The actor used his Hollywood connections to help promote a lifesaving maneuver.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are conflicting reports from Heimlich himself whether the 2016 incident was the first time he'd used the maneuver in a ...

Dr. Heimlich died Saturday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati after experiencing a major heart attack six days earlier, according to Bryan Reynolds, a spokesperson for Episcopal Retirement Services, ...

CINCINNATI -- The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims died early Saturday in Cincinnati. Dr. Henry Heimlich was 96. His son, Phil, said he died at Christ Hospital ...

Henry Heimlich, the medical maverick who came up with a maneuver credited with saving thousands of choking victims but who damaged his standing as a proponent of the curative powers of malaria, died ...

Dr. Henry J. Heimlich, the thoracic surgeon best known for developing and popularizing his lifesaving antichoking technique, the Heimlich maneuver, died at Cincinnati’s Christ Hospital on Saturday ...

Henry Heimlich, the surgeon credited with inventing the Heimlich maneuver for choking victims, has died. The move saved thousands of lives. But he had other ideas that were more controversial. Henry ...

A Michigan high school senior’s recent education in the Heimlich maneuver came in handy last week. Natalie May, a student at East Kentwood High School, saved a man’s life through the technique while ...

Dr. Henry Heimlich ’41, who developed the famous Heimlich maneuver, died Saturday morning of a heart attack in Cincinnati. He was 96. Heimlich received his bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in ...

CINCINNATI -- The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims has died. Dr. Henry Heimlich died early Saturday at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. He was 96. His son, Phil, ...

The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims died early Saturday in Cincinnati. Dr. Henry Heimlich was 96. His son, Phil, said he died at Christ Hospital after ...