Boston Red Sox legend Ted Williams passed away from a cardiac arrest in 2002 at the age of 83. Ted's son John-Henry and daughter Claudia decided to have his remains cryogenically preserved, despite the fact that he had specified in his will that he wanted to be cremated.
Ted's body was flown to Scottsdale, Arizona, aboard a private plane. His body and head were then separated via a process known as neuro separation. Williams' head and body were preserved separately once the procedure was complete.
"JHW (Ted's son), Claudia and Dad all agree to be put into biostasis after we die," read a family pact with Ted's signature on it.
"Stan Musial and Ted. There was no "he was better than him" They were mirrors of each other. Both exceptional, one in the NL one in the AL." - Augie Nash
The cost of the scientific procedure was a whopping $136,000.
Ted Williams' eldest daughter was against the process
Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell, the oldest child of former Boston Red Sox All-Star Ted Williams, filed a lawsuit to challenge the cryogenic preservation process of her father's dead body. She said that her father had specified in his will that he wanted to be cremated and that his ashes be spread off the coast of Florida.
Eventually, Ferrell dismissed her case under the condition that the three children would receive an immediate distribution of $645,000 from a trust fund the MLB legend had left for them.
Williams played his entire MLB career with the Boston Red Sox between 1939 and 1960.
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