X-Message-Number: 6410
Date:  Fri, 28 Jun 96 10:38:23 
From: Steve Bridge <>
Subject: Hollywood cryonics fans

To CryoNet
>From Steve Bridge
June 28, 1996

In reply to:    Message #6406
                From: Peter Merel <>
                Subject: Australian Law + Blade Runner Cryonics
                Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 17:18:37 +1000 (EST)

>But I was fascinated to read that the original actor approached to play
>Deckard, Dustin Hoffman, was the origin of this whole concept, and that
>*BOTH* Hoffman and the movie's director, Ridley Scott, were (C 1981) big
>fans of "cryogenics" (sic).
>
>I was wondering whether Hoffman or Scott are signed up? If so I imagine
>they've got confidentiality agreements, so suspension providers should 
>not regard this as a query. However, if they're not, they might make 
>excellent prospects for those who are still looking for a cryonics white 
>knight.

     Without commenting directly on the two individuals mentioned, there 
have been dozens of well-known Hollywood people over the years who could 
have been labeled as "fans" of cryonics.  Steve Allen, Woody Allen, and 
Sylvester Stallone come to mind immediately, but readers of *The 
Immortalist* could come up with other names (even Elvis Presley was once 
mentioned there.)  Few beyond Dick Claire (in suspension at Alcor) ever 
took that enthusiasm to a practical level.  Almost by definition, someone 
who is called a "fan" will not be a *DOER* (or ever *in* a "dewar").  This 
is true of many fields besides cryonics.  A fan watches and talks.  A 
cryonicist (or a writer or an athlete) *acts.*

     Old cryonicists never die.  But their "fans" do.



Stephen Bridge, President ()

Alcor Life Extension Foundation
Non-profit cryonic suspension services since 1972.
7895 E. Acoma Dr., Suite 110, Scottsdale AZ 85260-6916
Phone (602) 922-9013  (800) 367-2228   FAX (602) 922-9027
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http://www.alcor.org


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