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Photos: Heart surgeon W. Dudley Johnson pioneered coronary bypasses

Operating room technician Mitzi Kane (foreground) tends to a variety of duties during open heart surgery at St. Francis Hospital, performed by W. Dudley Johnson (left) with assistance from many others including surgical assistant Ernie Medalle on July 30, 1999.
Operating room technician Mitzi Kane (foreground) tends to a variety of duties during open heart surgery at St. Francis Hospital, performed by W. Dudley Johnson (left) with assistance from many others including surgical assistant Ernie Medalle on July 30, 1999.
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W. Dudley Johnson performs coronary bypass surgery at St. Francis Hospital on July 30, 1999, in Milwaukee.
W. Dudley Johnson performs coronary bypass surgery at St. Francis Hospital on July 30, 1999, in Milwaukee.
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W. Dudley Johnson (center left) performs coronary bypass surgery at St. Francis Hospital on July 30, 1999.
W. Dudley Johnson (center left) performs coronary bypass surgery at St. Francis Hospital on July 30, 1999.
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W. Dudley Johnson (right) pauses during a busy surgical day to tend to administrative details in 1989.
W. Dudley Johnson (right) pauses during a busy surgical day to tend to administrative details in 1989.
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In addition to his work as a heart surgeon, W. Dudley Johnson grows apples in his orchard in Germantown, on Aug. 1, 1999.
In addition to his work as a heart surgeon, W. Dudley Johnson grows apples in his orchard in Germantown, on Aug. 1, 1999.
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W. Dudley Johnson (from left), Holger Petersen and Dorothy Harper look over some of the raised garden beds they and other St. John's On The Lake residents have and tend.
W. Dudley Johnson (from left), Holger Petersen and Dorothy Harper look over some of the raised garden beds they and other St. John's On The Lake residents have and tend.
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W. Dudley Johnson, a retired heart surgeon, prepares to make his snow angel outside Saint John's On The Lake retirement community in Milwaukee. Residents were taking part in the annual tradition of creating snow angels at the facilities plaza area for Saint John's On The Lake on Jan. 16, 2014.
W. Dudley Johnson, a retired heart surgeon, prepares to make his snow angel outside Saint John's On The Lake retirement community in Milwaukee. Residents were taking part in the annual tradition of creating snow angels at the facilities plaza area for Saint John's On The Lake on Jan. 16, 2014.
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W. Dudley Johnson, a retired heart surgeon, holds up his certificate claiming he's a member of the Royal Order of the Flakes for making his snow angel. Residents at Saint John's On The Lake retirement community in Milwaukee took part in the annual tradition of creating snow angels at the facilities plaza area for Saint John's On the Lake on Jan. 16, 2014.
W. Dudley Johnson, a retired heart surgeon, holds up his certificate claiming he's a member of the Royal Order of the Flakes for making his snow angel. Residents at Saint John's On The Lake retirement community in Milwaukee took part in the annual tradition of creating snow angels at the facilities plaza area for Saint John's On the Lake on Jan. 16, 2014.
Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel