Read on to find out what tattoo they got, how it honors the late Judy Garland and more. There is no shortage of songs in the ...

Sharing a snap of the tattoo ... my heart is shattered I can’t comprehend saying goodbye to you so I won’t, I will say see you later.' Nicola continued: 'You were truly a gift from God. The legacy you ...

The elder Brott died in 2014. The Veteran’s Day following his passing, his son, who had just opened BroadWing the year before ...

The ink on his chest spells out a lyric from Frank Sinatra’s “My Way,” a song his father introduced him to when he was young.

After 21 years of service, U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Louis B. Smith Jr. found himself battling a new enemy: heart failure.

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"That’s when I said, can you do me a favor?" Smith recounted. "If I have to have this new heart, can you make sure…when you ...

Louis B. Smith Jr., shown during his days in the Army, says he’s grateful his doctors were able to preserve his chest tattoo during his heart transplant. Northwestern Medicine Share Louis B.

Albuquerque community members held a candlelight vigil for John Bale Sisneros, a well-known tattoo artist. On Thursday, Sisneros was shot and killed inside his tattoo shop, Por Vida. At the candlelit ...

So while waiting on a transplant list, Smith asked his surgeon to make an effort to save the tattoo while saving his life. Smith was lucky because a suitable heart became available to him quickly.

CHICAGO — Before his heart transplant, Louis Smith was prepared for death. In Saudi Arabia right after the Gulf War, the 66-year-old veteran helped lead a missile platoon that guarded aircraft.