A mere two minutes after the drugs had entered Parks' bloodstream he began reacting violently to the drugs. The muscles in his jaw, neck and abdomen went into spasm. Parks began gasping and even looked like his was choking. He was eventually pronounced painfully dead 11 minutes later. (10 March 1992)
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Sunday 3rd of December 1967 (x) — Louis Washkansky becomes the first man to have a human-to-human heart transplantation. Washkansky lived for 18 days.
Thursday 21st of December 1967 (-) — Louis Washkansky dies of pneumonia. Washkansky lived eighteen days after the transplant.
Tuesday 2nd of January 1968 (x) — Dentist Philip Blaiberg becomes the second man to have a heart transplant. Blaiberg lived nineteen months with his new heart.
Sunday 17th of August 1969 (-) — Dentist Philip Blaiberg dies of a final rejection of his new heart. Blaiberg was the man who lived longest with a transplanted heart.