Dr. Michael DeBakey dead at 99
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080712/ap_on_re_us/obit_debakey"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080712/capt.2f91d975c5fa4272aa73c7924e44b0d3.obit_debakey_ny111.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=A1kFlvZvi9eH_s1kw.qfhg--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="In this Oct. 6, 1977 file photo Dr. Michael DeBakey, 69, Houston famed heart surgeon, poses with his wife Katrin, 34, for the first public photograph of their two month old daughter Olga Katrina, born on July, 29, 1977 in Houston. DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died Friday night July 11, 2008 at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, officials announced. He was 99. (AP Photo, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Dr. Michael DeBakey, the world-famous cardiovascular surgeon who pioneered such now-common procedures as bypass surgery and invented a host of devices to help heart patients, died Friday night at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, officials announced. He was 99.</p><br clear="all"/>

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