"I am really shocked at his sudden passing. Transplant trailblazer Chris Barnard, the Karoo lad who became the world's most famous cardiac surgeon - and broke hearts as well as mended them - died alone in a foreign land, aged 78.He suffered an asthma attack at a resort on Cyprus, but did not have his asthma pump at hand. We will remember him as a brilliant and innovative mind," Vosloo said.Barnard's elder daughter Deirdre , 51, from his first marriage to Louwtjie Barnard , said his death came as a surprise. Born as Barbara Jekyll, she was a daughter of Colonel Sir Herbert Jekyll (KCMG) and his wife, Dame Agnes Graham Jekyll, DBE.On 20 July 1911, she married Hon.
Doctors had warned him he faced death if he did not carry his pump at all times.Barnard, who was on a business trip to Cyprus, suffered the attack shortly after a swim in the hotel pool at the island's western resort of Paphos. But Barnard had once admitted to him that had he been offered a choice between a gorgeous woman and the Nobel Prize, he would have chosen a woman.Barnard's funeral arrangements have not yet been finalised, but he is to be buried in South Africa.Barnard leaves his first wife Louwtjie and daughter Deirdre and his sons Frederick and Christiaan, from his second wife, Barbara Zoellner, and his youngest son Armin, 11, and daughter Lara, 4, from third wife Karin Setzkorn.
They had 2 children. "His expensive suits have been treated with complete disregard for their nature and value, and certain items are missing," says his attorney, Caroline Dichmont.But Janet's attorney, Amanda Simpson, says: "Our client denies that the clothing has been mishandled or mistreated in any fashion at all. Chris and Barbara Barnard had two sons - Frederick, who now lives in Zurich, Switzerland, and Christiaan Zoellner Barnard, who lives in Bishops-court, Cape Town.
We lost someone who made the greatest contribution to medical history. ChessVEVO 3,667,095 views "This fear was so great that when Lutsehinger and Barnard went to meet former Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev, Barnard had insisted on turning back to fetch his asthma pump, which he had left in his hotel room.Susan Vosloo, cardiac surgeon, chairperson of the Organ Donor Foundation and a friend of Barnard, said she had seen him shortly before his departure to Cyprus and apart from asthma, he appeared well.Barnard had gone to Cyprus on business connected to his work with his charity, the Christiaan Barnard Foundation in Austria. He was also very vocal against apartheid. 50+ videos Play all Mix - Barbara Dickson - Caravan Song YouTube Elaine Paige, Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well "From CHESS" (Official Video) - Duration: 4:18. "SA Medical Association president Bernard Mandell, who knew Barnard , lauded him as the first to have the "courage" to go ahead with a heart transplant.Although others had the technology, they had lacked the courage and held back, he said from East London.Describing Barnard as an extrovert with an "exceptional personality", Mandell said the medical association was immensely proud of his achievements.He said it was odd Barnard had never been awarded a Nobel Prize. He fathered six children with three wives over five decades. "South Africa has lost a great man who made an outstanding contribution to the country," he said.Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang said in a statement that her department recognised the significant contributions he had made to the advancement of medicine and the medical profession in both South Africa and throughout the world.Groote Schuur spokesperson Philippa Johnson said the hospital had produced many exceptional leaders in medical science - one of the most remarkable was Barnard.
Francis Walter Stafford McLaren, the-then Liberal MP for Spalding and the second son of the 1st Baron Aberconway.They had two sons, Major Martin John McLaren (11 January 1914 – 27 July 1979) and Guy Lewis Ian McLaren (8 November … Simpson, was not available for comment.The late Chris Barnard, famous for his surgery skills and good looks, left a trail of broken hearts in his wake. But they separated and he moved out, leaving most of his and his children's possessions in the house.The property was marketed by estate agents at R70-million and sold three months ago.Bianca, Christiaan and Frederick claim that many of the valuables in the house were left to them by their mother and that Janet had barred them from retrieving them.