Thinker
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There's a precedent - Jeremy Bentham, the English philosopher and educator, died in 1832 leaving instructions for his body to be dissected, and then permanently preserved as an "auto-icon" (or self-image), which would be his memorial. The auto-icon continues to be on public display at University College London, propped up in a box and appropriately clothed - a key part of the welcome tour for new students and visitors. Every few years it is "restored" to stop the whole thing falling apart.
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We should count our blessings the Ford family was probably blissfully unaware of the endless possibilities of postmortem preservation.