Ted Williams' son dead of leukemia at age 35

USA Today ^ | March 7, 2004

[Hildy]

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.

A Red Sox spokesman confirmed the death of Williams, but gave no details.

[Hildy]

WOW. It's a shame he died so young. However, he was a pretty bad human being and was a source of great distress to Ted Williams in his later years.

[Castro]

I'm not typically a believer in karma...

[Hildy]

I know what you mean. And I'm waiting for the first person to ask if he's been frozen too.

[South40]

A related story.

[Hildy]

I hope the guy got some of his money, at least. Doesn't look good right now, does it?

[billorites]

[aomagrat]

Was he?

[Momaw Nadon]

And I'm waiting for the first person to ask if he's been frozen too.

Was he frozen or not?

[TommyDale]

Perhaps his motive for having his father frozen was to possibly use his father's DNA for developing a future cure
of his leukemia.

[Hildy]

Good try, but he was diagnosed after his father died.

[BikePacker]

The Splendid Splinter
Has been split.
His body's buried
In a pit.

His head is frozen,
On a shelf.
In hopes of bringing
Back the self.

They plan, one day,
To thaw his dome.
And stitch his noggin
To a clone.

I wonder,
If and when they did..,
Would he still be called
"The Kid"?


Karma is a mean female dog.

[Mears]

Sad! He was too young to die,younger than all of my own kids.

[Hildy]

Yes, anyone dying at such a young age is tragic.