Age: 87Died: June 25, 1995, Washington, D.C.
Cause: Congestive heart failure
Estate Mistake: Even though Warren Burger was once the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, the 176-word Will he left his two children failed to empower his executors and did not plan for estate taxes.
His $1.8 million estate lost $450,000 in federal and state estate taxes. The estate lost even more money because of expenses in going to probate to empower the executors.