Heart transplant record holder dies of cancer
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 17:07
in Health & Medicine
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) -- A heart transplant recipient who lived a record 31 years with a single donated organ has died at age 51 of cancer, his heart still going strong, his widow said....
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