Dr. Heimlich, Creator Of Live-Saving Maneuver, Dies

Dr. Heimlich, Creator Of Live-Saving Maneuver, Dies

He's credited with saving the lives of people who are choking, thanks to the method he popularized in 1974. Now comes word that Dr. Henry Heimlich has died at age 96. Heimlich died early Saturday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio, according to Bryan Reynolds, spokesman for Episcopal Retirement Services, which operates the retirement home where the physician lived for years.

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