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John Henry Williams Headed for Alcor

So let it be written into the contract, so let it be done.


Exhibit A:  Freezer Boy and Fraudia Made
Ted Sign Napkin

7.25.02 ORLANDO, Fla. -- Ted Williams signed a pact with two of his children asking to be frozen after his death, according to court documents filed today.

Williams' scrawled signature, along with those of son John Henry and daughter Claudia, appears at the bottom of a handwritten note dated Nov. 2, 2000, more than three years after Williams signed a will requesting to be cremated.

"JHW, Claudia and Dad all agree to be put into biostasis after we die," reads the pact, which family attorney Bob Goldman said was written in a Gainesville hospital room before the Hall of Famer underwent surgery.

"This is what we want, to be able to be together in the future, even if it is only a chance," the document said.

John Henry and Claudia Williams have been feuding with their half sister since the slugger died on July 5 at age 83 and was frozen.

Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell wants to retrieve her father's body, cremate it and sprinkle his ashes off Florida's coast, as Williams' will dictates.

But shortly after Williams' death, his body was sent to an Arizona laboratory to be preserved on the orders of John Henry Williams and Claudia Williams.

In a statement released Thursday, John Henry Williams and Claudia Williams said: "With relief we have provided the court with clear-cut, definitive evidence that our father's last wishes have been carried out and we hope this will bring closure to this issue."

Messages left for Ferrell and her attorney were not immediately returned Thursday. (AP)


When There's a Will, There's a Way.

Go-Bobby-Jo to Smoke 'em
Cause She's Got 'em

Barbara 'Smoking Gun' Joyce to Go Ashes to Ashes for Ted's Wishes.
See her on Ricky Lake, Jerry Springer, or Oprah! on a TV near you.


NO D-ICE:  John-Henry, Fraudia, and Uncle Albert to Battle Bobby-Jo in Court.

''Based on what I know and believe, after the time of his will, Ted chose to have his body preserved via cryonics,'' said executor Albert Cassidy, a Winter Haven real estate developer, in a statement. ''While many people may not make the same choice for themselves, I hope people will respect this as a private family matter.''

7.17: Globe story


Freezer/Burn: Kid's Kids May Reach Compromi$e on Ted's Remains.


Fraudia speaks out

...but she's not saying anything.


John-Henry Wants the
Cold Shoulder

The Cold Reality of the Williams Fight


The Poison Pen

Williams said to sign papers he couldn't understand in late years
The Kid, in his waning years, often signed legal and financial documents without understanding their content or even being able to read them, according to his former personal assistant.
  Williams's daughter asks for help
Doctor: Williams's son devoted, not exploitative
Full coverage: Ted Williams remembered

Daughter to Bush: Save Ted
Ted Williams' daughter appealed yesterday to an astronaut and two presidents to step up to the plate for Ted and help thwart his son's plans to freeze his body.

  Cryonics lab: Wills must not state other wishes
  Pals: John Henry should defend decision


John Henry Williams
to be Released


 Death Threats for Ted's Kid

7.10.02:  JHW and Claudia fly out of Milwaukee after hotel death threats.

Selig on Icegate, John-Henry and Claudia:
"I have no comment on that... they chose to leave and we're going ahead with the ceremony"


Ted's New Will Won't Say If He Can Be Frozen in Time

Florida Judge to Decide Next Week

 President Bush Monitoring the Situation
George Bush Senior calls JHW "a wonderful son"

1939 Teddy graces cover of this week's Sports Illustrated


  A Whole New Teddy Ballgame? 

 

  Will Cooler Heads Prevail? 

Free Ted, Don't Freeze Him

"I will rescue my father's body"

- Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell

"Just the idea of Ted Williams's head lying in a freezer somewhere in Arizona should be enough for Red Sox Nation to rustle up a posse to go after his kid."

- Bob Ryan, Boston Globe

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