Henry Heimlich Edward Patrick issued a press release portraying himself as the uncredited co-developer of the maneuver. "I would like to get proper credit for what I've done...but I'm not hyper about it." Heimlich claimed to have used his namesake maneuver to rescue a choking victim for the first time on May 23, 2016, when he was aged 96, reportedly saving the life of a fellow resident of his senior living community, Patty Ris. However, in 2003 he told the BBC that he had used it for the first time on a man choking in a restaurant. Heimlich claimed his namesake treatment
Henry Heimlich "wide-ranging, unseen 50-year history of fraud" and has called his father, "a spectacular con man and serial liar" and has claimed "The only thing my father ever invented was his own mythology."; Janet Heimlich, a freelance reporter; and Elisabeth Heimlich. Heimlich was the uncle of Anson Williams, who is known for his portrayal of Warren "Potsie" Weber on the 1970s hit TV show "Happy Days". Heimlich's memoir, "Heimlich's Maneuvers: My Seventy Years Of Lifesaving Innovation", was published in 2014 by Prometheus Books. A statement from his family said Heimlich died at The Christ Hospital on December 17, 2016, after complications