Former second world war soldier, 100, becomes oldestknown US organ donor
Mar 13, 2026
Dale Steele, who died in February, ‘is a powerful reminder that generosity has no age limit’, says CEOAfter spending some of his prime years aiding German concentration camp survivors and guarding Nazi leaders tried for crimes against humanity at Nuremberg, a US second world war veteran is now b
elieved to have become his country’s oldest known organ donor.The story of 100-year-old Dale Steele, who died in February after a head injury led to his being placed on life support, demonstrates how donors’ health is a more important consideration than how old they are, according to Live On Nebraska, an organ-procurement organization in his home state. Continue reading... ...read more read less