http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2011/12/11/horse-whisperer-author-nicholas-evans-kidney-donation-plea-79310-29932633/

Horse Whisperer author Nicholas Evans' kidney donation plea
by Coreena Ford

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Last summer, when his heart began to fail after waiting three years on the transplant list, the writer finally gave in to his daughter Lauren's plea to accept one of her kidneys.
Now well on the road to recovery, Nicholas has become patron of the newly-founded charity Give a kidney - One's Enough, which encourages people to make the donation of a kidney to a stranger.

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