Article: Scottsdale, Ariz., Cryogenics Company Puts Baseball Legend on Ice.

By G. Wayne Miller, Providence Journal, R.I. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 26--Ted Williams was feeling ill, and his difficult breathing concerned his caregivers. The 83-year-old baseball great had a history of heart disease, and out of an abundance of caution, an ambulance was called to his home in Hernando, Fla. It was Friday morning, July 5.

The ambulance took Williams to Citrus Memorial Hospital, some five miles away. Williams was barely inside the door when his heart sputtered and stopped. The doctors could not get it beating again -- and at 8:49 a.m., the legendary Boston Red Sox star was pronounced legally dead.

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