Grey’s Anatomy’s Katherine Heigl Promotes Organ Donation
This is both sad and uplifting.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” star Katherine Heigl will be the first Hollywood celebrity to appear on the cover of Prevention magazine.
The actress who plays Dr. Isobel “Izzie” Stevens in the popular medical drama will be the subject of a cover story in Prevention’s May issue about organ donation, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
Heigl’s older brother, Jason, was thrown from the back of a pickup truck and declared brain dead at age 15, the Post said. His organs were donated by the family.
“Jason didn’t need them any more and it’s what he would have wanted,” Heigl said in Prevention.
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1 opinion for Grey’s Anatomy’s Katherine Heigl Promotes Organ Donation
Lucette Meierdierks
Nov 20, 2007 at 6:22 am
I am on the UNOS list waiting for a double lung transplant. I am only 47 years old and REALLY want to be around for a lot longer!! Organ donation is a very personal choice BUT a very needed one. I wish celebrities were more positivly outspoken about this.
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