American Experience | Original Interview: Angelene Forester | PBS
Duration: 02:57
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Lobotomist: American Experience #2002
Angelene Forester remembers Walter Freeman's first patient -- her mother Ellen Ionesco.
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Post Date: March 19, 2010




















