Connie Culp, 1st US partial face transplant recipient, dies years after groundbreaking operation

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The Cleveland Clinic, where her surgery had been performed in 2008, said Saturday that Connie Culp died this week at the Ohio clinic of complications from an infection unrelated to her transplant.

The Cleveland Clinic, where her surgery had been performed in 2008, said Saturday that Culp died Wednesday at the Ohio clinic of complications from an infection unrelated to her transplant.

Culp's husband shot her in the face in 2004 in a failed murder-suicide attempt for which he was imprisoned for seven years. The blast destroyed her nose, shattered her cheeks and shut off most of her vision. Her features were so gnarled that children ran away from her and called her a monster, The Associated Press previously reported.

"She's smiling, she's perfect. When she jokes, she kind of flickers her eyes. Her face is vivid. You can see emotions," Siemionow said.

 

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So sad !

Surprised you didn't list it as a COVID19 death......

she died to an infection unrelated to her transplant? that's kinda boring then.

Rip

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