Yesterday was the 43rd anniversary of the death and subsequent freezing of Dr. Bedford – the worlds first successful cryogenics patient (successful in the fact that he is still frozen and, unfortunately, also still dead).
Quoting from the 1967 issue of Freeze-Wait-Reanimate,
there may be some hope for reanimation in the distant future when reanimation techniques have been perfected and a cure for cancer [the cause of death] has been found. [1]
Dr. Bedford, a retired psychology professor from Los Angeles, was 73 at the time of the procedure. Below we see Dr Bedford’s daughter-in-law Cecilia patiently awaiting his return.
Images from Cryonics 1991