After Man Died, He Left $770,000 to an Unlikely Person: The Man Who Cleaned His Gutters

After Man Died, He Left $770,000 to an Unlikely Person: The Man Who Cleaned His Gutters
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Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A UK pensioner who had died left hundreds of thousands to an unlikely person, and it wasn’t his family.

Ronald Butcher, 75, a lifelong bachelor, died in March 2013, but his body was undiscovered for weeks. Two months before he passed away, he signed a will leaving his $770,000 in savings to a builder, 45-year-old Danny Sharp of Kent.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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