Report: Ted Williams' Body Decapitated

[Snellius]

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.
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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.
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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.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=10&u=/ap/20030812/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_ted_williams_body

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. ruh-roh

Now playing first base for the 2030 Boston Red Sox - Ted Williams
Now playing second base for the 2030 Boston Red Sox - Ted Williams
Now playing shortstop....
Third base....
Right field....
Center...
Left....
And Catching...

Too bad Ted wasn't a pitcher or else they'd have taken nine samples.

[VOX]

3. If TW had put his mind to it, he probably could have pitched, too!

http://detroit.freenet.org/tigers/history/1940/

August 24, 1940 - Left fielder Ted Williams pitched the last two innings for the Boston Red Sox against Detroit at Fenway Park. He allowed one run on three hits, but struck out Rudy York on three pitches.

[Gman]

5. Gives that old Bugs Bunny cartoon

where he plays against the Gas House Gang a whole new meaning. Maybe it was prophetic?

[PartyPooper]

2. Walt Disney had the same 'eternal' procedure performed for him in 1967.

At least, that's what I remember. But, I don't recall if they removed his head or not. :tinfoilhat:

Gee, if it were me, I'd rather come back into this world re-incarnated as an entirely different person. :-)

[Tom Kitten]

4. and Timothy Leary too?

Shades of Futurama!