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FM-2030 was born Fereydoon M. Esfandiary on October 15, 1930, in Belgium to Iranian diplomat Abdol-Hossein “A. H.” Sadigh Esfandiary (1894–1986), who served from 1920 to 1960. [3] He travelled widely as a child, having lived in 17 countries including Iran, India, and Afghanistan, by age 11. [4]
- Are You a Transhuman?
- Science fiction, futurology
- Writer, philosopher, teacher, consultant
- Iranian-American
- Dr. James Bedford, a psych professor at the University of California, was the first person to ever be cryonically preserved. The choice to be preserved by freezing was entirely his; he even left money for a steel capsule and liquid nitrogen in his will.
- Dick Clair Jones was in the television industry: he was a producer, actor and writer who had a hand in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, The Facts of Life and Mama's Family.
- Thomas K. Donaldson, a mathematician, had ideas about death that were even stranger than cryonics. He believed that even though people were "dead," their brains continued to exist and have functionality and we just don't have the technology to access it yet.
- FM-2030. Yeah, that was his real name. He was born Fereidoun M. Esfandiary, but changed his name to reflect his goal of living to be 100 (2030 would have been his 100th birthday).
Apr 29, 2020 · Tarpley Hitt. I n the mid-1970s, the philosopher and former Olympic wrestler Fereidoun M. Esfandiary changed his name to FM-2030—combining the year he would turn 100 years old with an ...
- Tarpley Hitt
- Reporter
Oct 12, 2022 · So Where Is FM-2030 Now? In 2000, FM-2030 died as a result of pancreatic cancer. He died 30 years before he reached his goal of living to 100 years old and seeing the year 2030. But if you were worried about FM-2030 never achieving his goal, you no longer need to worry.
- Lauren Dillon
FM-2030 died just a decade and a half ago of pancreatic cancer, aged 69. He was frozen by the folks at Alcor using a new method called vitrification. But his proposed political ideas have lived on ...
- Ry Marcattilio-Mccracken
Jan 12, 2017 · When Dr. Bedford died on January 12, 1967, they were all caught off guard. Dr. Bedford’s nurse had to run up and down the block collecting ice from the home freezers of neighbours. Cryonics was ...
Jul 11, 2000 · A futurist who changed his given name to something a little more forward looking, FM-2030 to be specific, died Saturday night at a friend's Manhattan apartment. An author, teacher and...
