These Famous People Left The Strangest And Most Obnoxious Wills

George Bernard Shaw

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When author and playwright George Bernard Shaw died in 1950 at the age of 94, he wasn’t ready to stop making magic with words. Shaw left money behind to fund the creation of a brand new alphabet called the “Shaw Alphabet.”

The alphabet needed to be at least 40 letters, be phonetic, and be distinctly different from the Latin alphabet. The project took less than a year. By the end of 1950, the Shaw Alphabet was out in the world.