These celebrities managed to survive thanks to organ transplants 2
Raphael: Liver transplant
Legendary Spanish singer Raphael revealed on the TV show ‘Mi casa es la tuya’ in 2016 that he feared for his life due to a failing liver. He admits that he struggled with alcohol and contracted hepatitis B in the 1980s. It got so bad that in 2003, he had to undergo a liver transplant.
These celebrities managed to survive thanks to organ transplants 2
These celebrities managed to survive thanks to organ transplants 2
Steve Jobs: Liver transplant
There are also stories that ended sadly. Some celebrities stretched their lifespan thanks to transplants but died later. In 2009, Apple Founder Steve Jobs quietly underwent a liver transplant two years before he died. In 2004, Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that had spread to his liver. According to the biography ‘Becoming Steve Jobs’, his partner Tim Cook offered to donate part of his liver, something Jobs flatly refused.
These celebrities managed to survive thanks to organ transplants 2
These celebrities managed to survive thanks to organ transplants 2
Larry Hagman: Liver transplant
Larry Hagman, better known as the notorious villain from the hit television series ‘Dallas,’ underwent a liver transplant in 1995. As a result of his excessive alcohol consumption, the actor suffered from cirrhosis, but it was a tumor that led doctors to make the decision to transplant a healthy liver. Hagman passed away in 2012 at age 81.
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David Crosby: Liver transplant
David Crosby, the founder of the American rock band The Byrds and member of the band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, had to undergo a liver transplant in 1994 due to his abuse of certain illegal substances. It gave him more than three decades of life until he passed away in January 2023 at the age of 81.
These celebrities managed to survive thanks to organ transplants 2
Natalie Cole: Kidney transplant
In May 2009, American singer Natalie Cole, daughter of the legendary jazz singer and pianist Nat King Cole, underwent a kidney transplant at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles due to complications from hepatitis C, which her publicist said she likely contracted when she used drugs decades prior. She would die of heart failure at age 65 in 2015.
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Gary Coleman: Kidney transplants
Gary Coleman, the beloved star of the hit series ‘Diff’rent Strokes,’ suffered from a congenital kidney disease that caused him to develop nephritis. As a result of this condition, he needed two kidney transplants (in 1973 and 1984), but unfortunately experienced two rejections, ultimately having to rely on dialysis for the rest of his life. Tragically, Coleman passed away in May 2010 at the age of 42 after falling down a staircase.
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Aron Eisenberg: Kidney transplant
The actor best known for his role as Nog in ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’ was born with a single, defective kidney, which required him to undergo dialysis from a young age. At the age of 17, he received his first kidney transplant, and in 2015, he underwent a second transplant. Sadly, he passed away in September 2019 at age 50.
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James Redford: Liver transplants
James Redford, son of legendary actor Robert Redford, was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called primary sclerosing cholangitis that affected his liver in his youth. This required him to undergo two liver transplants. He died in October 2020 from bile duct cancer in the liver after founding the James Redford Institute for Transplant Awareness years earlier.