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IN MEMORIAM: Robert W. Smith, 77; Oldest Transplant Survivor In Nation COOPERSTOWN  – Robert Whitehill Smith, this country’s oldest living heart transplant patient, passed away Tuesday evening, Nov. 3, 2015, at Whitehill Cottage, his home in the Town of Middlefield, after a valiant struggle against cancer.  He was 77. Born Feb. 2, 1938, in Flushing, Queens, Bob was a son of Charles and Theodora (Miller) Smith. After graduating from Bay Side High School, he enlisted in the Air Force on…