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Ted Williams' body mishandled?
The Arizona Republic ^ | Aug. 13, 2003 12:00 AM | Peter Corbett

Posted on 08/14/2003 5:10:32 AM PDT by Momaw Nadon

Edited on 05/07/2004 5:21:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A Scottsdale cryonics company is disputing a story in today's issue of Sports Illustrated that claims the company decapitated baseball great Ted Williams' body, mishandled it and has lost samples of his DNA.

Carlos Mondragon, a director of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation, said the magazine's report relied on allegations from a disgruntled employee, Larry Johnson, who until this week had been the company's chief operating officer.


(Excerpt) Read more at azcentral.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Front Page News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Technical; US: Arizona; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: accidentallycracked; alcor; cryonics; dnasamplesmissing; johnhenrywilliams; reanimated; severedhead; sportsillustrated; tedwilliams; williams
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1 posted on 08/14/2003 5:10:33 AM PDT by Momaw Nadon
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To: Momaw Nadon
Similar story posted yesterday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/963389/posts
2 posted on 08/14/2003 5:12:00 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Momaw Nadon
Last night on Conan, Ted's head in a 'fridge singing;

"...I ain't got nobody,

3 posted on 08/14/2003 9:02:39 AM PDT by norraad
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To: Momaw Nadon
I actually work right down the block from Ted Williams head.

Alcor is practically our office-neighbor.
4 posted on 08/18/2003 12:38:44 PM PDT by adam_az
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To: Momaw Nadon
Has anybody checked eBay for the missing DNA?
5 posted on 08/18/2003 12:44:01 PM PDT by Redcloak (All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
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