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==Individuals who underwent psychosurgery== * [[Lena Zavaroni]] (1963β1999), Scottish child star and singer who had suffered from [[Anorexia nervosa|anorexia]] and [[Depression (mood)|depression]] for many years, underwent a stereotactic anterior capsulotomy at the University of Wales Hospital in Cardiff in 1999. She died of pneumonia three weeks later.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/554625.stm | work=BBC News | title=Inquest told of star's suicide threat | date=8 December 1999}}</ref> * [[Josef Hassid]]: Polish violin prodigy who died at 26 following psychosurgery.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Feinstein A | year = 1997 | title = Psychosurgery and the child prodigy | journal = History of Psychiatry | volume = 8 | issue = 29| pages = 55β60 | doi=10.1177/0957154x9700802904| pmid = 11619208 | s2cid = 1561058 }}</ref> * [[Rosemary Kennedy]]: [[Walter Freeman (neurologist)|Walter Freeman]]'s most famous patient and sister of President [[John F. Kennedy]]. She was left with permanent mental incapacity as a result of the procedure, unable to speak or walk.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rosemary Kennedy: The Tragic Story of Why JFK's Sister Disappeared from Public View|url=https://www.kqed.org/pop/22432/rosemary-kennedy-the-tragic-story-of-why-jfks-sister-disappeared-from-public-view|access-date=2021-09-03|website=KQED|date=15 August 2016 |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title= Frequently Asked Questions About Lobotomies|publisher=NPR.org |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5014565 |date= 16 November 2005 |access-date= 11 July 2010}}</ref> * [[Rose Isabel Williams|Rose Williams]]: Sister of [[Tennessee Williams]].<ref>{{Cite news | last = Gussow | first = Mel | author-link = Mel Gussow | title = Rose Williams, 86, Sister And the Muse of Playwright | work = New York Times | date = 7 September 1996 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1996/09/07/arts/rose-williams-86-sister-and-the-muse-of-playwright.html | access-date = 11 July 2010}}</ref> * [[Howard Dully]]: One of [[Walter Freeman (neurologist)|Walter Freeman]]'s youngest patients, author of ''[[My Lobotomy]]'' (2007).<ref>{{cite book | last = Dully | first = Howard | author-link = Howard Dully |author2=Charles Fleming | title = My Lobotomy | publisher = Vermilion | location = London | year = 2008 | isbn = 978-0-09-192219-1 }}</ref>
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