1987 in cryonics

A number of events regarding cryonics occurred in 1987.

Events

 * October 23 – The Big Thaw, a Miami Vice episode with a cryonics theme, first airs.

Date unknown

 * Elaine Ettinger, the first wife of Robert Ettinger, legally dies and is cryopreserved by the Cryonics Institute.
 * The Cryonics Society of Canada is founded.
 * The Cryonics Institute begins using liquid nitrogen instead of dry ice in the long-term care of cryonics patients.