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. The hospital was founded in 1942 by the

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. In 2014, the hospital was transferred to

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Notable patients

Birth

Patricia Kennedy Lawford Patricia Helen Kennedy Lawford (May 6, 1924 – September 17, 2006) was an American socialite, and the sixth of nine children of Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. She was a sister of President John F. Kennedy, Senator Robert F. Kennedy, and Senat ...

, gave birth to her son

Christopher Lawford Christopher Kennedy Lawford (March 29, 1955 – September 4, 2018) was an American author, actor, and activist. He was a member of the prominent Kennedy family, and son of English actor Peter Lawford and Patricia "Pat" Kennedy Lawford, who was ...

on March 29, 1955. *Choreographer

Michael Rooney Michael Joseph Kyle Rooney is an American dancer and choreographer. He is the son of actor Mickey Rooney, and is best known for his work on music videos. Rooney has won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography in 1996, 1999, 2001, 2002 an ...

was born here March 30, 1962. *Actress

Mariska Hargitay Mariska Magdolna Hargitay (; born January 23, 1964) is an American actress, director and philanthropist. The daughter of bodybuilder and actor Mickey Hargitay and actress Jayne Mansfield, her accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award, a Peopl ...

was born there on January 23, 1964. *Comedian Adam Friedland was born here on April 10, 1987. *

Lisa Marie Presley Lisa Marie Presley (born February 1, 1968) is an American singer-songwriter. She is the only child of singer and actor Elvis Presley and actress Priscilla Presley, as well as the sole heir to her father's estate. Presley has developed a caree ...

, Give birth to her eldest child

Riley Keough Danielle Riley Keough ( ; born May 29, 1989) is an American actress, notable for being the daughter of musicians Lisa Marie Presley and Danny Keough, and granddaughter of actress Priscilla Presley and singer Elvis Presley, and starting a succes ...

in 1989. *Actresses Katie Holmes,

Bridget Moynahan Kathryn Bridget Moynahan (born April 28, 1971) is an American actress and model. Moynahan is best known for her role as Erin Reagan in the police drama '' Blue Bloods''. She graduated from Longmeadow High School in Massachusetts in 1989 and be ...

, and Brooke Shields gave birth. *First Lady of California

Maria Shriver Maria Owings Shriver (born November 6, 1955) is an American journalist, author, a member of the Kennedy family, former First Lady of California, and the founder of the nonprofit organization The Women's Alzheimer's Movement. She was married to ...

gave birth and had a nursery ward named in her honor in 2004.

Died

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comedian Frank Fay - September 25, 1961. * Songwriter Cole Porter on October 15, 1964 - kidney failure after surgery. *Jazz singer

Nat King Cole Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer, jazz pianist, and actor. Cole's music career began after he dropped out of school at the age of 15, and continued f ...

- lung cancer on February 15, 1965. *Actor

Lee Tracy William Lee Tracy (April 14, 1898 – October 18, 1968) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He is known foremost for his portrayals between the late 1920s and 1940s of fast-talking, wisecracking news reporters, press agents, lawye ...

- liver cancer on October 18, 1968. *Actor

Charlie Ruggles Charles Sherman Ruggles (February 8, 1886 – December 23, 1970) was an American comic character actor. In a career spanning six decades, Ruggles appeared in close to 100 feature films, often in mild-mannered and comic roles. He was also the e ...

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on December 23, 1970. *Actress,

Joi Lansing Joi Lansing (born Joy Rae Brown, April 6, 1929 – August 7, 1972) was an American model, film and television actress, and nightclub singer. She was noted for her pin-up photos and roles in B-movies, as well as a prominent role in the famous ...

- breast cancer in 1972. *Actress

Irene Ryan Irene Ryan (born Irene Noblitt, Noblett, or Noblette; October 17, 1902 – April 26, 1973) was an American actress and comedienne who found success in vaudeville, radio, film, television, and Broadway. She is most widely known for her por ...

better known as Granny on "

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" -

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and

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heart disease on April 26, 1973 at age 70. *Television personality

Johnny Olson John Leonard Olson (May 22, 1910 – October 12, 1985) was an American radio personality and television announcer. Olson is perhaps best known for his work as an announcer for game shows, particularly the work he did for Mark Goodson-Bill Todman P ...

- October 12, 1985 from complications from a stroke. * Actress Bonita Granville (1923–1988) - October 11, 1988. *Actor

Ralph Bellamy Ralph Rexford Bellamy (June 17, 1904 – November 29, 1991) was an American actor whose career spanned 65 years on stage, film, and television. During his career, he played leading roles as well as supporting roles, garnering acclaim and ...

- November 29, 1991 from a lung ailment. *

Cesar Romero Cesar Julio Romero Jr. (February 15, 1907 – January 1, 1994) was an American actor and activist. He was active in film, radio, and television for almost sixty years. His wide range of screen roles included Latin lovers, historical figures in c ...

- from complications of a

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on January 1, 1994. * Comedian

George Carlin George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American comedian, actor, author, and social critic. Regarded as one of the most important and influential stand-up comedians of all time, he was dubbed "the dean of countercu ...

- heart failure on Sunday June 22, 2008 at age 71. * Animator

Bill Melendez José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Melendez (November 15, 1916 – September 2, 2008) was an American character animator, voice actor, film director and producer. Melendez is known for working on the ''Peanuts'' animated specials. Before ''Peanuts'', he p ...

- Tuesday September 2, 2008 at age 91. *Actor Patrick McGoohan - Tuesday January 13, 2009 at age 80. *Actor

Dom DeLuise Dominick DeLuise (August 1, 1933 – May 4, 2009) was an American actor, comedian, director, producer, chef, and author. Known primarily for his comedic performances, he rose to fame in the 1970s as a frequent guest on television variety sho ...

- Monday May 4, 2009 at age 75 due to

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. *Actress Farrah Fawcett - Thursday June 25, 2009 at age 62 of

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. *Actor

Harve Presnell George Harvey Presnell (September 14, 1933 – June 30, 2009) was an American actor and singer. He began his career in the mid-1950s as a classical baritone, singing with orchestras and opera companies throughout the United States. His career re ...

- Died - Tuesday June 30, 2009 at age 75. *Director

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- on Wednesday December 15, 2010 at age 88 from complications from pneumonia. *Television personality

Dick Clark Richard Wagstaff Clark (November 30, 1929April 18, 2012) was an American radio and television personality, television producer and film actor, as well as a cultural icon who remains best known for hosting '' American Bandstand'' from 1956 to 19 ...

- Wednesday April 18, 2012 at age 82 of a heart attack. *Actress

Karen Black Karen Blanche Black (née Ziegler; July 1, 1939 – August 8, 2013) was an American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter. She rose to prominence for her work in various studio and independent films in the 1970s, frequently portrayi ...

- from ampullary cancer on August 8, 2013, at age 74. *Actor

Dick Van Patten Richard Vincent Van Patten (December 9, 1928 – June 23, 2015) was an American actor, comedian, businessman, and animal welfare advocate, whose career spanned seven decades of television. He was best known for his role as patriarch Tom Brad ...

- complications from diabetes - on June 23, 2015 at age 86. * Rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen -

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- on October 6, 2020 at age 65.

Procedures/Treatments

*Actor

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was treated there in 1974 for alcoholism. *Pianist

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- Treated after her melanoma spread to her lungs. After she recovered, she gave a special concert benefiting the hospital. *

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Melissa Holliday underwent

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- in 1995. *Former

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Ronald Reagan, taken to St. John's in 2001 after falling and was determined to have a broken hip. * Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger was treated - for six broken

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after a motorcycle accident, and received fifteen stitches here after a skiing accident, both in 2006. *Former First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan, February 17, 2008, taken to St. John's after falling in her Bel Air home.

Notable donors

Among those who have contributed significant donations to the center are: * Johnny Carson *

Kay Kyser James Kern Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985), known as Kay Kyser, was an American bandleader and radio personality of the 1930s and 1940s. Early years James Kern Kyser was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, the son of pharmacists Emily ...

* Paula Kent MeehanJohn L. Seitz
Profile of: Paula Kent Meehan
''Beverly Hills Courier'', December 24, 2004 *

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References

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