It would be good PR all around.



by 5 posted onby Mind-numbed Robot (I retain the right to be inconsistent, contradictory and even flat-out wrong!)

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