Brenda Hamlett, Organ Donation Advocate, Dies at 53

Brenda Butler Hamlett did, who received a heart transplant in 1993 and subsequently became community development coordinator for the New England Organ Bank, died of heart failure in Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Mrs. Hamlett, 53, who was president of the American Association of Minority Transplant Professionals, in 2000 received a $100,000 grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to fund her community outreach work in support of organ and tissue donation.

Mrs. Hamlett, who spoke widely to school and business groups, told the Boston Globe in a 1998 interview: "I don't have any fears about living. I just hope with this second chance, that I continue to make a difference in someone's life, that someone's life is saved."

Other Sources: Boston Globe