American physician (1919–2013)
John Walter Vincent Cordice, Jr. (June 16, 1919 – December 29, 2013) was an American doctor and surgeon who is most notable for operating onMartin Luther King Jr. to save his life after a 1958 assassination attempt.
Cordice was born on June 16, 1919[ 1] [ 2] Durham, North Carolina .[ 3] NYU for undergrad andNew York University School of Medicine .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] St. Vincent, West Indies and died in 1958.[ 6]
Cordice joined the Army in 1943[ 7] Tuskegee Airmen .[ 4] France , where he assisted in that country's firstopen heart surgery .[ 4] Harlem Hospital for forty years,[ 3] [ 8] thoracic surgery .
On September 20, 1958,[ 9] paper knife byIzola Curry . Cordice, along with doctorsAubre Maynard ,[ 10] Emil Naclerio , were called in to operate.[ 3] [ 11] [ 2] When Harlem Nearly Killed King: The 1958 Stabbing of Dr. Martin Luther King , by Hugh Pearson.[ 12]
Cordice resided in Harlem and later Queens.[ 13] [ 10] [ 14] [ 13]
^ Pearson, Hugh (4 January 2011).When Harlem Nearly Killed King: The 1958 Stabbing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ISBN 9781609803216 ^a b "Dr. W.V. Cordice Jr., 94, a Surgeon Who Helped Save Dr. King, Dies" .The New York Times . 5 January 2014.^a b c d "Dr. John Cordice dead at 95 — once saved Martin Luther King" .New York Daily News ^a b c Daly, Michael (20 January 2014)."The Black and White Men Who Saved Martin Luther King's Life" .The Daily Beast ^ Organ, Claude H.; Kosiba, Margaret M. (1 March 1987).A Century of Black surgeons: the U.S.A. experience ISBN 9780961738006 ^ "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time" . J. T. White. 1 January 1891 – via Google Books.^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 2016-10-22. Retrieved2016-09-21 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "Scientist Obituary: The Surgeon Who Helped to Save Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. — Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers" . PBS. 8 January 2014.^ "Archived copy" (PDF) . Archived fromthe original (PDF) on 2016-09-23. Retrieved2016-09-21 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^a b Schwartz, Felicia (January 2014)."Dr. John Cordice, who operated on MLK after stabbing, dies" . CNN. ^ "Stabbing of the Rev. M. L. King Jr" .Jet . Retrieved2020-08-23 – via Google Books.^ Pearson, Hugh (4 January 2011).When Harlem Nearly Killed King: The 1958 Stabbing of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr ISBN 9781609803216 ^a b "John Cordice, surgeon who once saved MLK's life, dies in NYC" .The Boston Globe .Died Sunday ^ Chasmar, Jessica (December 31, 2013)."Surgeon who helped save Martin Luther King Jr. from stabbing dies at 94" . The Washington Times. 
