An acclaimed researcher and author, DeBakey published more than 1,400 medical articles, chapters and books. Photo circa 1992
The world came to
DR. MICHAEL E. DEBAKEY During his illustrious 60-year career in Houston, people knew how to find Dr. Michael E. DeBakey. Letters arrived from across the city and around the globe; some simply addressed “Dr. Michael DeBakey, Houston, Texas.” And they usually found him.
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After DeBakey died on
July 11, people came to him once again. Quietly and reverently, they filed past his flag-draped casket in Houston’s City Hall, the first time any person had been so honored in the city. They came in the midday heat to a downtown cathedral — the powerful, the wealthy and the working man sitting together to honor a great healer of hearts.
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At The Methodist Hospital, where
this most famous of all surgeons performed many of his miracles, people were drawn to the lobby where an imposing bronze bust of DeBakey stands. There, they placed flowers and cards and wrote their thoughts and condolences on the pages of a small memory book.
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