Henry Heimlich, inventor of the anti-choking Heimlich maneuver that saved at least 50,000 people in America alone, dies aged 96. Heimlich suffered massive heart attack on Monday; died from complications He became famous in 1970s for creating the anti-choking technique The first aid procedure relies on abdominal thrusts to clear person's airway Heimlich used his own technique to save a woman's life in May of this year