Ted Williams' daughter drops challenge vs. siblings
— -- INVERNESS, Fla. -- Ted Williams' eldest daughter dropped herchallenge Friday to her siblings' decision to have the baseballlegend's body permanently frozen.
Bobby-Jo Williams Ferrell dropped her objections after a judgeagreed that a $645,000 trust will be distributed equally amongFerrell, John-Henry Williams and Claudia Williams.
The trust had been written so no money would be distributeduntil 10 years after the slugger's death July 5.
"She will take no further legal action regarding thedisposition of her father's body," said Bob Goldman, an attorneyfor John-Henry and Claudia Williams.
Ferrell sued to have the court decide whether her father's ashesshould be scattered in the ocean off Florida, as he declared in his1996 will. Her siblings maintained they signed a handwritten pactwith him in November 2000 agreeing that their bodies would befrozen.
Shortly after Williams died at the age of 83, John-Henry had hisbody moved to a Alcor Life Extension Foundation facility inScottsdale, Ariz., where it was cryonically frozen. Cryogenicsupporters say bodies might one day be thawed and brought back tolife. Most experts say that is highly unlikely.
The siblings had been in continuous negotiations during the pastseveral months, and hearings on the issue were twice postponed.
Under the original terms of the trust, written in 1986, theWilliams children could have up to a third of their share of thetrust at age 40, no more than half at 45, and the full amount at50.
Both John-Henry and Claudia Williams are in their 30s. Ferrellis in her 50s.
The 1986 trust is only a portion of Williams' wealth. The valueof his estate hasn't been made public.
Williams, known as the "Splendid Splinter," was the last majorleague baseball player to bat over .400 in a season. The Hall ofFamer played for the Boston Red Sox until his retirement in 1960,when he hit a home run on the final swing of his career.
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