23 March 1983: Barney Clark - The First Recipient Of An Artificial Heart Implant, Dies At The Age Of 61
![Hometown Hero Gary Clark and his dad Barney Clark, the world's first artificial heart transplant recipient | WIBQ The Talk Station | 1230, 1440, 97.9 Terre Haute, IN Hometown Hero Gary Clark and his dad Barney Clark, the world's first artificial heart transplant recipient | WIBQ The Talk Station | 1230, 1440, 97.9 Terre Haute, IN](https://www.mywabashvalley.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/62/2021/07/clark-photo.png?w=564)
Hometown Hero Gary Clark and his dad Barney Clark, the world's first artificial heart transplant recipient | WIBQ The Talk Station | 1230, 1440, 97.9 Terre Haute, IN
![Remembering Barney Clark, Whose Ethically Questionable Heart Transplant Advanced Science | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine Remembering Barney Clark, Whose Ethically Questionable Heart Transplant Advanced Science | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/0-VUYs3a2CSJc-cEG529UYtnYxU=/1072x720/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/c5/8c/c58c437b-695d-4b21-b954-9f5c69aa9a56/jarvik7webjpg__800x600_q85_crop.jpg)
Remembering Barney Clark, Whose Ethically Questionable Heart Transplant Advanced Science | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine
![On ThisDayInHistory, a Seattle dentist named Barney Clark became the first human recipient of a permanent artificial heart. | HISTORY TV18 | Scoopnest On ThisDayInHistory, a Seattle dentist named Barney Clark became the first human recipient of a permanent artificial heart. | HISTORY TV18 | Scoopnest](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Cym8dO9UoAAv30K.jpg)
On ThisDayInHistory, a Seattle dentist named Barney Clark became the first human recipient of a permanent artificial heart. | HISTORY TV18 | Scoopnest
![Former University of Utah Inventor Robert Jarvik Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Artificial Heart | University of Utah Health Former University of Utah Inventor Robert Jarvik Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Artificial Heart | University of Utah Health](https://healthcare.utah.edu/publicaffairs/news/2018/images/clark2.jpg)
Former University of Utah Inventor Robert Jarvik Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Artificial Heart | University of Utah Health
![Stavros George Drakos on Twitter: "'Utah's Famous Firsts' airing at KBYU Channel 11,Apr 1,2.00pmMT.Jeff Anderson, C. Selzman and me interviewed+Pictures/videos from historic first-in-man Artificial Heart implant in Barney Clark @UofUHealth.From 1:15:30 to Stavros George Drakos on Twitter: "'Utah's Famous Firsts' airing at KBYU Channel 11,Apr 1,2.00pmMT.Jeff Anderson, C. Selzman and me interviewed+Pictures/videos from historic first-in-man Artificial Heart implant in Barney Clark @UofUHealth.From 1:15:30 to](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DZoLP5fVQAE8rjh.png)
Stavros George Drakos on Twitter: "'Utah's Famous Firsts' airing at KBYU Channel 11,Apr 1,2.00pmMT.Jeff Anderson, C. Selzman and me interviewed+Pictures/videos from historic first-in-man Artificial Heart implant in Barney Clark @UofUHealth.From 1:15:30 to
![Thomas Morris on Twitter: "Artificial hearts had been used before: in 1968 the Houston surgeon Denton Cooley implanted one into Haskell Karp, a patient with advanced heart failure, in a hugely controversial Thomas Morris on Twitter: "Artificial hearts had been used before: in 1968 the Houston surgeon Denton Cooley implanted one into Haskell Karp, a patient with advanced heart failure, in a hugely controversial](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DQDdnP3W4AISVuZ.jpg)