[新聞] Horror story: Williams's head abused
Horror story: Williams's head abused
Book says Williams’s frozen head abused
By Bob Baum / Associated Press
PHOENIX - A new book by a former employee of Alcor, the company that froze
Ted Williams's remains, alleges the baseball Hall of Famer's body was
mistreated by the company.
Larry Johnson says in the book 『Frozen: My Journey Into the World of
Cryonics, Deception and Death』 that he watched an Alcor official swing a
monkey wrench at Williams's frozen severed head to try to remove a tuna can
stuck to it. The first swing accidentally struck the head, Johnson contends,
and the second knocked the tuna can loose.
Alcor Life Extension Foundation of Scottsdale, Ariz., issued a statement on
its website denying the allegations and promising legal action.
"Alcor denies allegations reported in the press that there was mistreatment
of the remains of Ted Williams at Alcor," the company said. "Alcor will
be litigating this and any other false allegations to the maximum extent of
the law."
Johnson says he worked for Alcor for eight months in 2003, first as clinical
director, then as chief operating officer. He included several photographs in
the book, including one of an upside down severed head, not Williams's, that
had what appeared to be a tuna can attached to it.
Johnson says Alcor used the cans, from a cat that lived on the premises, as
pedestals for the heads.
Williams's head was being transferred from one container to another when the
monkey wrench incident took place, Johnson said in the book. When the head
was removed from the first container, Johnson described it.
"The disembodied face set in that awful, frozen scream looked nothing like
any picture of Ted Williams I've ever seen," he wrote.
Johnson also contends there was a significant crack in Williams's head. He
also repeated an allegation he had made previously that samples of Williams's
DNA are missing from the facility.
Johnson, who says he wired himself surreptitiously the last few months of his
employment, said he was the source for a story in Sports Illustrated in 2004
including some of the allegations repeated in the book.
At that time, Alcor officials said there never was mistreatment of any of
those frozen at the facility.
Ted Williams died in July 2002. At the direction of his son, John Henry
Williams, the baseball player's remains were flown from Florida to Arizona.
John Henry Williams died of leukemia at age 35 in 2004 after a bitter court
fight against Williams's daughter, Bobby-Jo, who contended the wishes
expressed in her father's will should have been followed. In the will, Ted
Williams said he wanted to be cremated and have his ashes scattered at sea.
She eventually abandoned the legal battle, citing lack of funds.
Johnson says in his book he believes the small piece of paper used as
evidence that Williams wanted to be frozen was fraudulent. The paper is
signed by Ted Williams, John Henry and Williams's other daughter, Claudia.
http://www.boston.com/sports/baseball/redsox/articles/2009/10/03/
horror_story_williamss_head_abused/
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