"A Great Deal Has Happened Since Your . . . Death"

"He Took It With Him."
By Clark Collins (real name: Mack Reynolds, 1917-83).
First appearance: Fantastic Adventures, April 1950.
Reprinted in Amazing Stories, December 1966.
Short short story (7 pages).
Online HERE.

"He could see no point in making millions, only to leave it to others when the time came to die. So he did something about it!"

If you're planning to live forever, make sure you know how you're going to spend it:

. . . "You have brought a treasure from the past that is of immense value."  . . .

Resources:
- Wikipedia HERE, FictionMags HERE, the ISFDb HERE, the SFE HERE, and Project Gutenberg HERE.

The bottom line: For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
— The Bible