Q. What famous people have been cryogenically frozen?
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There have been a lot of rumors about Walt Disney being frozen, but as far as I know, this is not true. Very few famous people have actually been cryogenically frozen to date. Probably the most famous person in suspended animation today is baseball great Ted Williams, who's head was removed and frozen.
Q. What is cryonics?
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Cryonics is a technique that involves freezing the body of a deceased person with to the point where physical decay stops. The body is then held in a state of frozen 'cryonic suspension' in hopes that eventually the technology will exist to revive them and cure them of the condition that caused their death.
Q. What is cryogenics?
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Cryogenics refers to the production of extremely low temperatures or the branch of Physics that studies low-temperature phenomena. Cryogenics is the technology that is used for Cryonics.
Q. Can cryonics be performed on living people?
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I guess if you want to be frozen to death. Seriously, cryonics cannot legally be preformed on a living person. The process of cryonic preservation cannot begin until a patient is pronounced legally dead. Perhaps one day once successful revival from cryonic suspension can be proved, the laws may change.
Q. What is reanimation?
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Besides being a really bad movie theme a few years back, Reanimation is the act of bringing a body that has been cryogenically frozen back to a living state that functions normally. So far, modern science has not been able to achieve successful reanimation of any human being.
Q. Has Walt Disney been cryogenically frozen?
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Is Disney on ice? Not to our knowledge! While it is true that most facilities that house frozen individuals have strict confidentially agreements, there is no record or evidence that Walt Disney was ever frozen.
Q. Who was the first person to be frozen using cryonics?
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On April 22, 1966, an unidentified elderly woman became the first person to be straight-frozen. However, she had been dead for some time before reaching the cryonics facility and had already been embalmed. Because of the length of time that had lapsed between her death and cryonic freezing, little hope was given to the possibility of her ever being successfully reanimated. She was later removed from cryonic suspension.
Dr James Bedford became the first person to be frozen using cryonics with hope for resurrection on January 12, 1967. Bedford was a 73-year old retired psychology professor and member of the family that founded Bedford, Massachusetts. He is commonly thought of as the first person to be frozen using cryonics, since the first attempt with the elderly woman had many flaws and was finally aborted.
Dr James Bedford became the first person to be frozen using cryonics with hope for resurrection on January 12, 1967. Bedford was a 73-year old retired psychology professor and member of the family that founded Bedford, Massachusetts. He is commonly thought of as the first person to be frozen using cryonics, since the first attempt with the elderly woman had many flaws and was finally aborted.
Q. How many people have been cryogenically frozen in the U.S.?
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Approximately 90 people are reported as cryogenically frozen in the United States as of 2003. A few dozen pets are also frozen. Most organizations that provide Cryonic services keep their member records strictly confidential, so these numbers may not be very accurate.
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