Pioneering heart doctor 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.aa68b892c6c24c8a8db46d20165d1f94.obit_michael_debakey_ny122.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=_RkhpBA_eecmkPsttYZa8g--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="American heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey during interview in his office conference room at Methodist Hospital in this May 28, 1985 file photo taken in Houston, Texas. 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, has died. He was 99.</p><br clear="all"/>

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