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  • Konrad & Carew: How an NFL player’s donated heart saved life of a baseball Hall of Famer

    04/14/2017 7:25:20 PM PDT · by Kid Shelleen · 9 replies
    San Jose Mercury News ^ | 04/14/2017 | DANIEL BROWN
    ---snip--- Reuland died of a brain aneurysm Dec. 12 and his organs were donated, as per his wishes. The family knew only that Konrad’s kidney went to a Southern California woman in her 60s, his liver went to a male in his 50s and, most notably, his heart and other kidney went to a 71-year-old man in south Orange County. By the time of the funeral, friends who had read about Rod Carew’s recent heart transplant in Los Angeles were putting two and two together. They pulled Mary aside and asked if it was possible: Do you think Konrad saved...