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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Racing legend turned BBC TV pundit Richard Pitman donates kidney to a sick stranger 'to do a good deed'

Daily Mail, UK | Rebecca Seales

Horse racing legend turned TV pundit Richard Pitman was recovering at home today after undergoing surgery to donate one of his kidneys to a stranger.

The former jump jockey, who won 470 races in his 15-year career and now works for the BBC and Sky, made the decision after watching a close friend suffer kidney failure.

He underwent surgery to remove the kidney last weekend at Oxford's Churchill Hospital, and is now recuperating at home.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2097610/Richard-Pitman-donates-kidney-Racing-legend-turned-BBC-TV-pundit-helps-sick-stranger.html#ixzz1lhyy2aAy

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Racing legend turned BBC TV pundit Richard Pitman donates kidney to a sick stranger 'to do a good deed'

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