Fred Chamberlain, founder of Alcor, kills self to be frozen.

Fred denied himself food and liquids in order to facilitate his deanimation so that he could be cryopreserved with a relatively intact brain. Cryonics suicide appears to be more common than I had first thought. Bob Ettinger, the founder of cryonics in 1963, is surrounded by circumstance that lead me to believe he did the same thing. Cryonicists try to avoid discussion of this.

My own will specifies that I should be kept alive at all costs, as long as possible. My position is consistent with life extension.