I didn't want to start a new thread, but the title could have been -
"Don't Let This Happen to YOU!".

Man who froze to death over $1K in unpaid bills had $600,000
Associated Press - February 5, 2009 10:53 AM ET
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) - An attorney says a 93-year-old Michigan man who froze to death
after a power company restricted electricity to his home over roughly $1,000 in unpaid bills
left an estimated $600,000 to a hospital.

Marvin Schur's attorney, Cathy Reder, told the Detroit Free Press the World War II veteran bequeathed his entire fortune to Bay Medical Center.

Schur's frozen body was found Jan. 17, four days after Bay City Electric Light & Power installed a device on his electric meter that cuts power after a predetermined level is reached. State regulators on Wednesday issued emergency rules designed to protect more people against electricity or heat shutoffs in the winter.

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