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Article: Ted Williams' Body to Remain Frozen -- Eldest daughter drops case
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- Yakima Herald-Republic
- Article date:
- December 21, 2002
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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 ...