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Man who received 1st pig heart transplant dies after 2 months
BALTIMORE - The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months after the groundbreaking experiment, the Maryland hospital that performed the surgery announced Wednesday.Download the FOX 5 DC News App for Local Breaking News and WeatherDavid Bennett, 57, died Tuesday at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Doctors didn't give an exact cause of death, saying only that his condition had begun deteriorating several days earlier.Bennett's son praised the hospital for offering the last-ditch experiment, saying the family hoped it would help further efforts to end the organ shortage."We are grateful for every innovative moment, every crazy dream, every sleepless night that went into this historic effort," David Bennett Jr.