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Title:USA: Longest-Surviving Artificial-Heart Patient Dies
Date:6th August 1986
Summary:William Schroeder, who lived a record 620 days with an artificial heart, died in Louisville, Kentucky on August 6. Doctors said he had suffered a series of strokes before his death. Schroeder received the artificial heart in November, 1984.
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Location:USA LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY
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