THE HEARTLESS MAN; The obituaries eulogised the man who gave the world its first human heart transplant. Yet he neglected his three wives and dying mother - and his eldest son killed himself. Was Christiaan Barnard also a liar and a racist?

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: September 8, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: GEOFFREY LEVY

PROFESSOR Christiaan Barnard's latest global tour had reached London.

He was spreading the word about Glycel, a new, expensive anti-ageing cream he was endorsing, giving stirring talks about its efficacy. And, of course, he used it himself. But now it was playtime in a London nightclub.

Wine flowed and his handsome face relaxed in that famous youthful smile as the woman sitting next to him at dinner asked: 'Does it really work?' 'He threw back his head and laughed heartily,' she recalls. 'He chortled: 'Of course it doesn't work. Not in the ...

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