# Ben Hardwick

> Benjamyn Paul Hardwick was Britain's youngest liver transplant patient. He became a celebrity through appearing on the BBC television programme That's Life! after his parents appealed for more awareness of organ donation when their son, who suffered from biliary atresia, urgently needed a transplant. While he also became the first child in the country to receive a liver transplant, the initial transplant failed. After a second transplant the following year, he died of complications at the age of three. Following this event, at least £10,000 was raised in Hardwick's name to support other seriously ill children.

*British transplant recipient*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1981-12-06
- **Died:** 1985-03-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 25.0 / 100  (trend: BREAKOUT)
- **Historical depth:** 3.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 100.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 15.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 31.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4885789)
- [Ben Hardwick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Hardwick)
- [Хардвик, Бен](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD)

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