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"Dick Cheney is doing well in Falls Church, Va. following heart transplant surgery on Saturday, a statement (via ABC News) from the former Vice President&amp;apos;s office confirmed.\r\nCheney, 70, has suffered five heart attacks stretching back to 1978, and he had been on the cardiac transplant list for 20 months.\r\n\r\nRead the statement from Cheney&amp;apos;s office: &amp;quot;Although the former Vice President and his family do not know the identity of the donor, they will be forever grateful for this lifesaving gift.&amp;quot;\r\nCheney and wife Lynne have two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary, and six grandchildren. &amp;quot;Former Vice President Cheney is thankful to the teams of doctors and other medical professionals at Inova Fairfax and George Washington University Hospital for their continued outstanding care,&amp;quot; the statement continued.\r\n\r\nFormer President George W. Bush&amp;apos;s right-hand man suffered his fourth heart attack in November 2000, shortly after the contested election. He had a pacemaker put in his chest in 2001, and underwent elective back surgery in 2009.  His fifth heart attack occurred in February 2010; his old boss George W. Bush visited the convalescing Cheney at his home in McLean, Va. in what was their first in-person meeting since Bush left the White House in January 2009.\r\nCheney&amp;apos;s last major heart surgery was in July 2010, in which a heart pump called called a Left Ventricular Assist Device was implanted."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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