Ted Williams
American baseball player and fighter pilot
Theodore Samuel "Ted" Williams (born Teddy Samuel; August 30, 1918 - July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player for the Boston Red Sox. He was the last player in Major League Baseball to go past a batting average of .400 (40%) in a single season. Williams was born in San Diego, California.
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Williams died on July 5, 2002 from cardiac arrest in Inverness, Florida, aged 83. His head is cryogenically frozen.[1]