April
14 Joseph Helfgot, face of the future

Our own Joseph Helfgot, founder of Variety sister company MarketCast, died earlier this month from complications of a heart transplant. However, as The Wrap reports, he will live on:

In a Hollywood-style ending to a colorful life, Joseph Helfgot, the movie market researcher who passed away last week at age 60, became the second facial transplant donor in the United States, the family revealed on Tuesday.

Helfgot, whose insights in movie marketing were one of Hollywood's best kept secrets, passed away unexpectedly on Sunday April 5 as a result of a stroke during heart transplant surgery.

In a surprise twist ending to his life, not only did his family re-donate the heart that had been transplanted into Helfgot and donate his liver, but also donated his face.

"To the end, he was a trailblazer, leaving a legacy that we are proud to say included the ultimate gift, namely, a new face, a re-transplanted heart and liver, allowing three individuals to survive, a final testament to Joseph's legacy as the son of Auschwitz survivors," his family said in a statement.

Doctors at Brigham and Women's Hospital said on Tuesday that the recipient of Helfgot's face -- the victim of an industrial accident -- was doing well, and that they were "cautiously optimistic" for his recovery. They spoke on ABC's "Good Morning America."

Noted: The Helfgot photo, like the story, came from The Wrap; the photographer was Wrap EIC Sharon Waxman. HAL regrets the omission.