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Clint Eastwood Heimlich Maneuver Saves Life of Choking Golf Director
NewsMax ^ | 07 Feb 2014 | Michael Mullins

Posted on 02/07/2014 2:10:43 PM PST by xzins

Clint Eastwood saved a choking man's life with the Heimlich maneuver at a party on the eve of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am tournament Wednesday night at the Monterey Conference Center.

The 83-year-old actor administered the Heimlich maneuver to tournament director Steve John, 50, who was choking on a piece of cheese, The Associated Press reported.

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''I was drinking water and eating these little appetizers, threw down a piece of cheese and it just didn't work,'' John said Friday. ''I was looking at him and couldn't breathe. He recognized it immediately and saved my life.''

A former amateur contestant and now chairman of the Monterey Peninsula Foundation, Eastwood is a prominent figure at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am who frequently presents the trophy to the winner. He has raised over $100 million for charity as the host of the 72-hole PGA Tour championship, the AP noted.

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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: clinteastwood; eastwood; heimlich; heimlichmaneuver; pebblebeach; stevejohn
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To: jazusamo; All
"Clint should play a doc
and a patient could be Eli Wallach."


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21 posted on 02/07/2014 2:50:49 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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Clint was always a class act in my book.

And BTW...I too have been a little Rowdy in my time and the last name already fits(y8z).
22 posted on 02/07/2014 2:54:02 PM PST by jy8z (When push comes disguised as nudge, I do not budge.)
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To: xzins

“A mans gotta know his limitations”


23 posted on 02/07/2014 2:57:09 PM PST by DocJhn
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To: musicman

Good one, musicman!


24 posted on 02/07/2014 3:01:11 PM PST by jazusamo ([Obama] A Truly Great Phony -- Thomas Sowell http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3058949/posts)
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To: xzins

Cough it up!

25 posted on 02/07/2014 3:03:52 PM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: xzins

You gonna stand there and choke to death....or are ya feeling lucky?


26 posted on 02/07/2014 3:10:13 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum (I live in NJ....' Nuff said!)
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To: Focault's Pendulum

You gonna turn around...or you gonna wheeze Dixie?


27 posted on 02/07/2014 3:16:10 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: gaijin

What is it with these people who punish those that courageously do the right thing? WTF?


28 posted on 02/07/2014 3:19:51 PM PST by sgt_lau
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To: musicman

You know that could work too bad Lee Van Cleff is dead they could get the guy who play Mike Franks from NCIS play his charter

Eli Wallach still alive he still going at age of 95


29 posted on 02/07/2014 3:33:32 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: gaijin

Went to the Hog’s Breath Inn back in the day for drinks. The bar was way in the back down a brick-lined, gaslamp-lit alleyway. It was like a hunting lodge out of some Medieval time.


30 posted on 02/07/2014 3:33:39 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: jazusamo

31 posted on 02/07/2014 3:37:05 PM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: xzins

He looked the cheese clearly in the eye and said

“Well do ya, punk”?


32 posted on 02/07/2014 3:37:58 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Four dead in Benghazi")
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To: A_Former_Democrat

I actually got to thank Dr. Heimlich for saving my life. I was got the end of an ice cream cone caught in my throat and couldn’t breathe, couldn’t talk, and my brother in law turned around and gave me the maneuver, very shortly after it was developed!! I waited on him at Shillito’s in downtown Cincy, and couldn’t thank him enough......I would have died.


33 posted on 02/07/2014 3:54:33 PM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Ann Archy

I actually saw it performed on a war hero at luncheon where Tx AG Greg Abbott was speaking. His security detail applied the maneuver and all was well. Scary, but a happy ending.


34 posted on 02/07/2014 3:58:16 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Four dead in Benghazi")
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To: xzins

I love that guy.


35 posted on 02/07/2014 4:25:45 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: DoughtyOne

He brings a smile to my face too. I had a huge crush on him when he was on Rawhide. :)


36 posted on 02/07/2014 4:28:28 PM PST by Ditter
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To: xzins

Take THAT, all you liberal losers who said he was senile.


37 posted on 02/07/2014 4:31:02 PM PST by EnquiringMind
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To: Riley

We have a family hunting lodge.I think I’ll name it Hog’s Breath Inn! That sounds perfect! :)


38 posted on 02/07/2014 4:32:46 PM PST by Ditter
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To: Ditter

He was quite the dude back then. I can see why.

I’m a guy, so it’s not the same for me, but I’ve always liked him. He played a good character on Rawhide. I was too young to fully appreciate his role, but I did come away with a positive image of him.

It remains to this day.


39 posted on 02/07/2014 4:34:09 PM PST by DoughtyOne (Amnesty is job NONE! It isn't even the leading issue with Hipanics.)
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To: Ditter

Glad to help. It was the name of Clint’s restaurant in Carmel in the late 80s-early 90s.


40 posted on 02/07/2014 4:36:41 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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