Adam Yauch
Once a member of the Beastie Boys, always a member of the Beastie Boys. Adam “MCA” Yauch wanted to make sure that nobody could profit off of his image or music after he passed, which he did in 2012 from parotid cancer. While the legal validity of the will has been called into question, so far the other members of the Beastie Boys have stood by Yauch, and none of the songs have been used in advertising since his death.
Yauch and the other boys had always maintained their artistic control even while working with big labels, and it’s this ideal that continues after Yauch’s death.
Dusty Springfield
Singer Dusty Springfield had a couple of interesting requests for when she passed away. And, just like a couple of other people on this list, they all had to do with her beloved pet. In this case, it was her pet cat, Nicholas. Dusty stipulated that Nicholas would be fed imported baby food, would have an indoor treehouse built for him and that every night Nicholas would fall asleep to one of Dusty's albums.
Finally, she wanted the cat's sleeping space to be lined with Dusty's old nightgown and pillow, and she wanted him to get married to a female cat belonging to one of her friends.
Tupac
Some members of this list left us far too soon when they still had plenty of good to offer the world. Tupac, one of the rap genre's greatest sons, left us in 1996, and while he didn't have the chance to write a true and proper will, he still snuck one of his last requests into the song “Black Jesuz”: “Cremated, last wishes n****s smoke my ashes.”
Without a doubt, it's one of the strangest requests on this list, but believe it or not, a few of his friends actually did it. They cremated Tupac, mixed his ashes with marijuana, and got their puff on. Did it...change the flavor?
Mickey Rooney
Famous actor and comedian Mickey Rooney – infamous for his portrayal of Mr. Yunioshi, but famous for roles in "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World," "Babes in Arms," and even "Night at the Museum" – died without much in his bank account. A mere eighty thousand dollars waited for his wife and children when he passed away in 2014. But, according to his will, they were to get none of it.
The family was furious and ended up contesting the will, but lost. Only one member of the Rooney family got anything out of Mickey's death: his stepson and caretaker, Mark Aber. If you're wondering why Rooney didn't have much, it was due to a lack of royalty payments, as well as financial mismanagement and elder abuse by a different stepson.
Jeremy Bentham
You may not know who Jeremy Bentham is, but you should. This British lawyer and philosopher accomplished many things during his time on Earth, between the years of 1748 and 1832, but the thing that most people remember him for his incredible strange will.
While the will included all of the normal things, it also said that he wanted his body to be preserved, stuffed with hay, and put on display in the University College London. It was done, and incredibly his body is still on display. Dr. Thomas Smith, the executor of Bentham's will, personally stuffed Bentham. No, that's not a euphemism.