Ted Williams’ Frozen Tuna Head

Ted Williams' frozen body: old news. Ted Williams' severed head being used for batting practice and then decorated with tuna: new! Austin Powers really didn't give an honest representation of the cryonic process. Jesus.

Amanda Dobbins Community Contributor posted about 2 years ago

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Williams remains were sent to Alcor by request of his son, John Henry Williams, who died in 2005 and whose remains are also housed at Alcor. John Henry fought long and hard with his sister, Bobby Jo Williams Ferrell (Teddy Ball Game really liked giving his kids country singer names), who contended that her father wanted to be cremated, not frozen in hopes that someday technology would be able to bring him back to life.

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Williams, the last player to hit over .400 in a season, died in 2002 at age 83 and had his remains sent to Alcor for cryogenic storage.

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Johnson writes that holes were drilled in Williams’ severed head for the insertion of microphones, then frozen in liquid nitrogen while Alcor employees recorded the sounds of Williams’ brain cracking 16 times as temperatures dropped to -321 degrees Fahrenheit. Johnson writes that the head was balanced on an empty can of Bumble Bee tuna to keep it from sticking to the bottom of its case.

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Johnson, who says he wrote in hiding while fearing for his life, hopes his book will lead to Ted Williams being cremated according to his original wishes. He will appear on Nightline on Tuesday to discuss the book.

nymag.com
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See? It’s more like cricket. Also, ewww.

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Ted Williams’ frozen head for batting practice at cryogenics lab: book

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T.D. thinks Ted Williams' Frozen Tuna Head is WTF about a year ago ×
Lawrence A. thinks Ted Williams' Frozen Tuna Head is WTF about a year ago ×
Shocking news, right? According to a former COO of the company handling his account, Alcor, Ted Williams’ head was detached from his body and abused. Not only was the frosty corpse decapitated, but the head was frozen to a can of tuna, and batted around the lab with a monkey wrench to separate the head from said tuna can.

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Did the guy just hate the Red Sox that much??

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Conor H. thinks Ted Williams' Frozen Tuna Head is WTF & OMG about 2 years ago ×
Would it make sense to transfer him to the Mayo Clinic?

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am i sick for laughing about this?

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Marky Ted Williams' Frozen Tuna Head and thinks it’s OMG & WTF about 2 years ago ×
In this instance the word you're looking for is “cryonics,” not “cryogenics.”

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