Richard Herrick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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first organ donor
Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1931
Place of Birth: Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Date of Death: 14-Mar-1963
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Richard Herrick
- Richard J.
- Herrick (June 15, 1931 – March 14, 1963) was the world's first recipient of a successful human organ transplant, receiving a kidney from his identical twin brother Ronald, in an operation performed by Joseph Murray, Hartwell Harrison, and Joseph Merrill in 1954.
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