Редактирование: Norman Hardy

[[File:Norman Hardy.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Norman Hardy]]
'''Norman Hardy''' (February 8, 1933<ref>[https://www.forevermissed.com/normhardy/lifestory Norm Hardy: Life]. forevermissed.com</ref> – [[legal death]] October 30, 2018)<ref name="Case summary">[https://www.alcor.org/2019/01/alcor-member-a-1990-becomes-alcors-164th-patient-on-october-30-2018/ Alcor member A-1990 becomes Alcor’s 164th patient on October 30, 2018]. alcor.org</ref> was a software engineer in Silicon Valley<ref name="YouTube">YouTube: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXbM3UnIOgI#t=1h03m10s Remembrance of the Resurrectables and Age Reversal & Cryonics by Bill Faloon] (at 1:03:10)</ref> who became the first person to undergo [[cryopreservation]] after an [[assisted suicide]] under the newly enacted California End of Life Option Act (EOLOA).<ref name="Case report published">[https://www.alcor.org/2019/06/case-report-published-on-norman-hardy-a-1990/ Case report published on Norman Hardy, A-1990]. alcor.org</ref> He had been diagnosed with terminal metastatic prostate cancer that had spread to the bones and lungs.<ref name="Case summary" /> The Act was used to reduce the potential [[Ischemia|ischemic]] damage that could have resulted from a prolonged dying process.<ref name="Case report published" /> He was [[Neuropreservation|neuropreserved]] by the [[Alcor Life Extension Foundation]], becoming Alcor's 164th patient, and his identifier is A-1990.<ref name="Case summary" />

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== External links ==
* [https://www.alcor.org/2019/01/alcor-member-a-1990-becomes-alcors-164th-patient-on-october-30-2018/ Case summary]
* [https://www.alcor.org/docs/alcor-case-report-a-1990.pdf Case report] (PDF)
* [https://gizmodo.com/california-man-becomes-the-first-death-with-dignity-p-1831652934 California Man Becomes the First ‘Death With Dignity’ Patient to Undergo Cryonic Preservation]. ''Gizmodo''. May 31, 2019

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