Редактирование: Celebrity cryonics

[[Cryonics]] has its share of celebrity supporters and other high-profile cases. The following list mostly excludes people primarily known as futurists.

==Urban legends==
[[File:Futurama Jar Heads.png|thumb|right|Probably not here just yet...]]
* Walt Disney was never suspended.<ref>[https://www.biography.com/news/walt-disney-frozen-after-death-myth Disney on Ice: Walt's Frosty Afterlife?]</ref> This is even despite a modern urban theory that says:
<blockquote>Disney's Frozen is only titled like that so when you Google "Disney Frozen" the movie comes up instead of conspiracy theories<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7s36ub/what_conspiracy_theory_do_you_100_buy_into_and_why/dt1xjfi/ What conspiracy theory do you 100% buy into and why?]</ref></blockquote>

[https://www.disneyonice.com/ Disneyonice.com] is also not evidence.

* Ever since 2003, it is said [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bubl%C3%A9 Michael Bublé] exists in a state of cryonic suspension for 11 months of the year. For the month of December however he is fully reanimated [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9ADYSAko78 in order to sing classic Christmas hits] from '[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_It_Snow_(EP) Let it Snow]'.<ref>[https://www.betootaadvocate.com/headlines/westfield-begin-thawing-out-michael-buble-in-time-for-december-1st/ Westfield Begin Thawing Out Michael Bublé In Time For December 1st]</ref>

==Uncertainties==
* Paris Hilton and her pets were reportedly  signed up with the [[Cryonics Institute]] since 2007<ref>http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/celebrity/Paris+Hilton-18098.html</ref><ref>http://lesswrong.com/lw/kc/congratulations_to_paris_hilton/</ref> However according to [[Maria Konovalenko]] this appears to be a media hoax.<ref>https://mariakonovalenko.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/paris-hilton-invests-in-cryonics-%E2%80%93-for-herself-her-pets/</ref> She may have been influenced by her magician partner Curtis Eugene Lovell II<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20071023080644/www.mmdnewswire.com/mgicin-curtis-eugene-lovell-ii-to-be-frozen-for-e-hundred-yers-1300-2.html</ref>
* Gore Vidal (suspended 2012) - author, was a supporter<ref>http://mentalfloss.com/article/28219/chilling-tale-james-bedford-cryonics-pioneer</ref> but it's unclear if he was ever suspended.
* Muhammed Ali (suspended 2016) - Boxer and activist. Visited a facility in 1992.<ref>http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19920112&slug=1469889</ref> Unclear whether he was suspended after his death.<ref>https://rickpotvin-cryonet.blogspot.co.uk/2016/06/was-muhammed-ali-frozen-like-ted.html</ref>
* Lucy Liu - actress, once quoted as saying "When I die, I wish to be cryogenically frozen in Nan Kempner's closet".<ref>http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/entertainment/lius-bizarre-after-life-plan-355305.html</ref> Not to be confused with her [[Futurama]] appearance in 'I Dated a Robot'<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Dated_a_Robot</ref>

==Deceased==
* Dick Clair<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Clair</ref> (suspended 1988) - Actor - Died amidst legal dramas<ref>http://www.duhaime.org/LawFun/LawArticle-1290/Dick-Clair-Dicks-Around-With-His-Cryogenics-Will.aspx</ref>
* [[Ted Williams]] (suspended 2002) - Baseball player, suspended at [[Alcor]] in 2002<ref>http://www.cbsnews.com/news/ted-williams-frozen-in-two-pieces/</ref>
* [[Arthur C Clarke]] - science fiction author and cryonics supporter. However he was buried rather than vitrified in 2008.<ref>https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/cryonics-the-chilling-facts-2326328.html</ref>
* [[Kim Suozzi]] (suspended 2013) - Young American woman who had a high media profile and kept a video diary around her terminal illness and crowd funded<ref>https://www.bustle.com/articles/110280-kim-suozzi-froze-her-brain-after-death-thanks-to-a-crowdfund-from-reddit-granting-her-last</ref> suspension at Alcor<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000003897597/kim-suozzis-last-wishes.html</ref><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/us/cancer-immortality-cryogenics.html</ref><ref>http://www.alcor.org/donate/KimSuozzi.html</ref><ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/ydsy5/reddit_help_me_find_some_peace_in_dying_young_im/</ref>
* [[JS]] (suspended 2016) - 14 year old British girl who won a right to be cryopreserved against the wishes of one parent, sparking calls for a stronger regulatory framework<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/11/18/cancer-girl-14-is-cryogenically-frozen-after-telling-judge-she-w/</ref>

==Living==
* Larry Flynt - Publisher and pornographer - Enrolled with Alcor since 1986.<ref>http://people.com/archive/her-death-ends-the-improbable-love-match-of-porn-merchants-althea-and-larry-flynt-vol-28-no-3/</ref> Referenced in an episode of Castle in this context<ref>http://chronopause.com/chronopause.com/index.php/2011/10/06/cryonics-%E2%80%9Ccastle%E2%80%9D/index.html</ref>
* [[Peter Thiel]] - [[Silicon Valley]] venture capitalist signed up for many years<ref>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/11098971/Peter-Thiel-the-billionaire-tech-entrepreneur-on-a-mission-to-cheat-death.html</ref>
* Simon Cowell - British TV presenter, since 2009<ref>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1151872/Simon-Cowell-Im-going-freeze-body-I-die-I-brought-life.html</ref>
* Britney Spears - Singer, revealed in 2010<ref>http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/brit/news-story/f6183fb0226c45fb5927fb2f4bff1efc</ref><ref>http://thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2015/06/19/can-buy-immortality-200000-want/</ref>
* Seth MacFarlane - Family guy writer and voice actor supported some time before 2011<ref>http://www.ora.tv/larrykingnow/playlist/black-history-month/2013/1/19/seth-macfarlane-discusses-cryonics</ref>
* Larry King - TV and Radio host, emerged 2011<ref>http://people.com/celebrity/larry-king-wants-to-be-frozen-after-he-dies/</ref><ref>http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/larry-king-seth-macfarlane-conan-obrien-frozen-dead-269705</ref>. He confirmed in 2015 he's opted for full-body preservation, but thinks the people behind cryonics are "all nuts"<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/30/magazine/larry-king-is-preparing-for-the-final-cancellation.html</ref>

==See also==
* [[Cryonics in popular culture]]
* [[Cryonics patients]] (under redevelopment)

==References==
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