I think this news may already be being discussed in a different thread, although they have a different starting article:
http://lesswrong.com/r/discussion/lw/6tu/robert_ettinger_founder_of_cryonics_now_cis_106th/
Ah, shoot, my mistake for not searching first.
http://www.dailytech.com/Father+of+Cryonics+Dies+at+92+Frozen+in+Cryonics+Institute+/article22273.htm
Via Hacker News (comments: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2813021)