Saint John's Health Center

Hospital in California, United States

Providence Saint John's Health Center
Providence Health & Services
Exterior entrance to the main building as of April 2021

Geography
Location	2121 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, California, United States
Organization
Care system	Private
Type	Community
Affiliated university	Providence Health & Services
Services
Beds	234^[1]
History
Opened	1942
Links
Lists	Hospitals in California

Providence Saint John's Health Center, formerly St. Johns Hospital and Health Center, is a private not-for-profit, Roman Catholic hospital in Santa Monica, California, United States. The hospital was founded in 1942 by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth. In 2014, the hospital was transferred to Providence Health & Services.^[2]

Notable patients

Birth

Patricia Kennedy Lawford, gave birth to her son Christopher Lawford on March 29, 1955.
Choreographer Michael Rooney was born here March 30, 1962.^[3]
Actress Mariska Hargitay was born there on January 23, 1964.
Comedian Adam Friedland was born here on April 10, 1987.^[4]
Lisa Marie Presley, Give birth to her eldest child Riley Keough in 1989.^[5]
Actresses Katie Holmes,^[6] Bridget Moynahan,^[7]^[8] and Brooke Shields^[9] gave birth.
First Lady of California Maria Shriver gave birth and had a nursery ward named in her honor in 2004.^[10]

Died

Vaudeville comedian Frank Fay - September 25, 1961.^[11]
Songwriter Cole Porter on October 15, 1964 - kidney failure after surgery.^[12]
Jazz singer Nat King Cole - lung cancer on February 15, 1965.^[13]
Actor Lee Tracy - liver cancer on October 18, 1968.^[14]
Actor Charlie Ruggles - cancer on December 23, 1970.^[15]^[16]
Actress Joi Lansing - breast cancer in 1972.
Actress Irene Ryan better known as Granny on "The Beverly Hillbillies" - glioblastoma and arteriosclerotic heart disease on April 26, 1973, at age 70.^[17]
Actress Mary Philips - April 22, 1975.
Radio actor Ken Carpenter - October 16, 1984.^[18]
Television personality Johnny Olson - October 12, 1985, from complications from a stroke.^[19]
Astrologer Carroll Righter on April 30, 1988, of prostate cancer.^[20]
Actress Bonita Granville (1923–1988) - October 11, 1988.^[21]
Actor Ralph Bellamy - November 29, 1991, from a lung ailment.^[22]
Cesar Romero - from complications of a blood clot on January 1, 1994.
Actor Les Tremayne - heart failure on December 19, 2003, at age 90.^[23]
Comedian George Carlin - heart failure on June 22, 2008, at age 71.^[24]
Animator Bill Melendez - September 2, 2008, at age 91.^[25]
Actor Patrick McGoohan - January 13, 2009, at age 80.^[26]
Actor Dom DeLuise - May 4, 2009, at age 75 due to kidney failure.^[27]
Actress Farrah Fawcett - June 25, 2009, at age 62 of anal cancer.^[28]
Actor Harve Presnell - Died - June 30, 2009, at age 75.^[29]
Director Blake Edwards - on December 15, 2010, at age 88 from complications from pneumonia.^[30]
Television personality Dick Clark - April 18, 2012, at age 82 of a heart attack.^[31]
Actress Karen Black - from ampullary cancer on August 8, 2013, at age 74.
Actor Dick Van Patten - complications from diabetes - on June 23, 2015, at age 86.^[32]
Rock guitarist Eddie Van Halen - cerebrovascular accident - on October 6, 2020, at age 65.^[33]

Procedures/Treatments

Actor Richard Burton was treated there in 1974 for alcoholism.^[34]
Pianist Martha Argerich - Treated after her melanoma spread to her lungs. After she recovered, she gave a special concert benefiting the hospital.
Playboy Playmate Melissa Holliday underwent Electroconvulsive Therapy - in 1995.^[35]
Former US President Ronald Reagan, taken to St. John's in 2001 after falling and was determined to have a broken hip.^[36]
Governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger was treated - for six broken ribs after a motorcycle accident,^[37] and received fifteen stitches here after a skiing accident, both in 2006.^[38]
Former First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan, February 17, 2008, taken to St. John's after falling in her Bel Air home.^[39]^[40]

Notable donors

Among those who have contributed significant donations to the center are:

References

^ St. John's Health Center at U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
^ Brenton Garen (2014-02-27). "Saint John's Health Center To Transition To Providence Hospital This Weekend". Santa Monica Mirror. Santa Monica, Ca. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
^ It’s Another Son For Mickey Rooney, The Winona Daily News (Winona, MN), April 1, 1962, page 5
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^ "Bridget Moynahan Welcomes a Baby Boy". PEOPLE.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-28. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
^ "Brooke on Cruise Baby: 'Irony Is Perfect'". PEOPLE.com.
^ "Health News--Saint John's Unveils The Maria Shriver Nursery".
^ Landry, Robert J. (September 27, 1961). "Frank Fay, One of Real Vaude Greats, Dies At 63; Was Ruled 'Incompetent'". Variety. p. 2.
^ Davis, Charles Jr. (16 October 1964). "Songwriter Cole Porter Dies". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
^ "Nat 'King' Cole Dies of Cancer". Los Angeles Times. 16 February 1965. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
^ Smith, Jack. "Lee Tracy, Veteran Film-Stage Actor, Dies", Los Angeles Times, 19 October 1968, pp. C1, C7. ProQuest Historical Newspapers.
^ "Eugene Register-Guard - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
^ "Archives: Story". www.filmsofthegoldenage.com. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
^ "Redlands Daily Facts Archives, Apr 27, 1973, p. 10". 27 April 1973.
^ "Kenneth L. Carpenter Dead; Announcer for Radio and TV". The New York Times. 20 October 1984. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
^ HARRIS, SCOTT (1985-10-13). "Johnny Olson, 'Come-on-Down' Man of 'Price Is Right,' Dies". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
^ ""Carroll Righter Dies; Hollywood Astrologer"". The New York Times. May 4, 1988. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
^ Peter B. Flint (October 12, 1988). "Bonita G. Wrather, 65, an Actress and Executive". New York Times. Retrieved 2015-01-30. Bonita Granville Wrather, a child film star of 1930s and a longtime executive in the Wrather Corporation, a complex of oil, entertainment and real estate businesses founded by her husband, Jack Wrather, died of cancer yesterday at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, Calif. ...
^ Flint, Peter B. (30 November 1991). "Ralph Bellamy, the Actor, Is Dead at 87". The New York Times. Retrieved December 21, 2015.
^ McLellan, Dennis (23 December 2003). "Les Tremayne, 90; Radio Icon's Acting Career Ran 6 Decades", Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
^ Connell, Rich; Song, Jason (June 23, 2008). "George Carlin, 71; comedian tested limits of speech and society". The Los Angeles Times.
^ "'Peanuts' animator Bill Melendez dies at 91". TODAY.com.
^ McLellan, Dennis (January 15, 2009). "Patrick McGoohan dies at 80; TV's 'Secret Agent' and 'Prisoner'". The Los Angeles Times.
^ McLellan, Dennis (May 6, 2009). "Dom DeLuise dies at 75; actor was a 'naturally funny man'". The Los Angeles Times.
^ "Farrah Fawcett Dies At 62". Huffington Post. June 25, 2009.
^ "Actor Harve Presnell dies of cancer at 75". TODAY.com.
^ "'Pink Panther' director Blake Edwards dies". TODAY.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-18.
^ Boucher, Geoff (April 19, 2012). "Dick Clark dies at 82; he introduced America to rock 'n' roll". Los Angeles Times.
^ "Dick Van Patten, 'Eight Is Enough' father, dies - CNN.com". CNN. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-28.
^ "Eddie van Halen's cause of death and final resting place have been confirmed". 14 December 2020.
^ Bragg, Melvyn (1988). Richard Burton: A Life. Boston, Massachusetts: Little Brown and Co. ISBN 978-0446359382.
^ Makeig, John (1996-06-26). "Woman Says Electric Shock Treatment Destroyed Her Life". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2008-09-28.
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