Celebrity cryonics: различия между версиями

Версия от 20:55, 4 января 2021

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

Walt Disney was never suspended.^[1] This is even despite a modern urban theory that says:

Disney's Frozen is only titled like that so when you Google "Disney Frozen" the movie comes up instead of conspiracy theories^[2]

Disneyonice.com is also not evidence.

Ever since 2003, it is said 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 in order to sing classic Christmas hits from 'Let it Snow'.^[3]

Paris Hilton and her pets were reportedly signed up with the Cryonics Institute since 2007^[4]^[5] However according to Maria Konovalenko this appears to be a media hoax.^[6] She may have been influenced by her magician partner Curtis Eugene Lovell II^[7]
Gore Vidal (suspended 2012) - author, was a supporter^[8] but it's unclear if he was ever suspended.
Muhammed Ali (suspended 2016) - Boxer and activist. Visited a facility in 1992.^[9] Unclear whether he was suspended after his death.^[10]
Lucy Liu - actress, once quoted as saying "When I die, I wish to be cryogenically frozen in Nan Kempner's closet".^[11] Not to be confused with her Futurama appearance in 'I Dated a Robot'^[12]

Dick Clair^[13] (suspended 1988) - Actor - Died amidst legal dramas^[14]
Ted Williams (suspended 2002) - Baseball player, suspended at Alcor in 2002^[15]
Arthur C Clarke - science fiction author and cryonics supporter. However he was buried rather than vitrified in 2008.^[16]
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^[17] suspension at Alcor^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]
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^[22]

Larry Flynt - Publisher and pornographer - Enrolled with Alcor since 1986.^[23] Referenced in an episode of Castle in this context^[24]
Peter Thiel - Silicon Valley venture capitalist signed up for many years^[25]
Simon Cowell - British TV presenter, since 2009^[26]
Britney Spears - Singer, revealed in 2010^[27]^[28]
Seth MacFarlane - Family guy writer and voice actor supported some time before 2011^[29]
Larry King - TV and Radio host, emerged 2011^[30]^[31]. He confirmed in 2015 he's opted for full-body preservation, but thinks the people behind cryonics are "all nuts"^[32]