1982: A Seattle dentist named Barney Clark becomes the first human recipient of a permanent artificial heart. He survives the heart, and the accompanying media circus, for 112 days. Clark, 61, was ...

Thirty years ago on Dec. 2, 1982, in the darkest hours of the morning, cardiothoracic surgeon William DeVries, MD, carefully removed the ravaged heart of Dr. Barney Clark—a heart that tore like tissue ...

CLARK, BERNARD BARNEY -Visitation Thursday 6-8pm, Service Friday 12:30pm, both at Bullock Colonial Chapel. Interment Ft. Logan National Cemetery. Friends may make contributions to Home Hospice of M… ...

Barney Clark’s heart was made of plastic — and instead of beating, it whooshed. The 61-year-old retired dentist was in an advanced stage of cardiomyopathy, a progressive weakening of the heart ...