2 w. ago SAS veteran, 54, dies after he was left needing a lung transplant when 'poisoned' by fumes from ISIS blasts

Adam Dobby, 54, passed away at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford on October 30 after suffering from acute heart failure and lung collapse.

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3 w. ago Lawyer, 32, who helped botched plastic surgery victims dies during hair transplant

Russian lawyer Andrei Kapustin, 32, known for helping victims of botched cosmetic surgery, died on the operating table during a hair transplant

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3 w. ago Legendary surgeon who carried out Britain’s first successful heart transplant dies

Sir Terence English transplanted a new heart into 52-year-old builder Keith Castle in landmark operation in 1979 despite fierce opposition

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3 w. ago Surgeon who performed UK's first successful heart transplant dies aged 93: How pioneering doctor gave new lease of life in 1979 to 52

Sir Terence English carried out the procedure on 52-year-old heavy smoker Keith Castle in August 1979. Mr Castle, a beer-loving Fulham fan, went on to live for nearly six more years.

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3 w. ago Surgeon who led UK’s first successful heart transplant operation dies aged 93

Sir Terence English studied mining engineering at university in Johannesburg before deciding to switch to medicine, at Guy’s Hospital in London.

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3 w. ago Psychopathic killer who bludgeoned doctor to death in 1990 is set to be moved to an open prison

Reginald Wilson (left), then just 26, carried out one of Britain's most notorious murders when he slaughtered respected consultant dermatologist David Birkett (right) in 1990.

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last month ‘I knew I was doing something I shouldn’t’: Karl Ove Knausgård on the fallout from My Struggle and the dark side of ambition

The Norwegian author on his autofictional epic, moving to London, and the psychopath at the heart of his new novelFifteen years ago, discussing the success of his six-volume autofictional work My Struggle on Norwegian radio, Karl Ove Knausgård said he felt as if he had “actually sold my soul to the devil”. My Struggle had become a runaway success in Norway – a success that would subsequently be repeated across the world – but the project provoked anger in some quarters for its portrayal of friends and family members. This was a work of art that came at a price. Hence, for its creator, its Faustian aspect.That experience lies at the root of Knausgård’s latest novel, The School of Night, the fourth volume in his Morning Star sequence, in which his typical character studies and fine-grained attention to the minutiae of daily life are married to a compelling supernatural plot involving a mysterious star appearing in the sky and the dead returning to life. Volumes one and three, The Morn...

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