Thank you!
Thank you to all our table sponsors and supporters who helped make Leading Hearts, The Methodist Hospital’s inaugural gala a huge success. More than $1.1 million was raised for this event which benefits the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center, a multidisciplinary center recognized across the country for research, education and patient care in cardiovascular diseases.
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Lech Walesa and Charlie Wilson discussed battles with communism and heart disease with CNN’s Larry King at the Leading Hearts gala
Two political icons who are widely recognized to have played a leading role in the fall of communism discussed their battles against the Soviet Union and heart disease. Former President of Poland and Nobel Laureate Lech Walesa and former U.S. Congressman Charlie Wilson were interviewed by Larry King at the Leading Hearts gala. Former President George H.W. Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush served as honorary chairs. The gala benefited the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center in Houston, where both men were treated for heart disease.
About our guests
Charlie Wilson
Former Congressman Charlie Wilson has been to the war zones of the world and has faced down the fearsome Red Army. But when the phone rang at his Lufkin home in late September of 2007, he was never so terrified in his life. Read more about Charlie Wilson...
Lech Walesa
Nobel laureate Lech Walesa was guided by a strong, brave heart when he rose from the ranks of the Polish working class to organize a movement that freed his entire country. But now, nearly 30 years later, the former president of Poland admits his heart is not so strong: "Communism wore out my heart," he said, "but I believe the doctors in Houston can fix it." Read more about Lech Walesa...
