Orville Allen lived a lifetime of service, and when he died at age 98 he had one last thing to give: his liver.
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Given Allen’s age, it was a question that caught the relatives by surprise. But surgeons had examined him and determined the organ was acceptable for transplant. Two years ago, a liver was procured from a 90-year-old donor in Mid-America’s region, which includes eastern Missouri, southern Illinois and northeastern Arkansas, Lee said. Last fall, livers were donated by an 88-year-old and an 84-year-old.About 12% of deceased organ donors in the first four months of this year were people age 65 or older, UNOS spokeswoman Anne Paschke said.
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