Juanita Smallwood Osborne Dies

Juanita Smallwood Osborne, who became one of the first living organ donors when she gave a kidney to her ailing son in the mid-1960s, has died at 88.

Osborne died Thursday in Ashland, Ky., of complications from aspiration pneumonia, said her son, Burl Osborne, a former managing editor and chairman of The Associated Press and publisher emeritus of The Dallas Morning News.

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Besides Burl, she is survived by two sons, six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Her husband of 47 years, Oliver, died in 1983.

Rest In Peace, Juanita.