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Heart Surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey Memorial

Heart Surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey Memorial
Katrin DeBakey (R) leaves the memorial service for her husband pioneering heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey with their daughter Olga DeBakey at the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Houston, Texas on July 16, 2008. DeBakey, internationally acclaimed as the father of modern cardiovascular surgery, died at the age of 99. (UPI Photo/Aaron M. Sprecher)