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Man receives aid to live after Minnesota girl’s tale
Hal Boyle recalls a community’s outpouring for 15 year old Marilyn Lesby of St. Paul who suffered coarctation of the aorta. Reader donations funded a Boston hospital operation and a trust fund covered costs. Marilyn survived a five hour surgery and lives on thanks to anonymous benefactors and a local columnist’s appeal.
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Diogenes
Marilyn Lesby
St. Paul, Minn
Marilyn
United States
Children’s Hospital
Boston
Mnother
Paul Light
St. Paul Pioneer Press
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Elks Lodge
Children's Hospital
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