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Christiaan Barnard
BornNov 8, 1922
DiedSep 2, 2001
Age78
Stiff · September 2, 2001

Christiaan Barnard

The internationally renowned heart specialist, famed for performing the first successful heart transplant, died of an asthma attack, thereby negating any opportunity for a worthwhile blurb, the thoughtless prick.

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Guess the stiff · died 2021

Well, fuck. We always want someone solid to make fun of as the FIRST death of the year, and Tommy was NOT it. A baseball icon, an all-around good guy, and worst of all - NO scandals.

Sometimes running a deadpool sucks.