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Lauda reveals how his wife saved his life
Niki Lauda says he would no longer be with us today without his wife Brigit and the personal sacrifice she made to prolong the life of the man she loved. In 2005, after a previous kidney transplant had failed,26-year-old Birgit Wetzinger successfully donated one of her organs to the F1 legend. "We had been dating for eight months when I had a kidney problem," Lauda said in an interview with sports reporter Graham Bensinger. "I asked my son Lucas if he test to donate a kidney, but it did not fit. Birgit then said she would do the test, but I asked 'Why would you do the test'? Because I want to, she said. I said you will never ever donate your kidney, because I'm ill and I've...
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