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- Keyser Soze - 08-13-2003
This story just gets creepier by the minute. What a disgrace for such an American legend....
Report: Ted Williams' Body Decapitated
Tue Aug 12, 7:48 PM ET
NEW YORK - Ted Williams was decapitated by surgeons at the cryonics company where his body is suspended in liquid nitrogen, and several samples of his DNA are missing, Sports Illustrated reported.
The magazine's report, appearing in the issue that hits newsstands Wednesday, is based on internal documents, e-mails, photographs and tape recordings supplied by a former employee of Alcor Life Extension Foundation.
After Williams died July 5, 2002, his body was taken by private jet to the company in Scottsdale, Ariz. There, Williams' body was separated from his head in a procedure called neuroseparation, according to the magazine.
The operation was completed and Williams' head and body were preserved separately. The head is stored in a steel can filled with liquid nitrogen. It has been shaved, drilled with holes and accidentally cracked 10 times, the magazine said. Williams' body stands upright in a 9-foot tall cylindrical steel tank, also filled with liquid nitrogen.
The procedure, approved by Williams' son, John Henry, and daughter, Claudia, carries a $136,000 bill. Alcor claims it is still owed $111,000.
The magazine said that according to a taped conversation between former Alcor chief operating officer Larry Johnson and a board adviser, eight DNA samples among 182 taken from Williams are missing without explanation.
Spokeswoman Paula Lemler, wife of Alcor chief executive officer Jerry Lemler, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that company officials had not seen the article and would have no comment.
- The Sleeper - 08-13-2003
Quote:The head is stored in a steel can filled with liquid nitrogen. It has been shaved, drilled with holes and accidentally cracked 10 times, the magazine said.hot
- HedCold - 08-13-2003
whats the point of freezing him if they're just going to chop the head off and leave it so what little itty bitty sci fi weirdo chance they had of brinking him back to life, is gone?
Edited By HedCold on 1060798850
- Galt - 08-13-2003
It's funny that they've cracked his head 10 times. It's like someone dropped it on the floor and then kicked it around a bit.
- Keyser Soze - 08-13-2003
they should put his head on barry bonds body when he dies.
- HedCold - 08-13-2003
at the current rate barry bonds head will be 5 times the size of ted's
- Keyser Soze - 08-13-2003
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- JimmyBlueEyes - 08-14-2003
Creepy, simply creepy. What are they trying to do clone him or build a new body a la Vanilla Sky???
- HedCold - 08-17-2003
i heard the pic of his head was online
anyone see it?
- Galt - 08-17-2003
If it is discovered, I have a new sig.