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Thunder bay (CP) - John Adams, the first person to undergo a heart and double lung transplant in Canada, died Tuesday at a London, Ont., hospital. Ada(...)
Thunder bay (CP) - John Adams, the first person to undergo a heart and double lung transplant in Canada, died Tuesday at a London, Ont., hospital. Ada(...)

Thunder bay (CP) - John Adams, the first person to undergo a heart and double lung transplant in Canada, died Tuesday at a London, Ont., hospital. Ada(...)

Date11/3/1983
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  • Thunder bay (CP) - John Adams, the first person to undergo a heart and double lung transplant in Canada, died Tuesday at a London, Ont., hospital. Adams, 39, of Thunder Bay, was doing well until [Incomplete]
  • Thunder bay (CP) - John Adams, the first person to undergo a heart and double lung transplant in Canada, died Tuesday at a London, Ont., hospital. Ada(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Thunder bay (CP) - John Adams, the first person to undergo a heart and double lung transplant in Canada, died Tuesday at a London, Ont., hospital. Adams, 39, of Thunder Bay, was doing well until [Incomplete]
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      New beginning: John Adams, 37, of Thunder Bay, the first person to undergo a heart-lung transplant in Canada, shows his new fitness as fiancee Joan Lainen looks on
      New beginning: John Adams, 37, of Thunder Bay, the first person to undergo a heart-lung transplant in Canada, shows his new fitness as fiancee Joan Lainen looks on
      McConnell, Colin
      11/3/1983
      Flight for life: Mike McQuitty and Chris Lambert are going to London in hopes that the 27-year-old Scarborough man can get a double lung and heart transplant
      Flight for life: Mike McQuitty and Chris Lambert are going to London in hopes that the 27-year-old Scarborough man can get a double lung and heart transplant
      Dunlop, Al
      10/18/1988
      Here's to a long life, Members of Toronto General Hospital's lung and heart-lung transplant family cut a cake yesterday to mark the second anniversary(...)
      Here's to a long life, Members of Toronto General Hospital's lung and heart-lung transplant family cut a cake yesterday to mark the second anniversary(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      11/7/1985
      On a mission: Double-lung recipient Ann Harrison devotes her time to the hospital transplant program that saved her life in 1986
      On a mission: Double-lung recipient Ann Harrison devotes her time to the hospital transplant program that saved her life in 1986
      Power, Peter
      2/5/1993
      Making merry: Ann Harrison of Don Mills, who underwent the world's first successful double lung transplant a year ago, is looking forward to a happy Christmas with her family
      Making merry: Ann Harrison of Don Mills, who underwent the world's first successful double lung transplant a year ago, is looking forward to a happy Christmas with her family
      Slaughter, Mike
      12/17/1987
      Cathy Urish: U.S. woman had double lung transplant in Toronto a year ago
      Cathy Urish: U.S. woman had double lung transplant in Toronto a year ago
      Combs, Erin
      2/20/1988
      In support: Anne Harrison, who had a double lung transplant four years ago, expresses support for animal research yesterday
      In support: Anne Harrison, who had a double lung transplant four years ago, expresses support for animal research yesterday
      Power, Peter
      4/15/1991
      Breathing easier these days - double lung transplant gives Ann new lease on life/2
      Breathing easier these days - double lung transplant gives Ann new lease on life/2
      Dunlop, Al
      1/7/1989
      Heart - Lung Transplant
      Heart - Lung Transplant
      McConnell, Colin
      11/3/1983
      Lung transplant survivors, Dr. Joel Cooper (rear), head of the transplant team at Toronto General and Mount Sinai hospitals, introduces four patients (...)
      Lung transplant survivors, Dr. Joel Cooper (rear), head of the transplant team at Toronto General and Mount Sinai hospitals, introduces four patients (...)
      Bock, Tony
      12/1/1986
      Debbie Burnett: Mom waits for infant's heart transplant in a London hospital
      Debbie Burnett: Mom waits for infant's heart transplant in a London hospital
      Stawicki, Andrew
      5/22/1988
      Sole Surgeon: Dr. Tim Winton, Toronto Hospital's only lung transplant surgeon, checks on his 138th recipient, William Fletcher of Charlottetown, P.E.I
      Sole Surgeon: Dr. Tim Winton, Toronto Hospital's only lung transplant surgeon, checks on his 138th recipient, William Fletcher of Charlottetown, P.E.I
      Bull, Ron
      2/5/1993