[ExI] "Had Michael Jackson been a hard core space enthusiast"

[BillK]

On 7/8/09, Damien Broderick wrote:
>  Had he been a genuine cryonics enthusiast, things might have been helped
> along there, too, although I'm pretty sure the vultures would have insisted
> on a Lovely Powerfully Spiritual (and Profitable) Public Leavetaking, and
> he'd be rotting away even as he is now.
>

<http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/jul/07/michael-jackson-buried-brain>

Quote:
Michael Jackson will be buried without his brain today after doctors
retained it following an autopsy to help determine the cause of death.
Jackson died from an apparent cardiac arrest on 25 June. Though his
body was released the next day to relatives, his brain was not. The
pop star's inert brain must "harden" for at least two weeks before
doctors can conduct their neuropathology tests.
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So a cryonics signup would have been a waste of money in this case (or
any case where a detailed autopsy was required).


BillK