by the whole-body standard. Organ donation After her father gave his consent, Darvall's heart was donated to Louis Washkansky. Her kidneys were given to 10-year-old Jonathan van Wyk. Due to apartheid, the kidney donation to Van Wyk was controversial because he was khoi, while Denise was white. Washkansky lived 18 days before succumbing to pneumonia. Burial and trial Edward Darvall arranged for his wife and daughter to be cremated at the Maitland Crematorium, Maitland, Cape Town. The joint ceremony took place on Wednesday, 6 December, and their ashes were later placed into a niche on site. Edward Darvall died in 1970 and was also cremated there. Darvall was present at the trial of the drunk driver who was convicted of murder. He made a statement through a lawyer, asking the magistrate to show the "greatest possible mercy" to the driver, "The tragic death of his daughter was not meaningless, but benefited humanity," he said. References Bibliography Christiaan Barnard and Curtiss Bill Pepper, "One Life," MacMillan, New York, 1969. Christiaan Barnard, "The Second Life," Vlaeberg Publishers, South Africa, 1993. External links South African history: Denise Darvall Groote Schuur Hospital account of Washkansky’s heart transplant 1942 births 1967 deaths Organ transplant donors Road incident deaths in South Africa White South African people