Of course, most cryonics advocates don't recommend having oneself cryonically preserved as an alternative to actually living one's life, merely as an alternative to having oneself burned to ash or buried in the dirt after one dies, both of which seem like even worse bets.
They're cheaper. If cryonics has a <1% chance of working and you're not rich they likely yield more QALYs.
Having been diagnosed with cancer last year, writer Christopher Hitchens has died. He was known as as an outspoken atheist, which is not, in itself, identical to being a committed rationalist in any systematic way. Even so, he seemed to have the virtue of moral courage, the willingness to speak the truth as he saw it, without fear.