▁request , ▁his ▁ster ile ▁house ▁was ▁re decor ated ▁by ▁the ▁staff ▁with ▁an ▁array ▁of ▁sur real ▁orn ament ation . ▁In ▁his ▁final ▁months , ▁thousands ▁of ▁visitors , ▁well - w ish ers ▁and ▁old ▁friends ▁visited ▁him ▁in ▁his ▁California ▁home . ▁Until ▁his ▁last ▁weeks , ▁he ▁gave ▁many ▁inter views ▁discuss ing ▁his ▁new ▁philosophy ▁of ▁emb rac ing ▁death . ▁ ▁Le ary ▁was ▁reported ly ▁excited ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁years ▁by ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁free zing ▁his ▁body ▁in ▁cry onic ▁susp ension , ▁and ▁he ▁public ly ▁announced ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁signed ▁up ▁with ▁Al cor ▁for ▁such ▁treatment ▁after ▁having ▁appeared ▁at ▁Al cor ' s ▁grand ▁opening ▁the ▁year ▁before . ▁He ▁did ▁not ▁believe ▁he ▁would ▁be ▁res ur rect ed ▁in ▁the ▁future , ▁but ▁did ▁believe ▁that ▁cry on ics ▁had ▁important ▁possibilities ▁even ▁though ▁he ▁thought ▁it ▁had ▁only ▁" one ▁chance ▁in ▁a ▁thousand ". ▁He ▁called ▁it ▁his ▁" d ut y ▁as ▁a ▁fut ur ist ", ▁and ▁helped ▁public ize ▁the ▁process ▁and ▁hoped ▁it ▁would ▁work ▁for ▁his ▁children ▁and ▁grand children ▁if ▁not ▁for ▁him , ▁although ▁he ▁said ▁he ▁was ▁" light heart ed " ▁about ▁it . ▁He ▁was ▁connected ▁with ▁two ▁cry onic ▁organizations , ▁first ▁Al cor ▁and ▁then ▁Cry o C are , ▁one ▁of ▁which ▁delivered ▁a ▁cry onic ▁tank ▁to ▁his ▁house ▁in ▁the ▁months ▁before