1968 Press Photo Heart transplant patient Dellett Lawson and wife leave hospital

Heart transplant patient Dellett Howard Lawson, 50, of Akron, Ohio, leaves the Cleveland Clinic Thursday just 22 days after receiving the heart of a 25-year-old Arkansas woman fatally injured in a traffic accident near Cleveland. Lawson seen with his wife, Leona, said he was grateful for having received an extension of life.

Photo is dated 1968.

Photo measures 8 x 9.25 inches.