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Gary Lombardi, 58, pushed broader use of defibrillator. dies
Gary Lombardi, an FDNY physician whose push for defibrillators broadened the use of the heart-shocking equipment beyond just medics, has died. He was 58.
The cause of death last Monday was lung cancer, his daughter Brooke said. He lived in West Hempstead.
Lombardi started as an ambulance driver, later earned his medical degree and went on to be an emergency-medicine expert.
He...
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