One Heart: Two Lost Lives
Sonny Graham is a professional man, being the director of the Heritage golf tournament at Sea Pines in South Carolina from 1979 to 1983.
In 1995, he was on the verge of congestive heart failure. But thankfully, he got a call that a heart was available in Charleston.
That heart was from Terry Cottle, 33 years old, who previously died by shooting himself in the head.
Sonny Graham was so thankful for his new heart that he began writing letters to the donor's family to thank them.
In January 1997, Sonny went to Charleston and met the donor's widow, her name was Cheryl Cottle and was 28 then.
Apparently for some reason, they actually fell in love and were married in 2004, moving to the US state of Georgia.
They were living a happy and comfortable life. Sonny even bought a home for Cottle and her four children.
But then one day, twelve years after the successful transplant operation of Mr Sonny Graham, he was shockingly found dead in the utility building of his backyard.
Later it was reported that there was no foul play, and that Sonny actually shot himself in the throat with a shotgun.
It's creepy that his fate was in circumstances similar to those which claimed Mr. Cottle's life, the previous owner of Sonny's heart.
His friends said he had shown no signs of being depressed and were at a loss to explain his sudden tragedy.
Today, there are more than 70 documented cases of heart transplant patients taking on some of the personality traits of the organ donors. However, medical experts are sceptical about the concept and insist there is little convincing evidence about this phenomenon.
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