Article: Ted Williams' Body to Remain Frozen -- Eldest daughter drops case

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

INVERNESS, Fla. - Ted Williams' eldest daughter dropped her objections Friday to her siblings' decision to have the Hall of Famer's body frozen at a cryonics lab in Arizona.

Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell relented after Circuit Judge Patricia Thomas agreed to allow a $645,000 trust to be distributed equally among Ferrell, half-brother John-Henry Williams and half-sister Claudia Williams.

The trust was written so that no money would have been distributed until 2012, 10 years after the Boston Red Sox slugger's death July 5.

Ferrell could not afford to continue the legal fight to have her father unfrozen and cremated. The legal fight would have cost $250,000 and Ferrell ...

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