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per COURT TV. Baseball Great's Ted Williams' son died today of luekemia. Details to follow.

John Henry Williams, the controversial son of baseball Hall of Fame slugger Ted Williams, has joined his father in having his body frozen at an Arizona cryogenic laboratory after losing the battle against acute myelogenous leukemia, the Herald has learned. ``I think it's safe to assume that John Henry is with Ted,'' said a source close to the Williams family. ``Wherever Ted is you can assume that John Henry is with him.'' John Henry Williams, 35, died Saturday night in a California hospital with his sister, Claudia, and mother Dorothy, at his bedside, sources said. His remains were taken to...

<p>John Henry Williams (search), the son of Hall of Famer Ted Williams (search) who pushed to have his father's body frozen, died late Saturday of leukemia in a hospital in Los Angeles, an attorney for Ted Williams' family said. He was 35.</p>

<p>FORT MYERS, Fla. (Ticker) -- John Henry Williams, the son of late Hall of Famer Ted Williams who was at the center of a controversy over his father's remains, died Sunday. He was 35.</p> <p>A Red Sox spokesman confirmed the death of Williams, but gave no details.</p>

John Henry Williams, the son of Ted Williams, died Sunday morning, ESPN reported. Williams, who was diagnosed with leukemia last October, was 35. He had undergone a bone marrow transplant, ESPN reported, after chemotherapy had failed. It is unclear if John Henry Williams also will be frozen.

<p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>