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Howard Dully
American memoirist
Howard Dully | |
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| Born | (1948-11-30) November 30, 1948 (age 76) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Known for | One of the youngest survivors of a transorbital lobotomy |
| Spouse | Barbara Dully |
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Howard Dully (born November 30, 1948) is an American memoirist who is one of the youngest survivors of the transorbital lobotomy, a procedure performed on him when he was 12 years old.
Dully received international attention in 2005, following the broadcasting of his story on National Public Radio.
Messing with My Head: The Shocking True Story of My …
Subsequently, in 2007, he published a New York Times Best Seller memoir, My Lobotomy, a story of the hardships of his lobotomy, co-authored by Charles Fleming.
Biography
[edit]Howard Dully was born on November 30, 1948, in Oakland, California, the eldest son of Rodney and June Louise Pierce Dully.
Following the death of his mother from cancer in 1954, Dully's father married singl