My brother just died suddenly in his sleep, which has to be the best way to go ! He was only 74, never married but devoted most of his life, apart from work, to steam trains .....his passion since the age of 5 ! I have just been to the UK arranged his funeral which was on Monday, and so many lovely people attended and spoke well of him ......he never left a Will or anything in writing, so his wishes are unknown ....which means Probate will have to be obtained, auctioneers and valuers poring over his lifelong steam train records, slides ,photographs, original cast iron number plates from locomotives, etc and an auction may have to be held, thus preventing me from donating his lovingly collected memorabilia to people and organisations that would appreciate it ...my solicitor is working on the legal side of my options ..so PLEASE make a Will before it is too late ........personally my husbandm who is 85 now has only one friend left who hasn't died ..so far at 70, I have only lost one friend from my age group .....in my brother's case, the Coroner (he had not seen a doctor for three months or more) said we should remember that he lived his life as he wanted and he certainly did bless him ! How many of us, at the end of the day, can actually say that ...most of us have responsibilities to someone else and never have the chance to do as we would like ......carpe diem !