Editing Cryonics (section)

== Notable people ==
{{see also|List of people who arranged for cryonics}}
Corpses subjected to the cryonics process include those of baseball players [[Ted Williams]] and his son [[John Henry Williams (baseball)|John Henry Williams]] (in 2002 and 2004, respectively),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=1753358|title=Leukemia claims son of Hall of Famer |work=ESPN.com |date=2004-03-07|access-date=2016-02-18|archive-date=2016-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105223704/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=1753358|url-status=live}}</ref> engineer and doctor [[L. Stephen Coles]] (in 2014),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-stephen-coles-20141205-story.html|title=L. Stephen Coles dies at 73; studied extreme aging in humans|author=Steve Chawkins |date=4 December 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=17 April 2020|archive-date=27 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227213836/http://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-stephen-coles-20141205-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> economist and entrepreneur [[Phil Salin]], and software engineer [[Hal Finney (computer scientist)|Hal Finney]] (in 2014).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.com/2014/08/hal-finney/|title=Bitcoin's Earliest Adopter Is Cryonically Freezing His Body to See the Future |url-access=limited |first1=Andy |last1=Greenberg |magazine=WIRED|date=2014-08-29|access-date=2017-03-06|archive-date=2018-08-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803052532/https://www.wired.com/2014/08/hal-finney/|url-status=live}}</ref>

People known to have arranged for cryonics upon death include [[PayPal]] founders [[Luke Nosek]]<ref name=Thiel2014>{{cite book|last1=Thiel|first1=Peter|title=[[Zero to One]]: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future|date=September 16, 2014|publisher=Crown Business|isbn=978-0-8041-3929-8|page=1 (chapter 14)}}</ref> and [[Peter Thiel]],<ref name=Brown2014>{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Mick|title=Peter Thiel: the billionaire tech entrepreneur on a mission to cheat death|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/11098971/Peter-Thiel-the-billionaire-tech-entrepreneur-on-a-mission-to-cheat-death.html|access-date=16 October 2014|work=The Telegraph|date=19 September 2014|archive-date=18 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018164619/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/11098971/Peter-Thiel-the-billionaire-tech-entrepreneur-on-a-mission-to-cheat-death.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Oxford [[transhumanist]]s [[Nick Bostrom]] and [[Anders Sandberg]], and transhumanist philosopher [[David Pearce (transhumanist)|David Pearce]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Pearce |first=David |title=Quora Answers 2015 – 2022 by David Pearce|url=https://www.hedweb.com/quora/2015.html#cryonics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116063509/https://www.hedweb.com/quora/2015.html|archive-date=January 16, 2022|website=The Hedonistic Imperative}}</ref> [[Larry King]] once arranged for cryonics but, according to ''[[Inside Edition]]'', changed his mind.<ref>{{cite web|title=Was Larry King Cryogenically Frozen After his Death?|publisher=[[Inside Edition]]|url=https://www.insideedition.com/was-larry-king-cryogenically-frozen-after-his-death-64558|date=2021-01-27|access-date=2021-01-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |newspaper=New York Times |title=Larry King Is Preparing for the Final Cancellation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/magazine/larry-king-is-preparing-for-the-final-cancellation.html |vauthors=Leibovich M |date=26 August 2015 |access-date=14 February 2020 |archive-date=6 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206164249/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/magazine/larry-king-is-preparing-for-the-final-cancellation.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Sex offender and financier [[Jeffrey Epstein]] wanted to have his head and [[penis]] frozen after death.<ref name=jenyt>{{cite news |newspaper=The New York Times |title=Jeffrey Epstein Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/business/jeffrey-epstein-eugenics.html |vauthors=Stewart JB, Goldstein M, Silver-Greenberg J |date=31 July 2019 |access-date=3 November 2019 |archive-date=31 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731235929/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/31/business/jeffrey-epstein-eugenics.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=jenw>{{cite news |newspaper=Newsweek |title=Jeffrey Epstein Wanted to Freeze His Head and Penis After Dying: Report |url=https://www.newsweek.com/jeffrey-epstein-freeze-head-penis-cryonics-1452065 |author=Croucher S |date=1 August 2019 |access-date=3 November 2019 |archive-date=31 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031204954/https://www.newsweek.com/jeffrey-epstein-freeze-head-penis-cryonics-1452065 |url-status=live}}</ref>

The corpses of some are mistakenly believed to have undergone cryonics. The [[urban legend]] that [[Walt Disney]]'s remains were cryopreserved is false; it was cremated and interred at [[Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)|Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Mikkelson |first=David |title=FACT CHECK: Was Walt Disney Frozen? |url=https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/suspended-animation/ |website=[[Snopes]] |date=19 October 1995 |access-date=21 January 2019 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123132948/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/suspended-animation/ |url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|Robert Nelson told the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' that he thought Walt Disney wanted to be cryopreserved, for [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Studios]] had called him to ask detailed questions about his organisation, the Cryonics Society of California. However, Nelson clarified that "They had him cremated. I personally have seen his ashes."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/54196/disney-ice-truth-about-walt-disney-and-cryogenics|title=Disney on Ice: The Truth About Walt Disney and Cryogenics|last=Conradt|first=Stacy|date=15 December 2013|website=[[Mental Floss]]|access-date=21 January 2019|archive-date=10 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110183415/http://mentalfloss.com/article/54196/disney-ice-truth-about-walt-disney-and-cryogenics|url-status=live}}</ref>}} [[Timothy Leary]] was a long-time cryonics advocate and signed up with a major cryonics provider, but changed his mind shortly before his death and was not cryopreserved.<ref> ''The New York Times'', "A Final Turn-On Lifts Timothy Leary Off" by Marlise Simons, 22 April 1997</ref>