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Panthers owner receives new heart, recovering |
CHARLOTTE -- On a night he hoped his team would be playing in the Super Bowl, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson got something better – a new heart.Richardson, 72, underwent heart transplant surgery Sunday at Carolinas Medical Center, where he’d been on a waiting list since mid-December.Richardson's surgery was confirmed Monday morning by team officials and by NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.In a news release, the Panthers said the heart transplant procedure began about 8 p.m. Sunday and ended about 1 a.m.Surgeons Mark Stiegel and Eric Skipper conducted the procedure, and Stiegel told the Panthers "the donor heart was working well."
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