World's 1st kidney donor dies in Maine

Wednesday, December 29, 2010 - 13:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Robert Lee Herrick, who donated a kidney to his dying twin brother 56 years ago in what's recognized as the world's first successful organ transplant, has died at age 79.

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