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- DIED. Richard Overholt, 88, chest surgeon and pioneer in the
- U.S. antismoking crusade; in Boston. In the early 1930s, while
- operating on tuberculosis patients, Overholt noticed that the
- lungs of nonsmokers recovered faster than those of smokers.
- When he shared his finding with other doctors in 1934, Overholt
- recalled, "They thought I was crazy. I could see so much
- evidence, and no one would listen."
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