Necrology
Year: 2001
Christiaan Barnard
Born: November 8th, 1922
Died: September 2nd, 2001
Famous For: South African Cardiac Surgeon, First to Perform Successful Human-to-Human Heart Transplant Surgery
Cause of Death: Severe asthma attack
Burial Place: Mission of the Reformed Dutch Church, Beaufort West, South Africa
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