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James Manzi was supposed to have an evening of celebration. He was out to dinner with family and friends for their daughter’s birthday, when his wife turned around and saw him slumped over and unconscious in his chair.

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UCLA patient celebrates 80th thanks to unlikely procedure

By Ariana Ricarte

April 7, 2014 2:33 a.m.