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Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar

"Childhood was a terrible period for me. I was like a ship without anchor being swept along through darkness in a storm. Again and again I sought shelter, only to be forced out of it by something new."
(26 April 1912)

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-)Calendar 1985

There are 3359 births, 3911 deaths, 1122 murders, 494 disasters and 2072 other events about 5713 people in 6416 places until today.

Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar is an ongoing project since 1985 by DDV.

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University of Utah Medical Center

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.

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Thursday 2nd of December 1982 (x) — Artificial-heart patient Barney Clark has an artificial Jarvik heart transplantation by William DeVries
Clark survived 112 days with the Jarvik device.
Wednesday 23rd of March 1983 (-) — Artificial-heart patient Barney Clark dies of a stroke
Clark spent the last 112 days of his life in a hospital bed attached to the Jarvik 7, a 180 kgs console that pumped air in and out of the aluminum-and-plastic implant through a system of hoses. Clark was constantly plagued by infections, drifting into and out of consciousness, at several points asking to be allowed to die.