X-Message-Number: 22486 From: "Clement, James" <> Subject: ALCOR IN THE NEWS Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 16:00:30 -0400 Williams' daughter OK'd decapitation Wire Reports September 7, 2003 NEW YORK As if the details of Ted Williams' frozen remains in an Arizona cryonics lab haven't been unseemly enough, it has now come to light that the Hall of Fame slugger's daughter gave the go-ahead to have Williams decapitated. According to documents obtained by the New York Daily News, Williams' daughter Claudia signed off on a form from the Alcor Life Extension Foundation that gave the cryonics firm the legal right to decapitate her father. Williams' body was consigned to the cryonics facility by Claudia and his son John Henry on July 5, 2002, the day he died of heart disease. In the "open option plan" on page 15 in the documents obtained by the News, Claudia Williams initialed and signed her consent, allowing Alcor the option of "neuro suspension" of Williams' head. According to sources, Alcor performed the decapitation procedure within 48 hours after Williams' body was sent to their Scottsdale, Ariz. lab. Months later, John Henry Williams produced a handwritten will, signed Nov. 2, 2001 (which another daughter Bobbi Jo contested in vain), in which Ted Williams purportedly stated his wishes to be put in cryonics suspension along with his two children, Claudia and John Henry. However, it has since been learned that neither John Henry nor Claudia ever signed up to be cryongenically frozen with their father. In the meantime, Claudia Williams remains on the board of directors of the Ted Williams Museum in Hernando, Fla., and there has been speculation that other members of the board have become increasingly repulsed by the continuing gruesome revelations regarding the circumstances in which he has been placed by his two children. "It's absolutely appalling what they've done to this legend," said one member of the board who asked not to be identified. Copyright 2003, South Florida Sun-Sentinel <http://www.sun-sentinel.com> <<...OLE_Obj...>> <<...OLE_Obj...>> A.G. Edwards & Sons' outgoing and incoming e-mails are electronically archived and subject to review and/or disclosure to someone other than the recipient. We cannot accept orders for transactions or other similar instructions through e-mail. We cannot ensure the security of information e-mailed over the Internet, so you should be careful when transmitting confidential information such as account numbers and security holdings. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=22486